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   June Moffatt said, 9 months ago

   “Leaflets three, let it be.”
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   somebodyshort said, 9 months ago

   What’s the difference between poison ivy and poison oak?
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   Reminds me of an army exercise. Young woman ends up at the medical tent with poison ivy all over her back. An hour later her boyfriend shows up with poison ivy all over his elbows and knees.
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   Fairportfan2 said, 9 months ago

   @somebodyshort

   One’s viney and one’s shrublike.
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   And then there’s poison sumac.
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   Milestheglassguy said, 9 months ago

   Poison oak and poison ivy are both in the same genus (Toxicodendron), both produce the same toxin (urushiol), and both can grow as a vine or a shrub depending on the conditions. They are also both related to sumac and mango. One of the most troublesome features that they also share is that by the time that you react (24 hours or more after exposure) the oils may have been spread all around and have had lots of time to be absorbed into the skin.
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   luckylouie said, 9 months ago

   My boy was collecting leaves for a 7th grade science project. He brought in a nice bouquet of poison oak. My wife told him to get rid of it, but he wouldn’t put it down till she proved it was poison oak. Took her 45 minutes to find the plant guidebook. He swelled up like the Michelin Man and learned a couple of valuable lessons.
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   38lowell said, 9 months ago

   What a jerk! That stuff will last in your body for a long time. That kid must have been twelve or so & didn’t believe his mom. Next he’ll be running in traffic or lightening storms. Can’t believe he didn’t believe her, book or no!
   Jerk!
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   psychlady said, 9 months ago

   I can get poison ivy just walking by it. Hope she’s not the same.
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   pendijk said, 9 months ago

   Looks like she’s already scratching…
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   frumdebang said, 9 months ago

   I have some great DNA – in my family we don’t react to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. And in army training, my brother found out that tear gas didn’t affect him. Thanks, ancestors.
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    Dani Rice said, 9 months ago

    @frumdebang

    My husband is Cherokee and never gets it either. Like Psychlady, I can get it walking past it. Dab it with laundry bleach, and pour bleach on the roots of the plants.
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    arsmall said, 9 months ago

    @38lowell

    I get what you are saying. but…Wow…kinda harsh considering you are speaking about somebody’s kid man! Sheesh.
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    arsmall said, 9 months ago

    @somebodyshort

    I had to laugh at that one…cold busted! Let’s be glad they were actually dating and not cheating.
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    LarryW2LJ said, 9 months ago

    Poison ivy isone of the few things in this world that I am NOT allergic to. Go figure!
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    sjsczurek said, 9 months ago

    @luckylouie

    And the first one is, "Always listen to you mother. And the second one is, “Never argue with your mother.”
    (Because you will lose.}
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    sjsczurek said, 9 months ago

    @Milestheglassguy

    Thanks. I never knew that the poison was called urushiol.
    To check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urushiol
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