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Chris H posted:

As has been pointed out, if it stung you then Mr Bumble it most
certainly was not.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

<VBG>

Sooner is better with the specs. I'm famously fucking useless with
schedules (just ask Zymurgy).

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simian

Oh look, this is silly.

That's three UKRMers who have been stung by bumblebees, when crn has
very clearly told us that the .uk variety do not sting.

They can't *all* have been asylum seekers, FFS!

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

<blank look>

<googles>

Oh, her. She was on The Big Bang Theory. Otherwise I wouldn't have a
clue who she is.

 

<Mode=crn>

They were all stung by the same bee - although it wasn't a bumble bee,
just a foreign bee in disguise.

</crn>

 

How do you get bees to cut your hedge? Do they sweep up the clippings
afterwards?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simes

The cunning bastard! A sort of Stealth Bee, eh?

Hang on a sec, how does it recognise UKRMers?

It's those fucking stickers, isn't it? Or is it because they didn't blur
their numberplates in photos?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

More to the point, how the **** did it reload?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Alex Ferrier

Ah, they can do that. Cunning little bastards.

On a side-issue, someone I know in California was bitten by a
rattlesnake a few years back. A *BIG* fucker.

He shat himself, and made a *very* high-speed dash to the nearest
hospital.

Turned out the thing never put any venom into him, so he just had a
couple of puncture wounds to keep clean. The doc said "Yep, the big guys
are old enough to make a judgement call on how much (if any) venom to
put in. It's the little ones that are dangerous, 'cos they'll get all
excited and give you the *lot* in one hit."

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Well I certainly didn't until this post made me google, but that
knowledge isn't a key part of the humour of the strip, is it.

 

The most probable explanation is that many people cannot tell the difference
between a bumble bee and other varieties. Male bumble bees cannot sting.
Female bumble bees do not sting unless under threat of imminant death with
all escape routes blocked. Please do not persecute an innocent endangered
species.

 

Excellent, laid back, Californian rattle
snakes with a sense of humour.

How cool is that?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
typed

That's absolutely right. The big furry bodies are in no way a give away.
And the fact that they don't leave stings behind. No. They were probably
wasps in drag. I expect.

I'm glad we've cleared that up. Because loads of people have been
suggesting that they can. So, if you lift their little tails up gently
and check for a dick, you're OK, right?

<examines thread>

No, I'm missing the bit where persecution was advocated.

It'll be fucking Bear again, won't it? Proposing taking off and nuking
the site from orbit? He's such an old over-reactor.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear

"Will nobody think of the bees!?"

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Oh do **** off, eh.

You'll be telling people the GS500 is a good bike, next.

 

Yeah, you useless MoFo. Still, i'll be bending your ear by the bar
about it in a couple of days, so all is not lost ..

Paul.

 

Nowt wrong with mine, it does all I want it to do with quiet competance.
Others may want to go faster.

^]ZZ

 

Hah! Was watching Firefly on the plane on the way back. Very cute,
in a woolly sort of way.

 

Canary test?

 

I'm sure if I ask her I'll find I live with one of those few. I doubt
her sister could either, so that's two.