Re: Another serious illness from Arkansas Rainbow gathering

On Aug 31, 2:42 pm, woodstock <thirdwavevisi...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 31, 1:38 pm, Ayin <-ammitus...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Yeah, I never tried drinking it , but it seemed to work in a tub to
wash with it <shrug>. Have a book on it somewhere, and I'm sure
there's tons of info available online. Good thing *** doesn't heal
<smirk> -w-- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

if you get nailed by a man-of-war jelly fish and have no ammonia handy
your urine is a decent substitute.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll keep that in mind, but wouldn't I need to live long enough to get
out of the water? :^ -w-

It burns like fire, but it won't kill you right away. I got Man-O'-
War! stings on the soles of my feet when I was a tyke. Heard of a
woman long distance swimmer that said she got to where she looked
forward to the next stinging sensation because it kept her awake and
helped her focus [heavyyy].
Sanity- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

when i was a preteen i was splashing around in the sea and brought my
hand right up under a whole man-of-war floating there. it stuck to my
hand and it's tenticles wrapped around down my arm, across my cheek,
neck, chest and belly and all around my legs to my ankles. i looked
like i had been whipped. talk about a screaming freak out. i
mean ... OWIE! the lifeguard had a bottle of ammonia so i didn't have
to pee on myself. but man! i got way sick from all the toxins so
missed a friend's b-day party. i carried the "whip" marks on my skin
for weeks. they're pretty creatures tho ... like delicate little
purple/blue/pink balloons.

never try to pick the tenticles off with your fingers. when you do
that the tenticles break off in pieces and get stuck to your
fingers.

Pre-teen? Must have been terrifying. Was your parents witnessing this?
Surprised you didn't pee anyway :^ -w-

my mom was there and so was my Unky Joe. i don't remember my mom's
reaction but i remember my Unky growling that i was making a lot of
noise. Unky Joe wasn't exactly the most sympathetic person sometimes,
kind of a curmudgeon. yeah, it was indeed pretty scary and not just
for me. when i came stumbling and screaming out of the water with the
man-of-war still dangling from my hand everyone else who was in the
water ran to shore too not knowing what i was screaming about.

man-of-war tenticles can reach a 190 feet in length.



.

Quantcast