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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:33 AM
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Doing 60mph and a wasp flew up my jacket sleeve yesterday! Stung me twice while doing the "bee dance" !! That sap sucker hurt!!
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:35 AM
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Tell me about it, I know how you feel. One time I had a bee hit me in the throat and it sent me to the ER, no fun indeed.
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:37 AM
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ouch that sucks. one day the OL and i were on my bike going for a ride and i saw this enormous bug heading right for me so i ducked and i smacked her square in the middle of her forehead. she had a lump the size of a quarter i was laughing so hard i almost wrecked. when we got off the bike she nearly killed me....lol
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:40 AM
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Ouch! Bees can only sting once and their stinger comes out. Must have been a yellow-jacket hornet.
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:45 AM
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Didn't happen on a bike but still funny....

I was leaned forward on the steering wheel in my truck traveling to Chattanooga one day. I flicked a cigarette out the window and next thing I know my *** crack was burning like crazy. Apparently the cig came back in the window and rolled down my back into my *** crack. I was jumping and hollering trying to get that cigarette out of my crack while trying to maintain control on I24 at 80mph with cars and trucks all around me. My friend even started digging in my butt to get it out before I had a wreck

Crazy stuff happens
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:47 AM
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Wasp or something actually saved me from a very possible accident with deer a couple years ago. Very twisty road and got stung inner thigh. I slowed considerably, jumping trying to scratch away the pain when I came around a sharp curve and 2 fawn were in the middle of the road. Buddy behind me couldn't believe I actually went between them, barely missing both.

The story by screamn_eagle had me laughing out loud!!!

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my friend even started digging in my butt to get it out before i had a wreck

crazy stuff happens
tmi....
 

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Old May 2, 2015 | 11:57 AM
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Caught one sometime back 30 years ago, hornet between my helmet and my right temple. Stung my 5 or 6 times before I could get it stopped and dig the bug out of there.

My temple swelled up so quickly and so badly that my wife had to hold the helmet for me as I rode home without it.

It was only later that I found out that a hornet sting that close to the brain could have been problematic.
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 12:11 PM
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Got hit smack dab middle of the forehead, swelled up and looked like a third eye!
 
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Originally Posted by mikelikesbikes
Wasp or something actually saved me from a very possible accident with deer a couple years ago. Very twisty road and got stung inner thigh. I slowed considerably, jumping trying to scratch away the pain when I came around a sharp curve and 2 fawn were in the middle of the road. Buddy behind me couldn't believe I actually went between them, barely missing both.

The story by screamn_eagle had me laughing out loud!!!
believe me she still tells people about that day and how she kicked my *** for not taking the bug hit. in retrospect, the bug hit would have been less painful....shes one tough b**** my OL, but i love her..
 
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Old May 2, 2015 | 01:38 PM
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Great bee stories lol. My arm is a bit swollen and itchy, but I'll be alright. A few yrs ago one went over my wind shield and down my back that hurt too oh well.
 
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