Bitten but not smitten ...

Dan Salter · #1 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:10 PM

I was working on a reserve in the burham marshes area of kent today in a huge disused chalk pit. There were a group of about 15 of us all busy scrub cutting ( yawn ) ...it was soon clear there were lots of midges/mozzies about but why was i the only one that got eaten to death? I react instantly to bites and come up in huge wealds....i have large bumpy bites all over my forearms....my back.....the back of my neck....all over my shaved head and a beauty on my forehead....im sporting a look John Merrick would envy!!...but why me? a couple of others had like one bite each?....Someone mentioned its to do with blood group? ( I dont know mine off hand before you ask!)..is there any truth in this theory or am i just correct in what i already knew? im an extremely tasy male specimen

Hokum · #2 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:26 PM

On the reaction front you may be hypersensative to the bites... on the why, it can be down to the make up of your sweat, your "scent" is important....

Alan · #3 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:38 PM

Try drinking plenty of beer the night before Dan, that sometimes works (a good excuse anyway

), it's the vitamin B in it I believe. Don't drive though!! Of course you could have over active pheromones like me! That always attracts them, the mozzies too! It's such a chore

Dan Salter · #4 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:39 PM

of course im quite "tasy" whatever that is....but its should read tasty....and of course this is also a joke and not the real opinion i have of myself...

tasty sweat?....hmmm....that would be poundlands finest* shower gel.

Lincs Yellowbelly · #5 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:45 PM

I hardly ever get bitten, i must be one of the lucky ones

Dan Salter · #6 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lincs Yellowbelly

I hardly ever get bitten, i must be one of the lucky ones

Or just not as attractive as me ?

Alan · #7 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Or just not as attractive as me ?

Beat me too it

(but referring to me of course

)

Jennywrenny · #8 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Salter

...it was soon clear there were lots of midges/mozzies about but why was i the only one that got eaten to death?

I know how you feel. I have been out with my partner and my dad taking photos in the countryside and I seem to be the only one that gets covered in bites. I can go out wearing long trousers and a long sleeved top and still get bites behind my knees, on my calf, my back, my tummy, at the top of my arms... everywhere! Also a couple of months ago I had a bite on my ankle which became infected...

and then a a few weeks ago I had a bite on my hand which also got infected and I ended up on antibiotics both times

Anyway I have bought some insect repellant so I'm going to see if that works...

Dan Salter · #9 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 09:27 PM

Ouch !

Lincs Yellowbelly · #10 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Or just not as attractive as me ?

In your dreams

Dan Salter · #11 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:29 PM

mwuahahaha!

Dan Salter · #12 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:31 PM

Lincs....as with a load more on here there is no indication or clue wether you are male or female so i cannot say i would dream of being as attractive as you or not

...
when will WAB get a sexing icon next to peoples names like other forums...will make life a lot easier

Lincs Yellowbelly · #13 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:40 PM

You could also be Danielle Salter i guess

Cheers

John

Dan Salter · #14 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:45 PM

Ahhh ok.....John...thats a big clue....so your a lady then?

Garden Carpet · #15 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:45 PM

can we not guess... i mean.. for fun... lincs is male.... i reckon.. and so is dan.. of course.. henrya and lewisa... well... i would guess male for the first.. and probably the second...think you know mine

Dan Salter · #16 (**permalink**) 13-09-2006, 10:51 PM

For some its stupidly obvious....Dan....Alan.....nicole....wild WOMAN.....eeyore i guess he was a male donkey.....but others the name gives no clue whatsoever....i realise a lot of you oldshcool members all know each other personally or by name and i hope can tell by now what sex you all are but for a relative newbie it makes life a little difficult...when replying to stuff...?...

nightshade · #17 (**permalink**) 14-09-2006, 07:44 AM

It would only increase your online flirting Dan

tea tree shower gel and shampoo seem to keep them off initially
neemtree oil from Eureka! Midge Repellent: Home I find good

Lincs Yellowbelly · #18 (**permalink**) 14-09-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nightshade

It would only increase your online flirting Dan

tea tree shower gel and shampoo seem to keep them off initially
neemtree oil from Eureka! Midge Repellent: Home I find good

I was going to say something similar, along the lines, we know who is female because Dan's flirting with them

Dan Salter · #19 (**permalink**) 14-09-2006, 05:32 PM

Come on now gentleman....im a taken man now....no flirting from me...
I just dont want to reply to any women with " Thanks fella" or to any men with " Ok thanks sweetie" ha ha

debnade · #20 (**permalink**) 15-09-2006, 03:15 PM

I too am covered in several bites, and all i did was queue up in the fish and chip shop on Monday night (admittedly the door was open!), but even so, i ended up with about half a dozen bites.

My OH rarely gets bitten, and he has read that people who eat marmite are less likely to be bitten. I hate it!!!!!!! with avengance, he loves it on his toast in the morning. He often fishes and never comes home with bites, where as I have to apply repelant just to go out in the garden!

If you like marmite, it could be worth eating it more often?

Debs

Gaina · #21 (**permalink**) 15-09-2006, 06:14 PM

When I go out in the summer, I always put a few drops of T-tree and Eucalyptus oils on the peak of my baseball cap (it MUST be genuine essential oil, though - Boots is a good place to get them) and the mozzies and various other bitey things steer clear of me

cloud 9 · #22 (**permalink**) 15-09-2006, 07:46 PM

I think I am right in saying it is the pregnant mozzies that bite, as they need blood for the eggs to develop. In applying repellant or other strong smelling stuff it makes you in effect invisable to them.

I think Dan may be a mozzie magnet

Gaina · #23 (**permalink**) 15-09-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cloud 9

I think I am right in saying it is the pregnant mozzies that bite, as they need blood for the eggs to develop. In applying repellant or other strong smelling stuff it makes you in effect invisable to them.

D

Of course it could be the insect equivalent of tiny swollen ankles and morning sickness that makes them want to bite someone

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