Zapped

August 14th, 2007 | Posted by Smithers at 11:36 am in Race/Ride Report |

I got stung in the head by a bee or a hornet least night during my ride to pick up Toddler Smithers from school and ever since it’s like my brain was struck by lightening.

Headache, lack of concentration, general malaise and lethargy.

I was happy to discover that I have not developed an anaphylactic reaction to stings in the past decade or so since my last bug encounter. I knew a guy that was once stung while riding to work and the reaction came on so fast that he could not get inside his workplace before his throat closed up on him. He was certain that he was going to die right there and then until the owner of the company happened to see him lying on the ground in front of the entry.

They gave him the afternoon off.

Maybe that’s what I need.

  1. 6 Responses to “Zapped”

  2. By Bill B at 11:55 am on Aug 14, 2007 | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    did youactually see the bug that stung you? your mom thinks it may have been an alien death ray.

  3. By Mrs. Smithers at 1:30 pm on Aug 14, 2007 | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Sounds like the work of a vampire moth. Ha!

  4. By jroosh at 1:59 pm on Aug 14, 2007 | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Headache, lack of concentration, general malaise and lethargy.

    Right, but what effect did the bee sting have on you?

  5. By Smithers at 2:05 pm on Aug 14, 2007 | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Right, but what effect did the bee sting have on you?

    Good one!

    I should know better than to look for sympathy amongst you people.

  6. By burnt at 8:29 pm on Aug 14, 2007 | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    Rudy Project. They ship their helmets with “Bug Stop” which is just helmet padding with mesh. It really works (not a shill just a satisfied customer and if it’s good enough for Geno it’s good enough for me).

  7. By Pierce at 9:30 pm on Aug 14, 2007 | ReplyReply directly to this specific comment

    I was stung in the eye on my ride to work on Friday. I blame Zito.

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