I find it paradoxical, ironic, satirical and honestly quite confusing
That the very things we need in life
Can also cause us such pain.
Brought to you by the lovely chap that flew up my shirt on a bike ride,
And while I was coming to a screeching halt,
Ripping off my shirt for God and Country to bear witness to my near nakedness
To save the chap,
He stung me.
Not cool.
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The Chatter Blog 
Haha, sorry for laughing, but welcome to the hazardous world of being a plumber, working with the buggers…….
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Oh no worries. I was laughing by the time we stopped at the farmer’s market and bought a popsicle to put on the stings. 🙂
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Oh dear Colleen. I used to ride a motor bike, and one very hot day I went out on it just in my shorts and top. As I was driving along, fairly fast, a thousand needles suddenly went into my leg. A damned wap lol. Like you, I screeched to a halt and surveyed the damage!
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AAAAHHHHHH! I know ! I literally tore my shirt off to get him out of there! He flew merrily away!
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Take good care of yourself, Colleen
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Thank you Irene 🙂
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Ha ha! You probably frightened the life out of him. It’s so true though isn’t it, that the things that will do us good are not always pleasant. Anita
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I’m not sure who was more frightened but I know it was not pleasant at all !!! 🙂
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Dagnabbit, MBC, you can’t win sometimes. We’ll call this episode The Sting.
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😂
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You need some special t shirts made with no entry for insects!
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Sadly I have them! But I’ve started wearing extra large shirts that flow better. Back to the bike jerseys!!!!
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Not fun. It is amazing, how much a bee or wasp sting can hurt. Putting a slice of raw onion on it helps a lot. Not that a person always has that available. 😊
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I had to settle for a popsicle from a farmer’s market on the bike trail. The onion trick is a good one to know if it happens at home! 🙂
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Ouch! Sorry! But I do love your words, for they are true, the things we need can also bring us pain! Hope your pain quickly goes away!
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Thank you JoyRoses! 🙂 It is oddly enough still bothering me but not hurting. He was not happy to be trapped in my shirt.
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Ouch!!!!! No time to blush I bet.
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Ha! None at all!!!! Shirt off!!!! Set the bug free and peace was restored.
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Ouch! Bee stings hurt so much. I hadn’t been stung in a long time until I had kids and spent a lot more time outside. I was shocked at how painful!
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There is surely nothing fun about it 😉 Though some hurt more than others for some reason.
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Judging by your lovely artistry, this appears to be a Bumblebee. I feel it only fair to defend the hapless bee by pointing out a few facts. Bumblebees are mild tempered and peaceful by nature, only stinging when feeling cornered or to defend their hive. The “Chap” is a “shemale” ( a Benjaminism) as only the females have stingers. There is some good news, obviously you do not have a deathly allergy to their sting. Also, their stinger does not have a barb so can be drawn back out by them without either leaving the barb behind or killing themselves in the process, that also allows them to sting more than once…admittedly this is only good news for the bee. I commend you for the attempt to save the bee through your selfless act of disrobing and hope that the bee survived to go about her pollinating unscathed. Life is unfair, just ask this Bumblebee! Thank-you!
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Well I did get stung more than once. And I still have a huge knot under one of the stings. And the fella DID fly away once I freed him from my shirt. I, on the other hand, stood shirtless on the bike trail with my back on fire 😂
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Ouch! Bad buzzy, that was very unkind of him. Hope the aftermath isn’t too painful, Colleen. I’ve never been stung up till now (touch wood, I never will be.) Hope your next bike ride is less eventful & more beautiful!
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I hope you never are either! The rest of the ride went very well. I had a popsicle attached to my back for the last 6.5 miles !!!
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I’m glad it wasn’t all bad, & hope you never have such an encounter again. Such a waste of a popsicle too!
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I know. But I bought an extra one just to eat. So it wasn’t so bad. 🙂
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Ooh I like your style haha! 😁
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Ugh. Not cool indeed. Glad you made it home okay. I hope you weren’t too far from home when it happened. Maybe he thought you were a flower at first.
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I laughed at the flower comment. 🙂 We were far from home but fortunately a farmers market was along the way and we bough frozen popsicles as ice packs 🙂
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Way to be inventive!
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not a friendly visitor at all. glad you are okay, and how rude, since you so kindly took him/her on a lovely ride
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Right? 🙂 Thank you Beth.
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🤣🤣🤣🐝
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😂
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The ingratitude! Shame on him!
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That’s what I thought!!!! 😉
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Hey this just happened to me over the weekend.
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I hope it wasn’t a bad one! I still have a welt!
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