Wasps! Why are people so freakin' afraid?

PucaMama · 27-08-2015 06:39PM

Jawgap wrote: »

Can she not get gluten free ones?

They're all the rage now.

Ha good one.

She was stung as a child and had an allergic reaction.

kylith · 27-08-2015 06:47PM

Got stung on the neck by one once, which hurt. Never been afraid of them though. Stay calm, move slowly, and when the bastard least expects it smack it from above and stamp on it when it hits the ground.

EnergyBlaster · 27-08-2015 06:51PM

kellso81 wrote: »

One time me and my girl were out in the woods, when my girl lost her mood ring, i went looking for it and stepped on a wasp's nest. I got stung loads and died and my girl cried. That's why me and my girl don't like them

Sorry to hear that but what the fcuk is a mood ring

Aidric · 27-08-2015 06:54PM

They love the top of a beer bottle, the pricks.

bodhrandude · 27-08-2015 06:57PM

Festivals can be a trying experience with wasps, they love beer, Electric Picnic 2012 was pretty memorable for them, this guy picked up his pint near the main stage and there was about three wasps drowning in his pint of lager. Castle Palooza festival in 2008 was worse it was like living in a wasp kingdom.

Paramite Pie · 27-08-2015 07:18PM

smash wrote: »

Because they're cnuts!

briany wrote: »

What, the alternative option is to stand there and let them land on us and maybe sting us?

Actually wasps are just checking people out for food or threats... a friend of mine from Germany laughs at us Irish for being afraid of wasps -- she said it's really bizarre.

They will usually go away very quickly unless you have food or are wearing perfume/aftershave. Swiping at them aggravates them. I've lost my Irish phobia of wasps since.

Spanish Eyes · 27-08-2015 07:22PM

At this time of year they are particularly awful things. They are everywhere you don't want them to be.

Out the back, in the garden, a plate or two, or a jamjar or two, of sugar, water and a bit of vinegar makes them drunk and they DROWN. The little bit of vinegar attracts wasps but the bees don't like it. I like bees, they do not annoy you at all, and they make honey, and they pollinate things. Wasps are useless.

But they go out happy on my concoction. And they stay away from me, cos all they want is sugar.

Teyla Emmagan · 27-08-2015 08:09PM

I don't mind wasps. I hate people reacting hysterically to them though.

27-08-2015 08:17PM

I've been stung twice while minding my own business. Evil fcukers and I'll scream and run away every time

degsie · 27-08-2015 08:20PM

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Actually wasps are just checking people out for food or threats...

deseil · 27-08-2015 08:31PM

Ive been stung a couple of times but try not to panic when one comes near,

Italy has the biggest wasps ive ever seen they are monsters the size of birds, now these I panicked about! Our little ones didnt bother me so much after seeing them.

NachoBusiness · 27-08-2015 08:42PM

Went to Ballymount recycling centre today for the first time. Doing my bit for global warming. Had bags of paper, cans, plastic etc. Chap tells me I need to separate the stuff and put them each into their respective recycling skip things. So what I thought would take five minutes, took me eleventeen hours, or close to it and the final leg of my ordeal was the beverage cans. Well, here is where the bastard wasps come into the equation. The is a fcuking nest of three of them right behind the aluminium can bank thing. They were everywhere. Hovering around me like mini remote controlled heliwasps. Instinctively I ran away and waved my hands about me while twisting and gyrating my body. A few times. Must have looked a right clown from a distance. Even bigger one to anyone closer to me.

tl;dr

Killer wasps in Walksinstown tried to kill me earlier.

kylith · 27-08-2015 08:49PM

deseil wrote: »

Ive been stung a couple of times but try not to panic when one comes near,

Italy has the biggest wasps ive ever seen they are monsters the size of birds, now these I panicked about! Our little ones didnt bother me so much after seeing them.

Them'd probably be hornets.

Here's a handy size comparison: a hornet eating a wasp http://nikonites.com/attachments/photo-critique/53479d1379951611-hornet-vs-wasp-when-goliath-won-over-david-wasp_zps925ed7f5.jpg

galah · 27-08-2015 10:44PM

Got stung for the first time ever recently (wasp got caught in the folds of my skirt). Hurts a lot. And i mean a lot. Sting also left a massive swelling for a day. Not nice.

Mother or a friend fell into a coma and subsequently died after being stung by a wasp in her windpipe (freak accident, wasp flew into her mouth).

RDM_83 again · 27-08-2015 11:15PM

kylith wrote: »

Them'd probably be hornets.

Here's a handy size comparison: a hornet eating a wasp http://nikonites.com/attachments/photo-critique/53479d1379951611-hornet-vs-wasp-when-goliath-won-over-david-wasp_zps925ed7f5.jpg

So your saying we need more hornets to get rid of the wasp problem, I'l start importing them right away

Personally fine with them, was stung a fair few times as a child too.
Know a couple of people (all girls) who are pretty terrified of them, its amusing till your made to sit inside rather than the nice outside area :mad:

donegaLroad · 27-08-2015 11:26PM

kylith wrote: »

Them'd probably be hornets.

Here's a handy size comparison: a hornet eating a wasp http://nikonites.com/attachments/photo-critique/53479d1379951611-hornet-vs-wasp-when-goliath-won-over-david-wasp_zps925ed7f5.jpg

Asian hornets could appear in Ireland, warns the Dept of Agriculture

They are already spreading across mainland Europe, and pose a considerable threat to the honey bee. Here they are in action against a honey bee hive..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1eAM8CChc

Ivefoundgod · 27-08-2015 11:36PM

Allergic to them and absolutely terrified of them. I have an epipen in case I get stung anywhere near my neck or face but its not exactly easy to carry around and I often forget it, thats usually when one appears. I somewhat irrationally believe they can sense my fear, it often seems to me like when one is nearby it gets quite aggressive towards me while not bothering others. I'm aware this is in my head but still hate the ****ers. A trip to the bottle bank is beyond me this time of year, genuinely too scared at this time of year, its when they're at their worst in my experience.

ArtSmart · 27-08-2015 11:58PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They colonised half the world.

Mostly the USA, and mostly politics, although Catholics and other groups have done well in recent years

Bongalongherb · 28-08-2015 01:07AM

I'm your worst enemy so.

When I see a wasp out of steam and cannot take-off, and of which is tired, I mix a half teaspoon of sugar with water into an egg-cup and mix it around well until it's watery liquid and pour it in front of the little feller so that it can drink and regain glucose and energy to fly off and sting some of you folk for being ungrateful against honey. I do the same with bees. A bit of watered sugar will get them flying again in around 10/15 minutes after drinking the stuff.

That's your free lesson for today. I should have charged you for it.

_Whimsical_ · 28-08-2015 01:16AM

Hornets are strangely grand. Our neighbour had a nest last year and they were everywhere. They look absolutely huge and scary but they're like a class of mentally slow, drunken wasps, they fly in this weird figure of eight so it takes them quite a while to get anywhere, there's no running to escape these guys.
I learned to my peril however that if you kill one their buddies will turn up next day to see what happened.

DoYouEvenLift · 28-08-2015 01:18AM

Been stung a few times by them, it's not too bad, maybe a little bit worse than a nettle sting. I'd understand allergic people being really afraid

_Whimsical_ · 28-08-2015 01:21AM

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Been stung a few times by them, it's not too bad, maybe a little bit worse than a nettle sting. I'd understand allergic people being really afraid

The thing is most of us don't know if we are allergic so maybe fear is the wisest response.

Bongalongherb · 28-08-2015 01:31AM

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

The thing is most of us don't know if we are allergic so maybe fear is the wisest response.

Fear is a slow killer. Never fear anything. I never got stung in my life. The reason for this is that I never flay my arms around trying to swipe at the little fellers. Let them be curious near you for a few seconds and they will always fly away.

Billy86 · 28-08-2015 01:50AM

Hate them too, but not nearly as much as I hate idiots who flail around in panic when they see one. It's like they want to get stung!

Quadrature · 28-08-2015 01:53AM

My dog (rip) was stung as a puppy and made it her life's mission to attack every wasp she heard / saw!

It made walks this time of the year a total nightmare as she'd spot a wasp and decide to get revenge (dragging me along)

FanadMan · 28-08-2015 01:58AM

Had a teacher in secondary school that was fatally allergic to wasp or bee stings. Could never get over how she could let one land on her and let it walk all over her.

If one came into the classroom I'd have to leave. Even jumped out of a (slowly) moving car to get away from one of the cnuts. I've handled snakes, tarantulas and other stingy, bitey things without a problem but let me see or hear a wasp and I'm gone

Billy86 · 28-08-2015 02:01AM

RDM_83 again wrote: »

So your saying we need more hornets to get rid of the wasp problem, I'l start importing them right away.

Besides if the hornets become a problem, we simply unleash wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes; they'll wipe out the lizards. Then we've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat. And here's the beautiful part... when wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

cerastes · 28-08-2015 02:06AM

briany wrote: »

What, the alternative option is to stand there and let them land on us and maybe sting us?

No, run around flailing your arms and straight into an oncoming car, Id rather get stung myself.

PucaMama wrote: »

Ha good one.

She was stung as a child and had an allergic reaction.

became allergic to gluten after being stung by a wasp?

X6.430macman · 28-08-2015 04:31PM

kneemos wrote: »

Funny ha ha or funny peculiar loike?

Funnnnnnny haaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Knex* · 28-08-2015 04:53PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

Asian hornets could appear in Ireland, warns the Dept of Agriculture

They are already spreading across mainland Europe, and pose a considerable threat to the honey bee. Here they are in action against a honey bee hive..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1eAM8CChc

Jaysus.

Wasps! Why are people so freakin' afraid?

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