Anyone else hate wasps?

Pwindedd · 22-04-2011 11:01PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

They don't bother me, I just keep away from them. Have been stung a few times, but only out in the garden as a kid, probably when I stood on one of them or something.

And they do have a function, they're predators that have long been used as natural bug killers.

I don't mind them, what I do mind is people who start screaming and acting mental when a poor innocent bee or wasp flies past (and these are not generally people with fatal sting allergies, just hysterical idiots).

Cú Giobach wrote: »

No they don't. I'm smiling at the thought of wasps flying around, stinging every random animal they come across, they only sting in self defence.
Of course that idiotic human habit of thrashing about with arms flailing at the sight of a wasp, is an invitation to attack.

I was stung a little while ago, didn't even realise the little bugger was on my arm UNTIL he stung me so they do sting for absolutely no valid or apparent reason. If you have a fear of wasps the arm flailing and screaming is a knee-jerk reaction to the impending fear and can't be helped I'm afraid. Yes it's irrational and pointless but also unavoidable - I get very annoyed with anyone who tells me to calm down it's only a wasp - I don't enjoy my little freak out moment and will avoid looking like a loon at all costs but I just can't help it, my brain is telling my body to react in that way. I sweat profusely, my heart races and I panic it's not a nice experience.

gurramok · 22-04-2011 11:05PM

Once I was in Kilcock, Kildare having a nice latte outside a café when this wasp flew directly into my line of vision. I quickly drew my clenched fist and punched it unintentionally towards a couple sitting a few tables down and the look of disgust and fear on their faces was priceless. Moral of the story, never give in or show fear to the airborne terrorists or they will treat you like a jar of honey

bodhrandude · 22-04-2011 11:10PM

At the Castle Palooza festival in 2008 I had never seen such an amount of wasps in my life, it was a nightmare trying to keep them away from my Jim Beam & coke can, most of the time three of them would be chasing that sweet scent. I dont mind wasps, but if they hang around and hover around me it freaks me out. One of the bands playing on the main stage early on Saturday afternoon, there was a scant audience in the front, the singer announced over the mike, " Is it my imagination or is there more wasps around here than people."

dx22 · 22-04-2011 11:12PM

Hate them... got stung once, never again. I lent one my car, was caught speeding outside mullingar and i got the fine and penalty points, little baxtard!!

tayto lover · 22-04-2011 11:17PM

http://www.midwestradio.ie/mwr/news/1121-roscommon-man-died-from-anaphylactic-shock-following-wasp-stings.html

I also hate wasps and reading this didn't help.

Teyla Emmagan · 22-04-2011 11:19PM

Pwindedd wrote: »

I was stung a little while ago, didn't even realise the little bugger was on my arm UNTIL he stung me so they do sting for absolutely no valid or apparent reason. If you have a fear of wasps the arm flailing and screaming is a knee-jerk reaction to the impending fear and can't be helped I'm afraid. Yes it's irrational and pointless but also unavoidable - I get very annoyed with anyone who tells me to calm down it's only a wasp - I don't enjoy my little freak out moment and will avoid looking like a loon at all costs but I just can't help it, my brain is telling my body to react in that way. I sweat profusely, my heart races and I panic it's not a nice experience.

Where did you get this fear from? Was there someone in the family who used to react the same way when you were younger perhaps? Just wondering.

Flailing around is more likely to end up getting you stung than any other behaviour of course.

leahyl · 23-04-2011 04:32PM

Wasps are EVIL! They are put on this earth to terrorise innocent human folk (ie. Me) and they hover in a way that is very unsettling (for me) - in short I HATE WASPS!!!

Saila · 23-04-2011 04:42PM

KUNTS!

leahyl · 23-04-2011 04:49PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Where did you get this fear from? Was there someone in the family who used to react the same way when you were younger perhaps? Just wondering.

Flailing around is more likely to end up getting you stung than any other behaviour of course.

I'm the exact same - If I see one in the same room as me and I am unable to leave the room for whatever reason, I start panicking!! Hate them!!! I stepped on one of the little f**kers before - the PAIN!! Little s**t!!:mad:

FaceKicker!! · 23-04-2011 06:30PM

Kick them in the face.

CommuterIE · 23-04-2011 07:00PM

I misread the thread title as 'Anyone else eat wasps?'

Dam it!!! I thought there was someone else!! :pac:

Nevermind_ · 23-04-2011 08:05PM

I dont mind bees, i dont like wasps but Giant Hornets scare the sh1te out of me.
Glad we dont have these in ireland!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSf3Kshq1M

veryangryman · 23-04-2011 09:26PM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Don't really mind them at all and I've been stung a fair few times.

It's the eejits that insist on running/dancing around a room freaking out because of a wasp that I hate more.

Ooh you are no longer my friend! :mad:

I AM that guy who freaks out. Have not been stung by a wasp since i was 9 but by god i can remember it. I would sooner be around a bear or gorilla than a wasp. I fantasise about killing their entire population

23-04-2011 09:36PM

When a wasp comes into my vicinity my mind goes into freak out mode and my heart rate goes up but I just freeze up and stay completely still. I remember my Irish teacher used this as an excuse to have a go at me as I wasn't swatting it away.

cocoshovel · 23-04-2011 10:06PM

I can't wait for July - August. When you're sitting in your room on your computer/whatever with your window wide open due to the horrible heat, when this spastic of a wasp flies in and dive bombs straight for you. Happened at least twice a day for me last year. I hate them, and run a mile when I see them due to fear of being stung. Always coming back with a can of lynx and the newspaper of course.

I think I'll just buy a net to cover me window with.

doolox · 23-04-2011 10:39PM

We are lucky in Ireland that we don't have any Hornets or Big Wasps like they have in the U.S or Japan which can kill people. I hat wasps and had to take counselling and therapy to avoid the "flapping" tha some people get annoyed with. Try getting annoyed with people in wheelchairs or the blind while you are at it......such phobias cannot be helped and need considerable help and effort to overcome, not to mention family support.

I remember a friend of mine getting stung by a nest of bees when we were both about 10 yrs old. He and another friend of mine were relatively good at sports and track and field etc..... I beat them by 10 yards on the race to get away from the bees and was never considered a good runner. In normal races I was not motivated to run fast enough but could do it that day. My legs and lungs ached for hours afterwards......but at least I wasn't stung.
I can still remember the sound those bees made.

Another time my father found a wasps nest in the house so he rigged up a running vacuum cleaner at the entrance of the nest to catch them. He left it on all day catching as many wasps in the cleaner as he could then took it down the garden, took out the bag and sealed it up and soaked it in paraffin and lit it......
He did the same with the nest, sealed it off in a bag, soaked it in paraffin and lit it. I was delighted to see the burning wasps.

CelicaGT · 24-01-2012 05:24PM

I found this one last week under a spare roof tile, sleeping!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=317853174919971&set=a.317852201586735.76371.141147885923835&type=3&theater

Chuck Stone · 24-01-2012 05:30PM

Have no fear of them at all. Used to work for a recycling company which involved emptying can banks. They'd be full of wasps after the soft drinks and I didn't get stung once.

Maybe they can sense fear or something?

--Kaiser-- · 24-01-2012 05:44PM

I was stung by a wasp last month.
Inside the house.
In the middle of winter.
In the middle of night.
While I was in bed.
On my ass.

Someone work out the odds on that one

Seachmall · 24-01-2012 05:52PM

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

I was stung by a wasp last month.
Inside the house.
In the middle of winter.
In the middle of night.
While I was in bed.
On my ass.

Someone work out the odds on that one

Sounds like the Winter Assbandito wasp.

Deadly breed.

stovelid · 24-01-2012 05:58PM

They're like the northsiders of the insect world.

They live tightly packed together in high rise structures and enjioy buzzing; are distinguished by a hideously-coloured outer coat and stab anybody that comes too close to their female.

Anyone else hate wasps?

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