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Posted:
i was happily typing away just then, when i looked down and this ENORMOUS bumble bee was climbing the front of my trousers!
after a lengthy moment of primal fear i managed to politely remove the gigantic buzzing angry ball of scariness, and he's just flown out of the window. phew.
anyone else deeply terrified by small furry things?
ps - i have photographic evidence; this thing must have been at least a foot long, with huge glistening teeth and a handlebar moustache.
i was happily typing away just then, when i looked down and this ENORMOUS bumble bee was climbing the front of my trousers!
after a lengthy moment of primal fear i managed to politely remove the gigantic buzzing angry ball of scariness, and he's just flown out of the window. phew.
anyone else deeply terrified by small furry things?
ps - i have photographic evidence; this thing must have been at least a foot long, with huge glistening teeth and a handlebar moustache.
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Posted:
I think bumble bees are really cool. And you can stroke them and they won't sting you. I think it is more likely to have a white silk scarf and goggles in a kind of second world war fighter pilot way... it was probably just chasing the bad guys away from you!
I think bumble bees are really cool. And you can stroke them and they won't sting you. I think it is more likely to have a white silk scarf and goggles in a kind of second world war fighter pilot way... it was probably just chasing the bad guys away from you!
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Posted:
now that the adrenaline has gone, i can look back on that episode with more clarity.
bumble bees are cool it's true (but they are cooler when they're not climbing towards your belly button
) and, given that this one is no doubt a character from biggles, what name should it have?
I had originally called him thelonius, but in view of the silk scarf, it seems a little out of place.
suggestions?
now that the adrenaline has gone, i can look back on that episode with more clarity.
bumble bees are cool it's true (but they are cooler when they're not climbing towards your belly button
) and, given that this one is no doubt a character from biggles, what name should it have?I had originally called him thelonius, but in view of the silk scarf, it seems a little out of place.
suggestions?
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*slou?
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*slou?
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
definately scary if you're allergic.
you say a foot long?... ehhhe...
definately scary if you're allergic.
you say a foot long?... ehhhe...
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old hand
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Location: Behind you...
Posted:
Bees are NOT COOL! I never had a problem with bees, I follow the old 'don't move and it won't attack you' plan, but last September there was one flying around my face, so I just kept dead still and the little [censored] still STUNG ME
even though I didn't even flail my arms about in a mad fashion. My eye swelled up like a balloon so I couldn't open it for a couple of days, it was hectic. So now I am very afraid of them. They are evil, I think they're getting ready to take over the world!
Bees are NOT COOL! I never had a problem with bees, I follow the old 'don't move and it won't attack you' plan, but last September there was one flying around my face, so I just kept dead still and the little [censored] still STUNG ME
even though I didn't even flail my arms about in a mad fashion. My eye swelled up like a balloon so I couldn't open it for a couple of days, it was hectic. So now I am very afraid of them. They are evil, I think they're getting ready to take over the world! Idolized by Aurinoko
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Posted:
i checked, he says he's not so keen on marvin. he says he prefers bertrand. bertie the bumblebee.
myself, i was leaning towards alphonse, but i guess you don't argue with someone who carried a big weapon around with them all the time.
bertie apologises for the conduct of his species over the course of history, and has buzzed off to set up an independent pressure group in support of inter-species dialogue and better rates for workers.
it's sunny!
i checked, he says he's not so keen on marvin. he says he prefers bertrand. bertie the bumblebee.
myself, i was leaning towards alphonse, but i guess you don't argue with someone who carried a big weapon around with them all the time.
bertie apologises for the conduct of his species over the course of history, and has buzzed off to set up an independent pressure group in support of inter-species dialogue and better rates for workers.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
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Posted:
you thought that was scary.....i came home the other day to find that my boyfriend had bought some new pets....
Giant Spikey Insect
since he got them, one has already excaped.....i'm constantly worried that i can feel it crawling up my arm or something!!
you thought that was scary.....i came home the other day to find that my boyfriend had bought some new pets....
Giant Spikey Insect since he got them, one has already excaped.....i'm constantly worried that i can feel it crawling up my arm or something!!
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Posted:
mmmm. cuddly.
but gross. cuddly but gross.
i'd probably have to move house if one escaped here. or stay with friends until it was found.
mmmm. cuddly.
but gross. cuddly but gross.
i'd probably have to move house if one escaped here. or stay with friends until it was found.
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Internet Hate Machine
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Posted:
eric... u must call the bee eric...
cut it in half... and ull get eric the half a bee!
Yay for monty python!
A one... two-- A one... two... three... four...
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?
Singing...
La dee dee, one two three,
Eric the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric the half a bee.
Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half-asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee!
Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.
I love this hive, employee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally,
Semi-carnally.
The end.
Cyril Connelly?
No; semi-carnally!
Oh.
Cyril Connelly.
[whistling]
bees are fin.. no probs
its bloody
wasps that get me. Bastards! What the hell do they do? cept sting me on the knee? Nadda!
they also get drunk of apples
Wasps are bastards!
bees are cool... unless there pissed off.. then they are bastards!
eric... u must call the bee eric...
cut it in half... and ull get eric the half a bee!
Yay for monty python!
A one... two-- A one... two... three... four...
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?
Singing...
La dee dee, one two three,
Eric the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric the half a bee.
Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half-asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee!
Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.
I love this hive, employee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally,
Semi-carnally.
The end.
Cyril Connelly?
No; semi-carnally!
Oh.
Cyril Connelly.
[whistling]
bees are fin.. no probs
its bloody
wasps that get me. Bastards! What the hell do they do? cept sting me on the knee? Nadda!they also get drunk of apples
Wasps are bastards!bees are cool... unless there pissed off.. then they are bastards!
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Posted:
i have posted a picture of bertie in my gallery. if you see him around, tell him i said hi.
thanks
i have posted a picture of bertie in my gallery. if you see him around, tell him i said hi.
thanks
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Posted:
Stick insects look nice, but they're pretty boring... Tell your boyfriend he's better off with mantids, Starpoi!
Stick insects look nice, but they're pretty boring... Tell your boyfriend he's better off with mantids, Starpoi!
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The pessimist fears this is true.
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Posted:
I had a hunsman-like spider crawl up my sheet and get cuddly with me on my pillow about a year ago.
It wasnt a hunsman, a little bigger in body, shorter legs, same couler and bigger fangy things.
And it oozed green stuff when i threw it off mypillow and stabbed it with my shoe...no one gave that little motherf****r permission to sleep next to me....
Excuse the language but...damn...
I had a hunsman-like spider crawl up my sheet and get cuddly with me on my pillow about a year ago.
It wasnt a hunsman, a little bigger in body, shorter legs, same couler and bigger fangy things.
And it oozed green stuff when i threw it off mypillow and stabbed it with my shoe...no one gave that little motherf****r permission to sleep next to me....
Excuse the language but...damn...
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Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
I once saw a photo of a camel spider. It was absolutely massive and ugly and scary. If you look up camel spider images on google, prepare for a fright.
Unfortunately I found out that it's a hoax...and it's photoshopped. But it still looks scary.
I once saw a photo of a camel spider. It was absolutely massive and ugly and scary. If you look up camel spider images on google, prepare for a fright.
Unfortunately I found out that it's a hoax...and it's photoshopped. But it still looks scary.
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
this beast of a wasp (or is it a hornet?) just flew into my bathroom..its so fg huge.
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it's refusing to leave! i'm scared!
this beast of a wasp (or is it a hornet?) just flew into my bathroom..its so f
g huge. Non-Https Image Link
it's refusing to leave! i'm scared!
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sleeping with angels
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sleeping with angels
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Location: anaheim CA usa
Posted:
due relax if it stings you in your trousers all that will happen is a lil pain and alot of swelling. eather way you are ijn for a intresting night
due relax if it stings you in your trousers all that will happen is a lil pain and alot of swelling. eather way you are ijn for a intresting night
SLEEP WITH ANGELS muckieha
Padawan
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Location: Bolton
Posted:
Don't get scared by bugs. Not unless it's the alien/starship troopers/other spin-off series type.
Don't get scared by bugs. Not unless it's the alien/starship troopers/other spin-off series type.
Damn the addictiveness of forums! (Or should it be addictivity?)
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Location: Back home in Perth WA, Australia
A perth girl gone walkabout...
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Location: Back home in Perth WA, Australia
Posted:
Oooh, bumblebees, i know what you mean - they are massive in this country! Only got tiny honey bees at home in Australia.
Had one fly in my room a few days ago, and my czech housemate answered mine and a friends squeals to squish it for us! (Thanks Libor)
And had another one at work yesterday, it flew into the fly zapper and got stuck in there but didnt die - had to listen to its buzzing all night, before it eventually escaped and got squished by one of the barmen.
Shouldnt there be a law against these things? Bees that is, not the zapper.....
Oooh, bumblebees, i know what you mean - they are massive in this country! Only got tiny honey bees at home in Australia.
Had one fly in my room a few days ago, and my czech housemate answered mine and a friends squeals to squish it for us! (Thanks Libor)
And had another one at work yesterday, it flew into the fly zapper and got stuck in there but didnt die - had to listen to its buzzing all night, before it eventually escaped and got squished by one of the barmen.
Shouldnt there be a law against these things? Bees that is, not the zapper.....
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Location: Cambridge UK
Posted:
seeing as everyone's chipping in with insect stories, here's mine:
I was in London to meet some people late in the evening with nowhere to stay. I called up one of my mates who was still in my old halls of residence and asked if I could stay over in his room. He said it was ok, but I had to get in without a key. So I got a girl a couple of doors down to let me climb out of her window (he lived on the fourth floor, and there was a foot wide ledge outside the windows) and went to his window. I'd just managed to get the window open, when I suddenly noticed lots of flies around me. I then realised that they were black and yellow and stinging me- i'd stirred up a bunch of wasps! I dived through the open window pursued by about 8 angry wasps, shut it behind me and pegged it out of his room into the corridor,. My hands had about 4 stings each, and I had one sting on my chest. I then went downstairs to tell my mates about what had happened, and as I was talking to them, I felt something moving about in my trouser leg. Rolled up my trouser leg and a wasp flew out! Lucky i have hairy legs so didn't get stung! Went back and killed the rest of the wasps in the room with spray deo/ lighter combo (very effective in a quick blast) then spent the night with the window closed. Had to smoke a lot to get over that night! lucky I found them as my mate is allergic to wasps, and there was a bunch of them right outside his window!
Oh yeah and one week later, at home in cambidge a wasp stung me on the arm to wake me in the morning. I later found out there was a wasps' nest in my house that summer, in the very rarely opened cupboard next to my bed. Fortunately when I opened it in winter all the wasps were dead.
P.S I hate wasps now, in case you hadn't got that!
seeing as everyone's chipping in with insect stories, here's mine:
I was in London to meet some people late in the evening with nowhere to stay. I called up one of my mates who was still in my old halls of residence and asked if I could stay over in his room. He said it was ok, but I had to get in without a key. So I got a girl a couple of doors down to let me climb out of her window (he lived on the fourth floor, and there was a foot wide ledge outside the windows) and went to his window. I'd just managed to get the window open, when I suddenly noticed lots of flies around me. I then realised that they were black and yellow and stinging me- i'd stirred up a bunch of wasps! I dived through the open window pursued by about 8 angry wasps, shut it behind me and pegged it out of his room into the corridor,. My hands had about 4 stings each, and I had one sting on my chest. I then went downstairs to tell my mates about what had happened, and as I was talking to them, I felt something moving about in my trouser leg. Rolled up my trouser leg and a wasp flew out! Lucky i have hairy legs so didn't get stung! Went back and killed the rest of the wasps in the room with spray deo/ lighter combo (very effective in a quick blast) then spent the night with the window closed. Had to smoke a lot to get over that night! lucky I found them as my mate is allergic to wasps, and there was a bunch of them right outside his window!
Oh yeah and one week later, at home in cambidge a wasp stung me on the arm to wake me in the morning. I later found out there was a wasps' nest in my house that summer, in the very rarely opened cupboard next to my bed. Fortunately when I opened it in winter all the wasps were dead.
P.S I hate wasps now, in case you hadn't got that!
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
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13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Red glowing eyes, too?
Written by: ben_in_a_spin
ps - i have photographic evidence; this thing must have been at least a foot long, with huge glistening teeth and a handlebar moustache.
Red glowing eyes, too?
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