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Old 09-28-2006, 09:25 AM   #16
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o/t

I noticed the strategically placed hyphen in the title of the thread, thereby saving a lot of dumb jokes...Well played, UT.
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Old 09-28-2006, 11:35 AM   #17
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I happen to be SEVERELY allergic to insect stings, bites, basically, anything involving them up to and including awkward meetings and shy conversation at cocktail parties.

One of the most dangerous critters in all of North America for me to meet happened actually to friggin WALK ACROSS MY BACK a few years ago. This bad ass beastie was identified to me as a "Lesser Yellow Fuzzy Caterpillar". Why is it so dangerous, you have to ask? No, really, I hear you out there . . . You, with the Dell laptop, I hear you...well, let me tell you...

This thing, this beast from hell is dangerous on two levels:
A) Its legs contain powerful hystamines which cause an person who is allergic to have a reaction including swelling, closing of the muscles around the larynx, itching, sweating, and skin irritation (hives, blisters, etc) and
B) Its cute, little fuzzies all over its back? Well, those have one of the most powerful neurotoxins in North America for its size, and those little bastards get into your skin with all the usual reactions, sweats, hot flashes, cold flashes, numbness, loss of breathing, the usual fun stuff.

All I can say is:Thank GOD for epinephrine and Benedryl. I chugged half a bottle of Bennie, hit myself with my autoinjector, called 911, and passed out on the front steps --woke up with the ambulance guys being worried over me. But I lived to tell the tale (obviously) so now, whenever I see a caterpiller, well, I don't give a shit that some cute ass butterfly is the result, I squash em. bastards. every one of em.

Death to the buggies. Long live the Praying Mantiseses (what the HELL is the plural of that anyway). Ciao
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Old 09-28-2006, 03:41 PM   #18
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I'm gonna refrain from being a bastard and not mention natural selection...
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Old 09-28-2006, 03:49 PM   #19
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Old 09-28-2006, 04:00 PM   #20
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I happen to be SEVERELY allergic to insect stings, bites, basically, anything involving them up to and including awkward meetings and shy conversation at cocktail parties.

One of the most dangerous critters in all of North America for me to meet happened actually to friggin WALK ACROSS MY BACK a few years ago. This bad ass beastie was identified to me as a "Lesser Yellow Fuzzy Caterpillar". Why is it so dangerous, you have to ask? No, really, I hear you out there . . . You, with the Dell laptop, I hear you...well, let me tell you...

This thing, this beast from hell is dangerous on two levels:
A) Its legs contain powerful hystamines which cause an person who is allergic to have a reaction including swelling, closing of the muscles around the larynx, itching, sweating, and skin irritation (hives, blisters, etc) and
B) Its cute, little fuzzies all over its back? Well, those have one of the most powerful neurotoxins in North America for its size, and those little bastards get into your skin with all the usual reactions, sweats, hot flashes, cold flashes, numbness, loss of breathing, the usual fun stuff.

All I can say is:Thank GOD for epinephrine and Benedryl. I chugged half a bottle of Bennie, hit myself with my autoinjector, called 911, and passed out on the front steps --woke up with the ambulance guys being worried over me. But I lived to tell the tale (obviously) so now, whenever I see a caterpiller, well, I don't give a shit that some cute ass butterfly is the result, I squash em. bastards. every one of em.

Death to the buggies. Long live the Praying Mantiseses (what the HELL is the plural of that anyway). Ciao
Great post!

I suffer from bouts of angioedema (triggered by anything from insect bites, to heat, to wearing shoes I haven't worn in a week so my skin isn't used to that particular pressure in that particular spot) meaning my capillaries swell, causing my skin to swell, blister, and itch like a thousand bugs are biting me. Unless it would ever happen to affect my esophagus, I'm not in danger of dying from it (though there are those who live with that risk) but man it sucks. I chug the benadryl myself, then am just about unconscious from it!

So now I know about the lesser fuzzy yellow caterpillars. I can see it now "Honey, go kill that fuzzy yellow caterpillar." He'll think I'm bonkers! :p
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Old 09-28-2006, 05:13 PM   #21
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Old 09-28-2006, 11:57 PM   #22
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Well, this happened while I was living at
677 ****** Road
Brooklyn, NY

on the front porch, yet.

bastard caterpillars coming to Brooklyn.
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Old 09-29-2006, 12:30 AM   #23
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was it one of these?
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Old 09-29-2006, 01:43 PM   #24
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Well, this happened while I was living at
677 ****** Road
Brooklyn, NY

on the front porch, yet.

bastard caterpillars coming to Brooklyn.
I would lock myself in a concealed room and cry if I was you.
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Old 12-14-2008, 12:32 PM   #25
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Wow, been a while since I have been here.

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I would lock myself in a concealed room and cry if I was you.
I do that anyway, m'dear. I do that anyway.

I have a new tale to tell in the strange allergic life of Saknussem! For those who remember this thread . . .

I have moved from NY to California, in the country California. In the central valley, California. Farmland. Know what they have at farms? Bugs. Lots of them. I went to Yosemite National Park recently, now I live 1 hour from the main gate and 1.5 hours from the Valley Where The Goddess Got Things Right (That is what we call Yosemite Valley http://www.geocities.com/taiwan_rock...valley_wp.jpg). Anyhow, it is FEDERAL LAND, right? While we were up there, I had an encounter with a caterpillar. The damn thing crawled right onto my arm! Christ, why do these things happen to ME!? Anyhow, I shook it off, and my arm is swelling already, ok?, and stomped on the little fucker. Well, CindyLou Park Ranger was RIGHT THE FUCK BEHIND ME! She came over like the proverbial bat out of righteous fury hell and told me I was getting a summons for killing a park animal. This thing carries like a $5k fine. Crap. Well, it turns out the judge is ALSO allergic to bugbites and let me go with a warning to wear long sleeve shirts. The ranger couldn't stop spitting. LOL.

Kill a caterpillar, you might be saving my life!
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Old 12-14-2008, 12:55 PM   #26
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Old 12-14-2008, 02:22 PM   #27
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Kill a caterpillar, you might be saving my life!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Because if you do it won't grow up into a butterfly and generations from now my descendants will all be Nazis. It's true, it was in a book.
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Old 12-14-2008, 05:17 PM   #28
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I happen to be SEVERELY allergic to insect stings, bites, basically, anything involving them up to and including awkward meetings and shy conversation at cocktail parties.

One of the most dangerous critters in all of North America for me to meet happened actually to friggin WALK ACROSS MY BACK a few years ago. This bad ass beastie was identified to me as a "Lesser Yellow Fuzzy Caterpillar". Why is it so dangerous, you have to ask? No, really, I hear you out there . . . You, with the Dell laptop, I hear you...well, let me tell you...

This thing, this beast from hell is dangerous on two levels:
A) Its legs contain powerful hystamines which cause an person who is allergic to have a reaction including swelling, closing of the muscles around the larynx, itching, sweating, and skin irritation (hives, blisters, etc) and
B) Its cute, little fuzzies all over its back? Well, those have one of the most powerful neurotoxins in North America for its size, and those little bastards get into your skin with all the usual reactions, sweats, hot flashes, cold flashes, numbness, loss of breathing, the usual fun stuff.

All I can say is:Thank GOD for epinephrine and Benedryl. I chugged half a bottle of Bennie, hit myself with my autoinjector, called 911, and passed out on the front steps --woke up with the ambulance guys being worried over me. But I lived to tell the tale (obviously) so now, whenever I see a caterpiller, well, I don't give a shit that some cute ass butterfly is the result, I squash em. bastards. every one of em.

Death to the buggies. Long live the Praying Mantiseses (what the HELL is the plural of that anyway). Ciao
Sniff. That is the most beautiful essay I've ever read. Caterpillars have ruined America. It's time to fight back! Squash the green goo out of them!
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Old 12-19-2008, 01:24 AM   #29
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It was the benedryl talking. I am nowhere near that eloquent, ok? :P
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Old 12-23-2008, 08:29 PM   #30
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Saknussem, how does this strike you:

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Residents in the southern seaside town of Marion Bay are battling a caterpillar plague.

Hundreds of thousands of southern army worms have been making their way from farms and crossing the road into shacks and homes.
Full story here.

Very wriggly video available at the above link.
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