"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2018-07-13 12:39 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Lesmond" > wrote in message
>
>>> My husband grew up in Florida and had a scorpion in his snorkel once.
>>> Yes,
>>> he found out the hard way.
>>
>> Damn, that trumps a fly in my iced tea finding the hard way too. ACCCCCK.
>
>
> I can imagine. I got stung in the mouth last fall and am now supposed to
> carry an epi pen. That wasp got me three times, twice on the tongue and
> one on the inside of my lip. It swelled up quite a bit. The big
> surprise to me was that it didn't hurt much.
>
>
> My uncle told me a funny story about a fly in a cocktail in a nice
> restaurant on their street where they ate frequently. A fly landed in his
> sister in law's drink. He called the waiter over and said he was sorry,
> but they seemed to have captured the bar's pet fly. The waiter apologized
> and scooted off and then came back with a white towel over his arm and two
> silver spoons, which he used very deftly to pick the fly out of the drink.


I remember that, I felt very sorry for you even if we weren't communicating
much then.

Cheri