Things That I Hate

Wasps

The wasp is nature’s revenge upon mankind. Unlike bees, they don’t die when they sting you, so they can come back again and again. When you see a wasp, you either run away for your life or stand like a statue, hoping it will go away.

I have a deck outside my house, and the wasps like to build nests underneath it. If you step in the wrong place, they come out and sting you. I was on a ladder, washing the huge windows of my house, and my brother was holding the ladder because it was very rickety on the deck. As I’m washing, a couple dozen wasps come out of a nest above me. My brother ran for the hills, screaming, while I jumped down ten feet, getting stung all the way.

I feel sorry for the South Africans. They have wasps there that are four inches long.

Did you know that if you get stung enough times in one setting by wasps, you can become allergic? That’s what happened to me on the ladder.

Once, my little sister sat down on a box outside and hundreds of wasps came out of it. Luckily, I was there, so I picked her up and ran her out of there. But she was scarred for life.

Stupid wasps.

Comments

  1. I've got a Waspinator - it's a fake wasps nest that you hang up and they fly away frightened of it because they think it's an enemy nest - sounds daft but it works, bit like a scarecrow for wasps.

    • by Richard Phillips
    • 9 June 2010, 8:01 AM

Post a Comment



Note: Comments will be reviewed by an editor.