29 June 2004At least marginally buzzworthyCourtesy of Robb Hibbard, a list of things wasps don't like:
I think I can qualify on at least some of these. My magnolia bush has a wasp nest in it. Everytime I go to trim it up I forget the li'l bastards are in there. You haven't lived till you watch me running from that bush to the front door. Posted by: Vickie at 5:28 PM on 29 June 2004A friend hinted that the miserable sons of buzzes are repelled by some of our ersatz-medicinal smells, so I treated my shed to one of those El Cheapo toilet bowl cleaners on a wire. It hasn't dispersed all of them, but it's kept their numbers down below a zillion, and the price is insignificant. But but but.. You *can't* wear Sperry Top-Siders with socks.. They just don't feel as comfy that way.. I heard once, long ago, that the way to get rid of wasps is move a Catholic family into the neighborhood. (Disclaimer: I was raised a Catholic.) Posted by: McGehee at 6:36 PM on 29 June 2004Are you as plagued by these nasty insects as I am? I think every wasp species known to man lives right here in my backyard. We have an investment in "Real Kill." I also discovered that they do not like window cleaner - don't ask. Posted by: Babs at 9:47 PM on 29 June 2004I had always heard WASPs don't like Catholics, Jews, blacks, and Mexicans. I mean just look at Kerry's election committee. Posted by: Ralph Gizzip at 6:49 AM on 1 July 2004 |