Tom,

Are those ground wasps the same as what I'd call 'yellow jackets' ? My son
and I were at the park yesterday with our Adventure Guides group, and the
kids disturbed a nest (ground) of yellow jackets. Those suckers are mean. My
boy got stung 3 times and 2 of them suckers were still after him when he got
to me. Luckily he's not allergic, but he wasn't a happy camper. A few other
kids were stung as well. I wanted a nuke right about then...

--Mike

"Tom Francis" wrote in message
...
So I was preparing my lethal combination of diesel fuel/gasoline for
the WMD approach to wiping out a nest of ground hornets when Mrs. Wave
came home.

She asked me what I was doing and after I explained today's
adventures, she immediately put the kibosh on my very minor explosion
and subsequent fire.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Wave understands all too well that I tend to get
carried away in situations like this - in particular after the last
stump clearing incident which resulted in a 3 foot wide crater two
feet deep, a small mushroom cloud and several downed trees that were
not destined to come down.

Hey, I like earth shattering kabooms.

Anyway, she called a colleague of hers whose husband is a professional
exterminator. He called me back and said to meet him at his job site
- he'd give me something to eliminate the hornets without an earth
shattering kaboom (obviously Mrs. Wave explained the situation very
well).

So I met up with him and he gave me this can of stuff with all kinds
of death's heads all over it along with the word poison in several
bright colors. Told me to just use a little, but the results would be
spectacular - I would enjoy my revenge.

Hell Yeah I Did!!!

I hit that nest with a stream and the damn hornets melted - no joke -
melted. If you had an active imagination, you could almost hear the
little *******s screaming in pain while they melted away.

Very satisfying.

However, I had to return the can as I'm not licensed to have it.

Bummer because I would just love to go wasp/hornet hunting.

Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:14:09 GMT, "mgg" wrote:

Tom,

Are those ground wasps the same as what I'd call 'yellow jackets' ? My son
and I were at the park yesterday with our Adventure Guides group, and the
kids disturbed a nest (ground) of yellow jackets. Those suckers are mean. My
boy got stung 3 times and 2 of them suckers were still after him when he got
to me. Luckily he's not allergic, but he wasn't a happy camper. A few other
kids were stung as well. I wanted a nuke right about then...

Same thing. We call 'em ground hornets, but they are really
yellowjackets.

Years ago I used to know the difference - one nests primarily in the
ground but occasionally in trees and vice versa.

All I know is that they are now dead. :)

I like the diesel and gasoline method, it makes a great show.