How many bugs have you swallowed?

[vernon]

I got stung on a ride last summer





£3.00 for an ice cream!

I didn't need binoculars to see that one coming.

 

[Globalti]

I'm swallowing one fly per ride on average, it seems to be worse this year for some reason. Wait for some entomologist to pop up and tell us it's a bumper year for insects because of the weather and birds and bats are doing really well.....bla bla bla.... wonder if this means the midges will be really bad?

 

[Smurfy]

I got stung on a ride last summer





£3.00 for an ice cream!

I'll trade your £3 ice cream sting for a wasp sting on the lips.

Deal?

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Now there's a debate... spit or swallow?

As an ex once said to me .. "it depends how far it goes down the throat".

Wise words and equally transferable outside its original context

 

[vernon]

I'm swallowing one fly per ride on average, it seems to be worse this year for some reason. Wait for some entomologist to pop up and tell us it's a bumper year for insects because of the weather and birds and bats are doing really well.....bla bla bla.... wonder if this means the midges will be really bad?

They weren't that bad in Dumfriesshire a fortnight ago. Sprayed myself with repellant only the once at a riverside festival. No bites all weekend.

 

[Globalti]

Our kitten catches and eats bluebottles and it doesn't do her any harm so I don't worry about swalllowing smaller bugs.

 

[ColinJ]

Our kitten catches and eats bluebottles and it doesn't do her any harm so I don't worry about swalllowing smaller bugs.

My sister's dog ate its own crap, so I don't take nutritional advice from pets!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

What about tapeworms?

Good point, although they do still need respect for wanting to actually stay inside some people!!

 

[Thomk]

Are there any flying arthropods (native to Warwickshire mainly) which are poisonous enough to kill a cyclist if accidentally swallowed?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Are there any flying arthropods (native to Warwickshire mainly) which are poisonous enough to kill a cyclist if accidentally swallowed?

Doubt it, but hey, who knows, you might discover a new species!!

 

[Davidc]

Mayflies taste poisonous. They aren't, 'cos I'm still alive.

Vegan cyclists must have a problem at this time of year!

 

[Ladytrucker]

being a country girl, I've had quite a few

 

[vernon]

Mayflies taste poisonous. They aren't, 'cos I'm still alive.

Vegan cyclists must have a problem at this time of year!

As must Jain cyclists for whom all life is sacred and avoid creating roadkill even if it's a bug.