OK, so I was sitting here a couple of hours ago in my room in the attic, minding my own business, surfing eBay, when a HUGE wasp flew at me from out of nowhere. It buzzed around the room, then landed on my bed. I grabbed a piece of paper and tried to coax it on to help it out of the window (which was closed), but noooo it flew off and landed on an inconspicuous looking Jiffy bag near the window. I quickly opened the window, and picked up the Jiffy bag. Well, said wasp did NOT want to relinquish its grasp on the envelope! Naturally, I waved the envelope around a bit. Something flew out of the bag. As it disappeared into the night and bounced down the roof, I recognised one of the items - it was a prototype GBA game! (OK, well actually a review copy or whatever - those ones in a GB cart with the board sticking out the top, but same difference). I ran out into the garden, and managed to recover the artwork CD. Fortunately, it landed data side up, and appears OK. The case was located a few feet away. Miraculously, the only damage was that one hinge had snapped - no big deal. The cart was nowhere to be found. I returned upstairs and found a torch. I managed to see it poking out of the gutter, which I could not reach from the window. As the ground had been a bit damp from the poor weather we have had lately, I assumed that it would be swimming in rainwater and feared the worst. However, once I had found a ladder and climbed up there, I discovered that the gutter was bone dry - the moss was soft and crumbly like dry soil, and made a nice cushion for the game, which was sitting there happily. The moral of the story is: Don't use your prototypes to swat wasps! :redface:
No wonder why, I don´t use my only promo CD with Depeche Mode as a wasp swatter. But damn I hate wasps/hornets myself. And well, I am not allergic to them, I just don´t like them at all. And thank goodness, you have found the game.
Hehe, indeed! I had forgotten I had it, to be honest! I certainly wouldn't have picked up the envelope had I known the contents!
The last time that happend to me, I was asleep and dreamt that my hard drive had a mechanic failure. And I didn't have a backup.... ok, ok, I am a geek ;-) CF
Actually I find that a good ol' Sega Saturn is great at stamping out vermin of all sizes - rats, roaches, little kids... they should sell them on a stick, like a battleaxe you can play games on. That's a million dollar idea there.
This reminds me of one time when I had an laptop in my backpack and was going to move it.. so I took the bag and throwed it down a 1m tall stair and just when I had let go of the bag I realized my laptop was still in it. My only thougt was "oh fu...". :lol:
I have a bad habit of hand-slapping flying insects. I ve been stung by bees a few times, but it was nothing too bad. Usually with wasps, I make sure I slap them hard so they fall and I just step on them =)
If you can control yourself, ignoring them is by far the most effective way to avoid getting stung. It can lead to slightly nerve-wracking situations, I've had wasps nearly crawl in my ear, but I've not been stung since I was a kid. Admittedly, if they're indoors then you need to deal with it. If you've got wasps bothering you when there's drinks around outside, the best plan is to capture one under a glass and move the glass ten yards or so away, making sure it can't escape. All the other wasps gather around the edges to try to figure out a way to free their buddy, the rest of us get some peace.
End of wasp season is the worst. The workers will eat as much as possible then go on a stinging spree before they snuff it. This is a evolutionary tactic to strike fear into the hearts of all other creatures on the Earth. I hate wasps!
Wasps give me the creeps. I've only ever been stung once or twice but they still do. I shouldn't be worried, I know someone that's allergic to wasp stings. Oh, and if you do ever drop something like a game or other gadget in water, if you can open it up, dry it out and clean any deposits out with a cotton bud they sometimes come back to life. I gave one of my Gameboy cartridges a drink once and I managed to bring it round doing that.
