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My body was absolutely destroyed by mites!

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Descartes

Lifer
I went to a blackberry farm the other day (maintained by a friend-of-a-friend, but that's not at issue) to pick as around 14 gallons (I didn't weigh it) of berries for a wine I am making. Like a city moron I went out there in shorts and sandals, because I honestly hadn't considered the possibility of being devoured by microscopic sycophants.

Anyway, fast forward ~12 hours and I wake up feeling like someone beat me with one of those tiny wooden bats you get at baseball games. I have huge welts all over my legs and the side of my body, and they are so numerous that they look like a solid mass at a short distance.

I don't know unequivocally that it was mites, but I can only assume it was some microscopic Arachnida constituent. I didn't think they could cause this level of damage.

I didn't want (sy|e)mpathy, but I would like to know if anyone has ever experienced such a thing. Also, the wine is turning out nicely thanks for my suffering.
 
"(sy|e)mpathy"

I like that wording.

And sucks that you got bit. I currently have a bite on my lower right leg which is apparently from a spider which has venom I'm allergic to (no idea what spider, didn't catch the specimen). Nothing life-threatening (it's not a black widow or anything like that, probably just some house spider I'm allergic to) but the first day I had it it DID hurt and it is still very VERY red and swollen.
 
Sucks for you. Burn the farm down, that'll show those mites 🙂
Nope, never had anything of that sort happen to me.
 
I'm gonna have to throw a flag on the play for illegal use of the word "sycophant." The closest I can get is: "A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men."

And that's just too much of a stretch.
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
I'm gonna have to throw a flag on the play for illegal use of the word "sycophant." The closest I can get is: "A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men."

And that's just too much of a stretch.
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Yeah, you're probably right. I didn't know whether or not to call them parasites, so that's the word that came to mind. I'll change it if it makes you feel better 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: Jzero
I'm gonna have to throw a flag on the play for illegal use of the word "sycophant." The closest I can get is: "A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men."

And that's just too much of a stretch.
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Yeah, you're probably right. I didn't know whether or not to call them parasites, so that's the word that came to mind. I'll change it if it makes you feel better 🙂
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If you consider yourself a prince or a great man, and you consider their assault to be flattering, then by all means leave it as is 😀
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: notfred
using regular expressions in normal conversations is fvcking awesome.
s/fv/fu/
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LOL, I figured someone would notice 😉 It's a lot better than being repetitious.
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WTF are you guys talking about?


😕

KK
 
Originally posted by: Jzero
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: Jzero
I'm gonna have to throw a flag on the play for illegal use of the word "sycophant." The closest I can get is: "A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and great men."

And that's just too much of a stretch.
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Yeah, you're probably right. I didn't know whether or not to call them parasites, so that's the word that came to mind. I'll change it if it makes you feel better 🙂
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If you consider yourself a prince or a great man, and you consider their assault to be flattering, then by all means leave it as is 😀
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I'd say more along the lines of serfdom than a great man 😉, but I obviously had a different perception of the word when I said it.

I was in error.
 
Originally posted by: Vennon
Sounds like what we call chiggers around here, are the welts around your waistline as well?
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Mostly around the waistline, yeah. 90% of them are on my hips. I didn't think chiggers were so brutal? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: Vennon
Sounds like what we call chiggers around here, are the welts around your waistline as well?
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Mostly around the waistline, yeah. 90% of them are on my hips. I didn't think chiggers were so brutal? 🙂
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They're horrible if you get them as bad as it sounds like you did, they itch like crazy
 
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: Vennon
Sounds like what we call chiggers around here, are the welts around your waistline as well?
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Mostly around the waistline, yeah. 90% of them are on my hips. I didn't think chiggers were so brutal? 🙂
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you now know.
sounds like chiggers to me too.
 
Originally posted by: Vennon
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: Vennon
Sounds like what we call chiggers around here, are the welts around your waistline as well?
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Mostly around the waistline, yeah. 90% of them are on my hips. I didn't think chiggers were so brutal? 🙂
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They're horrible if you get them as bad as it sounds like you did, they itch like crazy
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Yeah, I've never known anything to itch as bad.

I'll be more careful next time.
 
Originally posted by: PowderBB3D
"(sy|e)mpathy"

I like that wording.

And sucks that you got bit. I currently have a bite on my lower right leg which is apparently from a spider which has venom I'm allergic to (no idea what spider, didn't catch the specimen). Nothing life-threatening (it's not a black widow or anything like that, probably just some house spider I'm allergic to) but the first day I had it it DID hurt and it is still very VERY red and swollen.
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Even black widows won't kill you (unless you're like over 70, under 6) but will make it suck to be you. They're really really poisoness, but considering you get such a small amount, you won't die.
 
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