Vibe is wasp proof!

[Flip-Side]

Well I was mowing my lawn, minding my own business, when I ran over a ground wasp nest. Yay! Dozens of ticked-off jerks with an arsenal strapped on their (removed)! Thanks mother nature! After a very manly scream escaped my lips, I engaged the "fanciful-flailing-arms-in-the-air-while-cursing" technique to masterfully evade them while getting stung about a dozen times. I had nowhere to go except my vibe, which was about 15 feet away. I used my ninja-like prowess to grab the handle (doors unlocked?...YES!...I forgot to lock them! Thanks brain, you forgetful idiot!) and dive in after brushing my new friends from my limbs with quick kung-fu chops. I then proceeded to laugh hysterically as I realized not a single wasp made it in, and there were about 20 swarming outside of the car! Ha..haaaAAA! Me...1...Wasps...12. Wait...its 95 degrees outside, and I have no keys. Thankfully, they lost the interest to fight just a few min later, yeah...you better run! Then I cheerfully drove myself to the clinic. Now I have all the cortizone I can handle! But if it weren't for my vibe, it would've been worse. The vibe always seams to be my good luck charm, and has a way of making weird situations work out in some odd ways. Lesson Learned: Doctor said if I had put tobacco (chewed up...cig/chew/ect.), or vineger on the stings, I would be in a lot better shape.

[scherry2]

LOL you tell storys like a good freind of mine, i could actually see you from your neighbours driveway in my minds eye.

[Mavrik]

I'm laughing so hard at how you described it I almost forgot to ask if your ok.

[Flip-Side]

I am doing just fine. Thanks guys. My left hand is swollen up like a balloon, so at least I get to scam out of working on jets for a day or two. The vibe has an uncanny way of keeping me in good karma. Like when I was on I-75 and the cruise control started to accelerate too much up a hill. I flew past a semi-truck, and not 2 seconds after I passed him, one of the tires towards me blew out. The guy behind me got the full blast, but I came out unscathed. My car has good vibes.

[Mr. Poopypants]

LOL, well told! Glad to hear you are feeling better after your "run-in" I had the same problem a while back, and yes, you really do look like a tool when you are standing (or running) arms flailing about. You had better luck than I did though. I had one up my shorts, and that (removed) kept biting, talk about pain.

[drunkenmaxx]

good for you for not being ashamed to admit you scream like a girl when wasps come into play. god knows i do! them damn stings hurt, huh? luckily, i haven't been stung since i was 8yrs old or so. hope ya feel better soon. (not too soon, enjoy a little slack time from work )

[Herb]

Glad to hear you kinda got the upper hand.My experience with wasps was a little different. They decided to make their nest under a concrete pad just in front of the door to my home. They were always coming and going. Postal guy got a bit upset so I decided to take things into my own hands.So first thing I did was boil about 2 gallons of water and poured it into the hole where they were flying in and out. Result? nothing changed.Next thought well maybe if I throw a couple shovels full of dirt on the hole. Result? nothing changed.Next I tried to ignite a can of WD-40 spray. It kept going out if whenever I moved the lighter away.Then I remembered I had a propane tiger tail torch. I lit that up and had nearly a 2 foot flame shooting out of the torch. Used that to heat up the entrance. Kept it up for about 2 hours, the concrete eventually glowed orange but I still kept going.I had a friend who kept on eye for wasps coming back to the nest, to which I had to occasionally aim the flame at them. It's pretty cool, they kinda turned to ash and dropped out of the air even before the flame hit them.Anyways the eventual result was complete erradication of the wasps that were occupying my front step.

[Flip-Side]

Glad you had better luck than me. When I got back from the clinic, I waited till night-time to spray the nest down with "wasp freeze" because they would all be home in the hive. I feel satisfied with their demise, but a torch would've had the cool "flame-thrower" factor .

[Mavrik]

smoke bombs work.

[redlava]

Quote, originally posted by Flip-Side »Lesson Learned: Doctor said if I had put tobacco (chewed up...cig/chew/ect.), or vineger on the stings, I would be in a lot better shape. Who said that tobacco only does bad things. Well OK they are bad, but at least there is one good thing.

[Slimer]

Heh. This reminds me of a funny story. A good buddy of mine owns a helicopter, and as such has a large supply of helicopter fuel around. JP4 is just about the most volatile substance in existence, barring, perhaps, plutonium and antimatter. He had a little ground wasp trouble, and poured about a gallon of this stuff on the nest. Tossed a match......WHUMP! The fireball soared 30 feet into the air, knocked him flat, singed his eyebrows, and Ground Zeroed a ten-foot circle of his yard. The fire burned for an hour afterward. I laughed my (removed) off. We now call that corner of the yard Little Hiroshima.

[Herb]

Jetfuel? Man talk about overkill gestures!

[drummerdude]

Quote, originally posted by Slimer »Heh. This reminds me of a funny story. A good buddy of mine owns a helicopter, and as such has a large supply of helicopter fuel around. JP4 is just about the most volatile substance in existence, barring, perhaps, plutonium and antimatter. He had a little ground wasp trouble, and poured about a gallon of this stuff on the nest. Tossed a match......WHUMP! The fireball soared 30 feet into the air, knocked him flat, singed his eyebrows, and Ground Zeroed a ten-foot circle of his yard. The fire burned for an hour afterward. I laughed my (removed) off. We now call that corner of the yard Little Hiroshima. That is way way too funny!!

[Flip-Side]

Quote, originally posted by Slimer »Heh. This reminds me of a funny story. A good buddy of mine owns a helicopter, and as such has a large supply of helicopter fuel around. JP4 is just about the most volatile substance in existence, barring, perhaps, plutonium and antimatter. Hahaha, that is great! I have access to plenty of JP-8 jet fuel, but the stuff eats through just about anything, and burns a long time. Nasty stuff. So I can only imagine me using it on a military installation...I'd be walking away in hand-cuffs. The fireball from my yard would most likely give me away to the MP's. Hahaha.

[Slimer]

Not to mention that he had to bring in a backhoe to scoop out all the dirt that was contaminated by the toxic fuel. Not only did he not have eyebrows for six weeks, his front yard was a mini Superfund site. I suppose it goes without saying that this little escapade transpired while both of us were drinking ourselves blind.