ARmy Rumour SErvice

**King_of_the_Burpas** · 06-07-2007, 13:33

Originally Posted by Schaden

Mate of mine got stung by a scorpion on the foot...much hilarity in the tent...from a safe distance of course.......he was told to immerse the limb in boiling water to neutralise the venom........apparently you don't notice the boiling water and the sting hurts more.

A mate told me that the only thing more painful than a scorpion's sting was an encounter with a hornet in Germany.

He was asleep and it stung him on the cobblers, which were, unfortunately, hanging out of his shorts at the time.

One of them turned black and - I know because I saw it (bring me a bowl that I may vomit) - swelled up to the size of a rugby ball.

May be where Viz got the original idea for Buster Gonad.

**TheSnake** · 06-07-2007, 13:34

Originally Posted by crescent

Spiders, f'ing spiders, any spiders.

Seconded there.....nasty bleeders, especially the category 3 type in the bathroom/shower...brrr
Yell for wife, and feel like a spas.....

**halo_jones** · 06-07-2007, 13:38

if it crawls slithers or buzzes flits other than a money spider it has lost the right too life and after i have finished runnning round screaming it will be terminated with extreme predudice....i know that a ticket too belize would always have been a rear party or AWOL option for me..............

**a_nony_mouse** · 06-07-2007, 13:54

Cockroaches - far too crunchy!

**dpcw** · 06-07-2007, 14:06

In the Canadian Rockies mosquitoes the size of crane flies - for some reason they took a liking to my knees. All there bites erupted into little mini volcano look-alikes and oozed gunk continuously, my knees swelled up like footballs, and then happily after a while they stopped itching and started scabbing over so then it looked like my knees had a dose of the clap. Never happened before or since.

Next time I am there I will wear very thick clothing or drown myself in repellent.......

**TheIronDuke** · 06-07-2007, 16:37

Originally Posted by a_nony_mouse

Cockroaches - far too crunchy!

The big ones that hiss at you? Argh. Scientists rekon that if London is nuked the only things that survive will be cockroaches and Keith Richards. True. I seen it on a documentary on BBC2.

**shagnasty** · 06-07-2007, 19:53

Oppo asked size of said beastie - about 8" in length and 1/2" in width. Didn't count the legs!!!

**shagnasty** · 06-07-2007, 19:54

sorry double posted

**shagnasty** · 06-07-2007, 20:27

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What is wrong with me tonight? Can't be the gin as I still have some left. Sorry must be glitch in the machine.

**Brew_Time** · 07-07-2007, 07:07

Don't mind snakes, scorpions, spiders and all the usual creepies, but what bugs me are fkn mosquito's. Sat in ure basha at night or on stag and all you hear is zzzzzzzztt zzzzzzzzztt.

B_T.