My Pest Pet Hates

Oh my goodness, Ozlem! You hit the proverbial nail on the head with this one. I, too, understand that most insects have their use in the grand scheme of Mother Nature, but wasps? They seem to attack mindlessly, even when you didn’t bother them. Was held hostage in our pool last summer by a swarm that had decided, unbeknownst to us, to take residence in the ladder. Swooping & stinging if we didn’t get ourselves submerged quickly enough. Oh, it was an experience. They really are the one insect I can find no use for other than tormenting other creatures, including our canine furkids. It’s too bad we can’t just ask Mother Nature what she meant by these little tyrants. An answer may at least provide some consolation. Not that I’d like them, but at least we’d understand.

September 3, 2011 at 6:55 pm Cari L. Pedstelak reply

Well met, Ozlem! You’re most assuredly not alone in trying to figure these raucous little fellers out. This entry was humorous as well as refreshing to read that I have company in being one who, whilst understanding & appreciating the purpose in most of Mother Nature’s creations, remains befuddled as to the purpose of those insane little buggers, the wasps/yellowjackets/hornets.

Your post had me giggling as well as having snickering flashbacks to the time they held us hostage in the pool. You see, the pool wasn’t ‘shelter’ from them, exactly. We had no clue they were there. The maniacal little winged beasties waited until we were already lackadaisically floating around enjoying the cool water & warm sunshine before they opted to deploy their fighter squadrons out from their base camp under the ladder. We were completely trapped until our roommate happened to come outside, saw what was happening, laughed himself silly, & then got just enough of a squirt of hornet spray on them to give us time to literally hurdle over the ladder & get the heck outta there.

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to discover that the little cretins are in charge of Akismet & are behind the arbitrary snagging of legit comments & marking them as spam. *raises eyebrow in suspicion* Mystery solved. So not only are they comment thieves, but they also nicked my tanning bed from me early one spring. Apparently they were under the impression that the sunlamps were intended for them as a ‘welcome back from hibernating through a frigid Michigan winter’ gift & let me know, in no uncertain terms, that they’d already staked their claim for squatter’s rights with a rapid-fire succession of 3 stings to my bum. *giggles* It wasn’t quite funny at that moment, but life’s time machine has a way of eventually turning such mishaps into comic hilarity. Believe me, my hubby & roommate still crack jokes about me running around the tanning bed screeching, ducking, & rubbing my bum where the little hooligans got me. It’s just a good thing there’s no video or they’d YouTube it! Trust me, nobody would want to see that. *snickers*

Thank you for your lighthearted fun, wit, & charm, Ozlem. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, for certain. Wishing blessings of good fortune to you & yours. Enjoy your day & the week ahead.

September 4, 2011 at 7:31 pm Cari L. Pedstelak reply

Lol! Cari, you sure have a way with words -that was pure entertainment -you too had me giggling to the point I had to make a conscious effort to breathe (ok maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration -but you get my point)

Thank you for a delightful comment (albeit at your expense and those nasty wasp stings -ouch); I am humbled by such words, if I can put a smile on people’s faces -even for a few seconds, then my work is done *cheers*

Thank you for popping by, you certainly brightened up my day.

September 7, 2011 at 11:55 am yikici reply