Jellyfish - how much do these little puppies hurt?

[kathydwells]

Do not ever go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without turning on lights and checking under the toilet seat.

Wasps like to hang out there, wait for half asleep people to sit down, then sting people very close to the private place the jellyfish stung Darlene.

And I know this because it happened to me. I can't even describe how horrifying it is to be stung while going to the potty! I can laugh about it now.

So let me tell you the sting I got on...ok, well you all already know where.....really wasn't that bad as long as I was in the water. It only hurt when I got out. So, I just stayed in the water for a while and it got better.

My sting probably was not as bad as getting stung by a wasp there. OMG, jenny it makes me tense up just thinking about it. I am so looking forward now to peeing in the middle of the night.

 

[Uncle Timmy]

Do not ever go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without turning on lights and checking under the toilet seat.

Wasps like to hang out there, wait for half asleep people to sit down, then sting people very close to the private place the jellyfish stung Darlene.

And I know this because it happened to me. I can't even describe how horrifying it is to be stung while going to the potty! I can laugh about it now.

A similar warning should be issued for people inclined to bend over and inspect things on the ground -while in an outdoor shower.

If you haven't heard the details of this infamous SoWal incident, let me know and I will give you the full story one day soon.

 

[grace]

A similar warning should be issued for people inclined to bend over and inspect things on the ground -while in an outdoor shower.

If you haven't heard the details of this infamous SoWal incident, let me know and I will give you the full story one day soon.

I haven't heard...... do tell.

 

[Jdarg]

I haven't heard...... do tell.

I have- and he needs to share.:funn:

 

[NoHall]

A similar warning should be issued for people inclined to bend over and inspect things on the ground -while in an outdoor shower.

If you haven't heard the details of this infamous SoWal incident, let me know and I will give you the full story one day soon.

Let's have it!

 

[Uncle Timmy]

I have- and he needs to share.:funn:

Ok, well the Uncle Timmy residence has an outdoor, shower courtyard.

Not just a little wooden enclosure around a shower as per most (normal) people but a real 10?x20? courtyard, complete with 8? stucco walls, landscaping etc.

It is right off my master bathroom and very convenient, and private.

Well one summer, I decided I needed to plant some ground cover between the stepping stones in this courtyard. I went to the nursery, bought some herbs and planted them.

It was an extremely hot day and by the time I was finished I was soaked in sweat and decided to cool off in the shower. So I took my clothes off and while I waited for the water to warm up I wandered around the courtyard inspecting my new ground cover.

One plant needed a little extra mulch, I noticed, and so I bent over to tend to the plant when????..

????.I distinctly felt something land on my @ss.

It so startled me that I jerked upright and when I did my cheeks clenched and the little bee on my behind got crushed??and stung me!

Pow, right in the kisser.

It hurt like heck but I was laughing and crying at the same time.

 

[Smiling JOe]

You need to screen in that courtyard. :funn: Better the insect sting on the tush, than the Rattlesnake bite on the foot. ;-)

 

[NoHall]

It so startled me that I jerked upright and when I did my cheeks clenched and the little bee on my behind got crushed……and stung me!

Pow, right in the kisser.

It hurt like heck but I was laughing and crying at the same time.

How em-bare-a$$-ing!

We have a terrible story like that in my family:

When my brother was 6, he ran and unexpectedly jumped up on my dad's lap. Dad had one ankle propped on his other knee, and it tore the ligaments in one of his knees.

I don't remember exactly how it was treated (I was just 3) but Dad was in a cast from his foot to his hip. Mom (who is the best tell-er of this story!) says that one hot night, Dad was going through his nightly ritual of getting his big 'ol leg in the bed, grumbling all the way, only to come flying back out of the bed again. He had sat on a wasp. Pop's hobbling around in pain, cussing, and she is dying laughing about how much faster he got out of bed than he got in it.

 

[Uncle Timmy]

You need to screen in that courtyard. :funn: Better the insect sting on the tush, than the Rattlesnake bite on the foot. ;-)

Pigmy rattlers show up from time to time.

No problem, I just use the BBQ tongs to grab ?em and toss ?em over the wall.

Remember- I live right next to the State Forest, I have no right to complain about the critters.

 

[micki]

We are usually in Sowal in June and don't see many jellyfish (the kind with the tentacles) at all. Are they more prevalent later in the summer? We will be there in October this year. Should we be more wary of them?