Comments on: Mosquitoes – they suck

By: irishflirtysomething

irishflirtysomething — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:36:36 +0000

God I hate them so much but they adore me. Record bite level 47. Guess Tesco don’t deliver where you are. Great blog!

By: Rachie

Rachie — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:45:08 +0000

Jennifer – what a delightful suggestion. I can’t wait to try it out.

Rob – I don’t have a mozzie net – I hate them. They always seem to drift into my face in the night. Also I have nothing to hang one from.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:36:23 +0000

I love the thought of your Mr Muscle aftermath.

My dughter is three weeks into a ten-week volunteering programme in Borneo. She reckons when she comes home a bed without a mozzie net will just seem wrong.

By: Jennifer Cascadia

Jennifer Cascadia — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:49:34 +0000

Fresh sweat they may like. You should let it bake a little.

By: Rachie

Rachie — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:44:30 +0000

Kingston Girl, I’ve always wanted one of those. I saw one in a china shop the other day, and almost bought it. Maybe I’ll reconsider…

Suzy, a very good suggestion. I don’t know why I don’t drink G&Ts more often, really. Seeing as they’re good for your health and all.

Our Man – glad you made it to Nicaragua – looking forward to reading the tales!

LCG – I hope you haven’t damaged your keyboard. Mine still hasn’t recovered from the water-out-of-nose haddock incident.

SarahEmily, I haven’t heard that joke – do tell!

Jennifer – they seem to like my sweat just fine. Which is annoying, as there’s plenty of it these days.

By: Jennifer Cascadia

Jennifer Cascadia — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:25:20 +0000

Mosquitos don’t like human sweat, so do something about it!

By: sarahemily

sarahemily — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:42:33 +0000

Rachie,

I totally agree with Susy on the tonic front – my dad lives in Zimbabwe and hasn’t been bitten in forty-odd years. But he does believe in daily G&Ts – more G than T of course, but at three or four times a day it does the trick.

As you are near to South Africa you will no doubt have heard the Van de Merwe joke about the mozzie? Let me know if not and I will regale!

Keep up the stories – they keep me going during my stupid days in Kiev.

By: La Cubana Gringa

La Cubana Gringa — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:38:37 +0000

The thought of you in your knickers “squirting Mr Muscle into thin air like a whisky-sodden trigger-happy cowboy” just made me spray some of my morning tea out onto my keyboard.

By: ourman

ourman — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:42:51 +0000

So far so good on the mozzie front after two days in Nicaragua.

Bite count..one one my knee, one on my ankle and two on my back. Considering that I am not using a mozzie net, or repellent – that’s not bad.

Then again they tell me that this being the end of the dry season there are very few around – wait for the rainy season, they tell me.

Funny I haven’t even seen one yet – just got the bites.

But there is breeze here unlike Hanoi…the mozzies must be blowing away. How beautiful.

By: Susy

Susy — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:21:32 +0000

In Italy, the mozzie spray is called ‘ OFF!’ but I think ‘DOOM’ is by far a superior-named product! I recommended drinking tonic, with gin if you prefer.. as the quinine in the tonic acts as a repellent. Tis True…