So I was cycling along...

freehub
freehub Posts: 4,257
edited June 2011 in The bottom bracket
And a wasp decided to enter my mouth and sting my right on the tip of my tongue!!!

It was so unbelievably painful, my tongue was going numb and swelling up, I ended up panicking and called emergency services who were very helpful and assured me I was not wasting time which I thought I would be, but better being safe than sorry I guess with wasp stings like that or even worse a bee sting.

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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Did you swallow or spit?
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Damn well spit.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    freehub wrote:
    Damn well spit.

    Just as well, imagine the sting on the way out if you'd swallowed. :wink:
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  • Rigga
    Rigga Posts: 939
    Can't have been nice for the wasp either ffs! :lol:
  • Vino2007
    Vino2007 Posts: 340
    You want to try getting stung in the back of your throat!
  • Tonymufc
    Tonymufc Posts: 1,016
    Vino2007 wrote:
    You want to try getting stung in the back of your throat!

    This really isn't the time nor the place for talk like that. :lol:
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    I usually get 3 or 4 bees in the mouth over the course of a summer. Already had two this year. My girlfriends advice? Stop breathing through my mouth.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    should have swallowed. Lot of calories in a wasp, would have saved yourself a few bob on beans.
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  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    I got one between the frame of my glases and cheek last year, she got stuck and let me have it.
    I say she because I reckon if it was a bloke wasp he would have been far more reasonable about it and try to find his way out without asking for guidance
  • One Man And His Bike
    One Man And His Bike Posts: 661
    Vino2007 wrote:
    You want to try getting stung in the back of your throat!
    Yeah, we all wake up wishing today is the day we can spend 4 hours riding around making a cod face (Tony Martin ITT style) just to try and get that epic moment we get stung there. :cry:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Nasty.
    _
  • cristoff
    cristoff Posts: 229
    pussy! should have swallowed it, you seen the crap Bear Grylls eats?
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Will o'the Wasp
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  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    If you think a wasp in the mouth's bad, try having one fly into the hole in the top of your helmet.

    :wink:
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  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    FreeHive
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    DCowling wrote:
    I got one between the frame of my glases and cheek last year, she got stuck and let me have it.
    I say she because I reckon if it was a bloke wasp he would have been far more reasonable about it and try to find his way out without asking for guidance

    I had that as a kid, it just kept stinging away until I fell off and got to it.
  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Nothing wrong with a swollen tongue, it's not held Jamie Oliver back.
  • AndyF16
    AndyF16 Posts: 506
    Cornerblock wrote:
    Nothing wrong with a swollen tongue, it's not held Jamie Oliver back.

    :lol: I managed to headbut 3 large bees on Monday's ride, almost felt guilty with them diminishing in numbers already
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  • DIESELDOG
    DIESELDOG Posts: 2,087
    Crapaud wrote:
    If you think a wasp in the mouth's bad, try having one fly into the hole in the top of your helmet.

    :wink:

    Yup, I bet that's gotta smart a bit...

    Love n hugs

    DD
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  • thecrofter
    thecrofter Posts: 734
    Crapaud wrote:
    If you think a wasp in the mouth's bad, try having one fly into the hole in the top of your helmet.

    :wink:
    Now that does sound painful :shock:
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Crapaud wrote:
    If you think a wasp in the mouth's bad, try having one fly into the hole in the top of your helmet.

    :wink:

    Rather there than on my tongue.

    I can't think of anywhere worse than in the mouth. Apart from maybe if it did it right on the eye.
  • martinwitnam
    martinwitnam Posts: 439
    Gotta agree Freehub!
    I never heard of someone's head swelling up enough to stop your breathing, whereas your tongue well....
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    martinwitnam wrote:
    Gotta agree Freehub!
    I never heard of someone's head swelling up enough to stop your breathing, whereas your tongue well....

    See that little :wink:y thing in Crapaud's post :?:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    The only word to describe it, Aggie, is 'whooosh'.

    & :roll:
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