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[pedantic_fool]

3/4 of the way through mowing the lawn this evening, I got stung three times on my right leg by yellow jackets.  They flew up into the leg of my cargo shorts, I guess, and then freaked out.

After 3 minutes with an ice pack, I went back out and finished.  I did that spot last, but didn't see any others.  I'm not sure if I mowed over a nest or burrow

Comments

[teragramrk]

OUCH! I was stung by a yellow jacket once. I was six years old and it stung me on my arm. They hurt like a bitch. I'm sorry :-(

Stung stories

[singoutjlouise]

Yeah, being stung is no fun at all! I didn't get stung until I was 9, and from about age 7 on I was rather proud of this accomplishment.

Then, one fateful day, as my neighbor Jamie was having her back yard re-seeded, I decided to avoid stepping on the forbidden lawn by ducking underneath the railing of her back deck. Little did I know, there was a wasps' nest under there.

I started screaming, Jamie's parents came out, scooped me up and took me home, and my mom dumped me straight into the bathtub. Then she called over my next-door neighbor Lori who was a nurse, who came over and told me that I was going to be fine...

Well, the jury is still out on that one..