scary things

7aken

when i moved out here, it was strange to here about all these weird disease's that you can get here but would never of heard of in ireland. one particularly nasty one here is called chikungunya, it got me thinking, has anyone else who's moved away been surprised by new things that can hurt/kill you or make you ill?

another freaky thing was there was a scorpion in my house the other day! my biggest insect worry used to be wasp's!

Gordon

Where are you?

Norinoco

Gordon wrote:

Where are you?

Think he's in Mahe, an island in the Seychelles (its also a place in India!)

Im in Oz, EVERYTHING that moves out here can kill you...!

Ruu_Old

Don't think theres anything too harmful in boring, old Illinois.

eiretamicha

Ruu wrote:

Don't think theres anything too harmful in boring, old Illinois.

Besides rabies!

dave2pvd

eiretamicha wrote:

Besides rabies!

'n Republicans :eek:

Ruu_Old

I know absoultely nothing about politics and I could care less really but I thought most of IL supported Democrats (apart from the farmers says my wife).

The Bollox

7aken wrote:

when i moved out here, it was strange to here about all these weird disease's that you can get here but would never of heard of in ireland. one particularly nasty one here is called chikungunya, it got me thinking, has anyone else who's moved away been surprised by new things that can hurt/kill you or make you ill?

another freaky thing was there was a scorpion in my house the other day! my biggest insect worry used to be wasp's!

scorpions are arachnids, not insects

7aken

Marts wrote:

scorpions are arachnids, not insects

i stand corrected and norinoco was right the first time, seychelles.
no-one else surrounded by new non-pleasant species/ diseases? (politicians dont count)!!!!

Ruu_Old

No bird flu here or anything and even if there was Bush had a plan to stop the birds from escaping infected areas (how I don't know apart from shooting them).

"Im sorry mr.raven, we can't allow you into the state of Illinois"
"CAW CAW, CAW CAW!"

challengemaster

hahahahhaha sounds typical.:D

DublinEvents

I once lived at a place where centipedes were in abundance in the bathroom. I would see one practically everyday. Most of them were small things but still looked creepy. However, I almost had a heart attack when I once saw a 10 inch centipede! :eek: It was so big with lots and lots of legs and it was shiny black, not a colour you want to see on a critter. Thank God it was afraid of the light so it just ran away and hid itself in the trash. Threw that trash out with so much fear.

The Sweeper

Cirrhosis of the liver, injury by chav, hit by a BMW driver. Those are the main risks where I live.

Faith

Snakes. They have snakes here. Not poisonous ones, I don't think, but still.