20 Jul 2004

  
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I brought home some friends from the campsite!

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Chiggers first show up as annoying red bumps. An itch begins. It grows. More hard red welts surface. From your feet and ankles upward, and especially at those tender locations your mother told not to scratch in public, a maddening itch takes hold.

Savage scratching begins. Every welt becomes a persistent, exquisitely itching preoccupation that continues to irritate for days and even weeks. You probably recognize these symptoms of chigger bites. Yet we never see the culprits responsible for this summertime agony. What are chiggers? Why do they bite us? How can we stop that horrible itching?


 
 
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call your doctor and see if they'll give you an Rx for a soap or shampoo. I had a bad case once, and someone gave me a shampoo that does the critters in. You are in for a long week if you don't act on it.

I never want to go through that again. you transport, you

Pazen 20 Jul 2004

Pazen, the kind of "chiggers" you caught at Neo are not what sweet Lizzie is talking about.

Denny Tarrio 20 Jul 2004

Don't call 'em "chiggers" call 'em "chegros."

Tasteless Old Man on the Front Stoop 20 Jul 2004

Seriosuly Pazen, That's a picture of my ankles, not my yum-yum! You think an old dirty man, like yourself, would know the dif. (wink)

lizzie 20 Jul 2004

dang. now I really wish 'd gone camping...

jpeg 20 Jul 2004

Who's that itching those scabby legs...? It's me! It's me.

Spartan Cheerleader 21 Jul 2004

I know you ain't got crabs...was only trying to help - but if you need my special remedy for the other critters, you just call my toll free number 1-800-per-vert

Pazen 22 Jul 2004

Mmmm! Get me a lobster bib and 2000cc of drawn butter . . . STAT!

But seriously, dab a little clear nail polish over each bump . . . that'll kill those little fuckers.

Carl 23 Jul 2004