Yeah, seriously. Who tested this?
It was on Spike TV. Might not have been the most rigourous scientific method, but you know a couple dudes tried it.
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2009 8:11:22 pm PST #5873 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hil R. - Feb 09, 2009 8:13:01 pm PST #5874 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I associate scorpions with The Rock. And I never even saw that movie.
I saw that movie. You didn't miss much.
billytea - Feb 09, 2009 8:14:03 pm PST #5875 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This is fantastic. Wikipedia notes that Schmidt, of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, also gave descriptions of various stings. For instance:
Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity.
Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
"Evening chaps, I thought we might try a variation on our usual Wine Tasting Tuesdays, who's game?"
Laga - Feb 09, 2009 8:18:36 pm PST #5876 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
See, someone told me they're called sweat bees because they don't sting, they only make you sweat. I guess I'm glad the bees never disabused me of that notion. Pretty much every other type of insect in the midwest got ahold of me at some point in the 70's or 80's.
Alibelle - Feb 09, 2009 8:21:00 pm PST #5877 of 30000
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
It was on Spike TV. Might not have been the most rigourous scientific method, but you know a couple dudes tried it.
Was this "1000 Ways to Die"? Or that horrific show "Manswers"?
That... is something, billytea. I never truly imagined how a connoisseur of pain would think, and I now I don't have to. Thanks for that.
DavidS - Feb 09, 2009 8:23:25 pm PST #5878 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
Except on my ring finger. But yeah.
Growing up in Florida I had many red ant bites (burn, hurt, itch), chiggers (itch, burn), horseflies (multiple times - always at the pool. Painful, but not as bad as a bee sting), mosquitoes in the hundreds, carpenter ants (ouch!) I saw scorpions but never got stung by one.
Laga - Feb 09, 2009 8:26:53 pm PST #5879 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I love this bit from Schmidt's own Wikipedia entry...
See also:
Apiology
Sadomasochism
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2009 8:26:55 pm PST #5880 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was this "1000 Ways to Die"? Or that horrific show "Manswers"?
You've watched them both?
I can't say much. I used to have a season's pass for Manswers. You were probably doing it for work. But now I have a better idea how small I can legally wear my swimsuit.
DavidS - Feb 09, 2009 8:29:24 pm PST #5881 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I forgot, I've had jellyfish stings. Like long lashings of bee stings but not as long lasting. Only lasted about 40 minutes, and the welts went down over time.
I don't know if I've had a paper wasp, but would rather not test that.
And Bullet Ants, even less so.
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2009 8:31:27 pm PST #5882 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've also been bitten by fish. There's a spot on my waist they really like and will cluster at and nibble. It's too fucking weird.