Archive - Aug 31, 2006

A wasp just stung the "f**k you wasp" finger on my left hand.

I called Jen because I was in too much pain to google aprés-wasp care myself.

She read this to me as I careened (screeching) around the apartment trying to eat an antihistamine while washing my digit and then coating it liberally in arnica gel.

Wasps are very territorial and will defend their nests aggressively and they can sting repeatedly. Multiple wasp stings can be extremely painful and unpleasant. One wasp sting is enough to make a person break the 100m Olympic sprint record. The author, who once worked at a crocodile farm, jumped over three large crocodiles after having been stung by a small 3cm long wasp in a desperate bid to escape more stings!