WASP!!!!

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sfoley1 · #1 Post by **sfoley1** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:22 am

Jesus wept!

70ish onthe A4 this morning, coming off before the M4 flyover to the Chiswick roundabout, something hits the helmet and then there's a wasp on the inside of the visor.

Cue hard braking and battle with my brain to remain calm while wanting to freak out. In those few seconds I agrred with myself that a stung face was better than a stack.

Visor ripped open and thank feck the wind blew it away and not back in again.

That has never happened before and hopefully the last.

Visor was closed, it somehow bounced off my helmet and managed to go in my helmet underneath my chin

#2 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:27 am

I had a similar experience many years ago. The fact that I was wearing a 'Jet' style helmet with clip-on visor probably tells you how long ago...

A wasp flew in the front of the helmet, caused exactly the same reaction as yours, but the little bastard managed to sting me in the neck on its way out.

From that day forward I've taken it personally and whenever I encounter a wasp I'm on a mission to kill it.

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:22 am

Had one in a cup of coffee once .... only found it once it was in my mouth - resulting in a general spitting out of a mouth full of coffee.
Think it had been boiled to death but was still a bit of a shock to the system.

Fausto · #4 Post by **Fausto** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:19 pm

My brother managed to inhale one the other day - it stung him in his throat.
Luckily he's not allergic or it could have been time for the penknife and biro trick I learned from some movie or other years ago.

Falco9 · #5 Post by **Falco9** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:34 pm

Close one and I know the sense of panic you felt only too well.

Last year in The Picos I set off after the lads after being the last one to fuel up, after a mile or two I thought I could feel something moving around my chest, gave it a scratch (as you do) and the feeling of movement stopped, but 2 miles further I'm now convinced that something is in there and burrowing around (thoughts of Alien rush to my mind)

Pull over (full blooded emergency stop) and strip off my leather jacket and Tee shirt to find a bloody big bee stuck to my chest. Luckily it didn't sting me but I've never panicked as much in my life, must have broken the world record for roadside undressing at the same time

Funny thing is, how did it get in? my leathers were zipped up to the top!

F9

Syltiz · #6 Post by **Syltiz** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:38 pm

I had a mate who road through a mini-swarm of bees in t-shirt and nothing stung him... until he came to a stop and put his arms down and all the bees nestling in his arm pits went on a stinging spree.

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:42 pm

Syltiz wrote:I had a mate who road through a mini-swarm of bees in t-shirt and nothing stung him... until he came to a stop and put his arms down and all the bees nestling in his arm pits went on a stinging spree.

Oh I shouldn't have laughed ..... but .....

Syltiz · #8 Post by **Syltiz** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:59 pm

D-Rider wrote:
Syltiz wrote:I had a mate who road through a mini-swarm of bees in t-shirt and nothing stung him... until he came to a stop and put his arms down and all the bees nestling in his arm pits went on a stinging spree.
Oh I shouldn't have laughed ..... but .....

That was my reaction too...

wavey · #9 Post by **wavey** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:44 pm

Syltiz wrote:I had a mate who road through a mini-swarm of bees in t-shirt and nothing stung him... until he came to a stop and put his arms down and all the bees nestling in his arm pits went on a stinging spree.

Reminds me of that old arabic curse "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits"

joecrx · #10 Post by **joecrx** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:14 pm

just read all those storys

i did drive into a swarm of miges with my viser up and mouth open though on a luvly warm scottish evening , i can still tast them

yurgh!

BikerGran · #11 Post by **BikerGran** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:36 pm

I'm old skool and still wear a cotton scarf - got home one day, took off my lid, lowered my chin to get my door key out of my bumbag and was stung under the chin by a bee stuck to my scarf!

HisNibbs · #12 Post by **HisNibbs** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:23 am

I've had the odd hibernating queen emerge from the lining of my crash helmet and walk across the visor...........plus the odd still buzzing fragment come over the top of the vizor.

But by far the worst was mowing some long grass. There was a wasp nest in the ground and I did not hear then kick off over the noise of the mover. On the first sting looked down to my legs and I was smothered in the things. I did a very extreme impression of a Bavarian knee slapper whilst simultaneously trying to remove my clothes.

End result was 30 - 40 stings and a very itchy few weeks. Oh and the odd flash back........

D-Rider · #13 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:12 am

HisNibbs wrote:I've had the odd hibernating queen

I did a very extreme impression of a Bavarian knee slapper whilst simultaneously trying to remove my clothes.

Sorry .... what forum have I logged on to this morning