pull down to refresh

I awoke this morning to some sort of insect crawling on my face.
In my groggy state I assumed it was the fly I was chasing around the house last night but much to my dismay when i instinctively reached up, grabbed it in the palm of my hand, and closed my fist to capture it, I realized it was no fly but in fact a wasp.
Little bastard stung me right between my index and middle finger at which point i dropped it on the floor. Fortunately, it was in a weakened state and I threw a dirty sock over it and crushed it (yes, I left my dirty socks on the floor beside the bed last night and clearly for good reason). A well deserved shameful end for this unwelcome guest.
I blame this harrowing experience on the dog and her incessant desire to turn the screen door leading to our deck into a revolving door.
Coming soon to a theatre near you grayruby and the Wasp.
Sats for all, GR
40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo 16h
This reminds of a funny mini series.
Great family movie night option, that works for any age viewer.
reply
When I was younger, I was at my parents' house climbing an avocado tree and I hit my head on a wasp nest. I jumped from over 3 meters high, and I didn't break any bones. The adrenaline was so high that it wasn't until a week later that I realized how high I had jumped. My face was unrecognizable and swollen for about two days from the wasp stings.
reply
Wow how many stings did you get?
reply
I couldn't say the number, but there were several, imagine hitting your head against a nest of those bastards....!!
reply
Wasps unlike bees can sting multiple times. I had a friend who had one fly up his shirt while he was taking a golf swing at the driving range and it stung him multiple times.
reply
May it wanted to tell you that he wanted to go outside your house...
And also, other message, may be you should let live the insect ;)
reply
Pic?
reply
The wasp is long gone and the swelling has gone down on my finger so just a small red spot left. In this case the book is better than the movie.
reply
Hahaha
reply
Here in Texas we get a lot of these Red Paper Wasps. I frequently find them in the house, but I've never been stung by one. They don't seem to be very aggressive. Waking up with one on my face would be bad.
reply
Wow that's a monster. This was just a regular small wasp.
reply
everything is bigger in Texas
reply
This is a fact.
reply
40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jer 24 Jul
Wasps can be no joke. Glad you made it!
I was fine with them my first 30 years on this earth and in the handful of times I’ve been hit in the last number of years things are trending towards a major health issue. Last one in 2022 got me in the neck when I was getting out of my car. It was all I could do not to pass out walking the half block to Shoppers to buy Benadryl.
My uncle never had an issue with them until he hit a nest with the string trimmer and got hit about 20 times. Next time he got hit he ended up in urgent care via ambulance and now has an EpiPen.
reply
You should keep an EpiPen. My wife is allergic, so it’s good it didn’t land on her. She has an EpiPen.
reply
50 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 24 Jul
I got stung by three wasps a few weeks ago while throwing something in our trash because they decided that would be a nice spot to set up a nest:
At least I smacked one before I ran inside and more could sting me haha
reply
You must seek vengeance. It is the honourable thing to do.
reply
Starting Aardvark as the wasp.
reply
I don’t want to get stung by @aardvark. I might not survive.
reply
It could be a stressful situation.
reply
No stings so far, but I had to battle wasps trying to nest in the kid’s playhouse and under the porch.
reply
I haven't been stung by anything since I was a kid. My wife is allergic so it is good it landed on my face not hers. Although I don't think her instinct would have been to crush it.,
reply
I’d leave it dead right there, that way, if another one shows up, she’ll see what happened to her friend! Ahahah 🤠
reply
Haha. Good strategy.
reply
40 sats \ 1 reply \ @suraz 24 Jul
We're waiting! Edit the title fast @grayruby 😁
reply
Too late
reply
40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Macoy31 18h
Nature does not play fair at 6AM. Glad you survived the ambush GR. Solid revenge arc with the sock.
reply