Don't Bug Me! 06/04/2007
 

 I just found a tick on me. An itty bitty teeny weeny tick. I think that's the deer tick kind that spread lyme disease. Great. Just what I need. Something else to worry about. And I can't stop itching now. Between every couple of words I type I have to stop to scratch my head or my shin or the invisible thing crawling up my arm.

Ticks are gross. Mosquitoes are gross. Fleas are gross. I have no use for any of these creatures. I can't figure out what good they do for our planet. Can you? I mean I understand that bugs provide food for other animals in this grand circle of life. Even flies have a purpose. Their larvae, also known as maggots, not only help to get rid of road kill and the like but they are used medicinally as well. Have you seen how they use maggots to clean out the rotting tissue of gangrenous wounds? Now that's something. But ticks and mosquitoes. Come on. They are blood-sucking, disease-spreading, disgusting creatures that I have no use for.

I'm thinking about jumping ship. I want to work with Weebly but they have so many issues still - you know they haven't even launched their product yet!  It's still in BETA, testing mode. So, I'm thinking about going to yahoo, where I know it will work without so many issues. I'll keep my Weebly Pollyblog, for when it's up and running bug-free, cuz that's the kind of day I'm wanting after finding that tick on me. A bug-free day.

I hope you have one, too.

 


Comments

Sherry
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:31:26
You didn't mention cockroaches. I know how much you care for them.
Yahoo is a good idea.
 

Big ???
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:47:18
I received an email warning me about Tick inspectors.. I want to share with everyone here..

If someone knocks on your door saying they are doing tick inspections due to the warm weather, and to take of your clothes and dance around with your arms up, DO NOT DO IT.. ITS A SCAM... They just want to see you naked.. Wish I would have received that email sooner.. I feel so stupid.
 

Polly
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:48:40
Yeah, la cucaracha. It may not suck blood but what the heck good is it except to send you into a frenzy and get your blood pressure up now and then.
 

Polly
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:36:24
Big ????, you've done a huge public service for all of us. I'm sorry for your embarrassing moment but think of how much it's helped the rest of us unsuspecting tick-haters. My doorbell just rang, be right back.
 

cuz2danorth
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:13:17
I got a great tick story pammy. i was at jamies school the other day volunteering, and i was reading over one of the boys shoulders in her class. Well, i noticed something black on his head and when i looked closer, it was a tick that was engorged to the size of a pea with blood. after the nurse extracted this blood sucker from his head, they had to contact his mother etc. they have a complete protocol of contacting the parents and monitoring the kids for tick bites up here. keep itching
 

Sherry
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:15:00
Perhaps, Laura , you can relate??? NITS! what the heck are they!!! one child gets them and our heads start to itch! tell me thier purpose in the animal kingdom???? Knock on wood, I've never had them..actually, Pam, how did we NEVER have them? ticks, yes, but nits, no...
 

Sherry
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:17:50
Perhaps, Laura, you can relate! NITS! what the heck is their purpose in the animal kingdom!!! One child gets them and our headd start to itch!!! Knock on wood, I've never had them. In fact, Pam, how come we NEVER had them? Ticks yes, nits no.
 

sherry
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:18:54
sorry, can't get my head around this website
 

Herb
Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:26:00
Well I guess now that the tick stories are out, maybe POLLY you should remember when you were a little tot and you you came into the house with blood all over your face and you scared the heck out of your MOM and Me and what it was you kept saying M&M, WELL guess what """TICK""" BOY WE WASHED YOUR MOUTH OUT GOOD. well you got through it ok and cried a bit, but you never picked up a M&M again..
 

Polly
Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:53:19
If only I never picked up an M&M again. And lice, yeah, those are disgusting creatures but I hate to tell you I think we did have them. I remember the shampoo treatment. Ask Big Mama? Lice or no lice? Nice story, Cuz. Now tell me, how long must that tick have been sucking that kids' head without his own parents noticing? That's just disgusting.
 

Sherry
Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:09:34
well, Herb, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but that was me that ate the tick, not Pam. she wasn't born yet.
 

BIG MAMA
Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:21:00
Hey, Herb....It was your other daughter who picked up the "M&M" and got her mouth washed out. Polly wasn't even born yet. Sorry Sherry! Polly can keep eating M&M's.
 

Polly
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:28:13
Everyone always told me it was me so I have to side with Herb on this one. Let's ask Aunt Carolyn. Maybe she'll remember.
 

BIG MAMA
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:08:54
It was your sister. She was walking between the house and garage at Granny's and picked it up on the sidewalk. The blood running down her chin looked like chocolate. Want more details? That should be enough to gross out most of your bloggers! I can come up with a few more "goodies" that unfortunately pertain to your sister. Herb, does sinking "hotdogs" ring a bell?
 

Sherry
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:17:52
I'd rather you let me live my humiliations in peace thank you!!!
 

Herb
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:45:46
Big Mama : what good is it if I talk in Flowers while you're thinking in Pastry ???

I remember it vividly she was out in the back and she walked into the kitchen where we both stood with what looked like blood in her mouth..... that is the story and I am sticking to it.. and she kept saying M&M's...
whatever, it happen to one of you and now that it is out, we can go on with life...
nite....................

 




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