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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:40 PM Original message |
US man stung by scorpion on commercial flight |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, there's your problem right there. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. She slapped him and said, "I don't want to see that thing!" |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. sounds like a far side comic |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. It stung him first. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. lol nt |
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Rosa Menti (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Actually, it does... |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Some news stories indicate he was overheard to say: |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I sat on a scorpion at my house in California several years ago. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm not lying...If I was on the flight and saw that |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It's just a little arthropod. |
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Rosa Menti (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Isn't it sad |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 05:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
55. Bingo. thanks for your sane posts |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
58. I have a phobia of small biting/stinging things... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. If your phobia interferes with your life, |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. LOL!...I know what you mean. I despise those damn things. They look like something.. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. LOL! Same here! "There's.....A SCORPION ON THE WING!" |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. My sister sat on a scorpion at our house in Florida years ago |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That's a problem, for sure, for people who are allergic. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Now she keeps benadryl around, maybe has an Epi-pen |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. we have centruroides around here and they are a bit more than a bee sting |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You had a CORAL snake in your house? Jesus. I would have |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Kali's profile says "Baja, Arizona"... Having grown up in Tucson, that's fairly normal. |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I am not brave enough to deal with coral snakes wandering around my house. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. had a boyfriend from NY once |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. My husbandwife is from northern California... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. like not getting bummed out by rain? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Time to go out and DANCE! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. nothing |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. oh please get those away from me |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. FYI |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Yeah, because scorpions are such a common occurrence in commercial flights... |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. There are different sizes and kinds of scorpions. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Most of the scorpions around here are no worse than that |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Depends on the scorpion. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Pic here: |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. I remember a few years ago |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have had it with these #@*$*$%(#$*@# scorpions on this #@*$*$%(#$*@# plane! n/t |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Bwah! |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thats an odd habitat |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I was surprised to discover that there were scorpions in |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is newsworthy? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Hey! It's breaking news. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Damned conservative media! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Now that's a good idea. I remember a flight... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. I swear harvester ants are about the worst I have ever been hit by |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. NEver had a harvester ant bite, I don't think. |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. why do I think of Indiana Jones here? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. anyone wish that the scorpion could've stung a TSA worker? n/t |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yeah |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. with all the xrays, body searches body xrays wonder why they didn't see this little bugger |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Scorpion stings can be very serious. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. I was stung by a scorpion once a few years ago |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Uh-oh. Now they've done it. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well, |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. I wish I got 4000 free miles and two free tickets for every scorpion sting I've gotten. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. "I'm tired of all these motherfucking scorpions on this motherfucking plane!" |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him? |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Glad I have 4 cats in my house. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. Scorpion stings hurt but it's not a big deal. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-30-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. That's what we humans get for invading scorpion habitat. |
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democratinnashville (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
53. And yet another reason to hate flying nt |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-01-11 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
59. I lived in NM/TX....I HATE those little suckers |
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