I love bees (only stung once by one up pant leg), but I hate wasps, hornets, mud daubers and yellowjackets (forgot how many times they’ve gotten me. Those suckers hurt.).
This was not the first time that the yellow jackets got me. A year or two later I hit their ground nest on a riding lawn mower and they came out like Charlie Cong at Tet.
Dear wife runs into the house and hides in the bathroom. Stung at least ten times and lost my Rx sunglasses and nearly turned over the mower.
Later, at twilight, a little gas into the bug hole and Charlie gets his. You dont have to light it. But I wanted to. Just because.
P.S. Charlie lost the battle but we lost the war after Uncle Walter Cronkite made us look bad and worse.
Not to mention Westmoreland and Kissinger who were useless to the average grunt.
My own “watch this, Margaret” story. Stupid yellow jacket stung my elbow while I was cutting the grass, so I put away the mower and brought out the gasoline can, and poured freely down the nest-hole. Lit the fire, then noticed the gas can beside me was flaming out of the top. Was able to put it out before being launched by that home-made Molotov cocktail.
edclectic almost 11 years ago
DANG!!!
artybee almost 11 years ago
I love bees (only stung once by one up pant leg), but I hate wasps, hornets, mud daubers and yellowjackets (forgot how many times they’ve gotten me. Those suckers hurt.).
Ida No almost 11 years ago
Guy: “Lawn is hell!”
Ray_C almost 11 years ago
Now we know why Georgia Tech names their athletic teams the Yellow Jackets.
rich creator almost 11 years ago
cartoon about that on the horizon
Ida No almost 11 years ago
Funny enough, it was a guy trying to get rid of wasps.
rich creator almost 11 years ago
A term that includes a naughty word comes to mind. blank-fire!
waykirk almost 11 years ago
This was not the first time that the yellow jackets got me. A year or two later I hit their ground nest on a riding lawn mower and they came out like Charlie Cong at Tet.
Dear wife runs into the house and hides in the bathroom. Stung at least ten times and lost my Rx sunglasses and nearly turned over the mower.
Later, at twilight, a little gas into the bug hole and Charlie gets his. You dont have to light it. But I wanted to. Just because.
P.S. Charlie lost the battle but we lost the war after Uncle Walter Cronkite made us look bad and worse.
Not to mention Westmoreland and Kissinger who were useless to the average grunt.
The old and sometimes stung and grumpy Sarge
jbmlaw01 almost 11 years ago
My own “watch this, Margaret” story. Stupid yellow jacket stung my elbow while I was cutting the grass, so I put away the mower and brought out the gasoline can, and poured freely down the nest-hole. Lit the fire, then noticed the gas can beside me was flaming out of the top. Was able to put it out before being launched by that home-made Molotov cocktail.
waykirk almost 11 years ago
You are welcome. That was over forty some years ago now and I try not to think about it too much.
The real hero’s are the ones that didn’t come back.
And our fathers, uncles, brothers and sisters (yes, the ladies served and died in WWII and the other conflicts and wars).
May The Almighty bless them all.
The old and nearly ancient Sarge