Health, Insects, Fear and Painful: Power washed out

Power washed out

By jokada - 10/05/2009 20:39 - United States

Today, while power washing my deck, a bee flew and landed on my leg. Thinking I'd just wash it away before it could sting me, I aimed the power washer nozzle at the bee. A bee sting isn't nearly as painful as power washing your leg. FML

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By hulagirl1217 - 29/05/2010 12:11 - United States

Today, a bee landed on my leg. I didn't realize it was there until my friend yelled out, "Bee!" kicked me in the leg, and ran off. I fell to the ground screaming and clutching my leg. She missed the bee and it still stung me. FML

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By Anstice - 05/10/2009 03:07 - United States

Today, I was at a stop light and a bee landed on my leg. I screamed and started swatting it. It flew into my jacket and I started to strip my jacket off, taking my foot off the brake. I hit the car in front of me and deployed the air bag, breaking my nose. Then the bee stung me in the back. FML

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By where's the epipen - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - United States - Tampa

Today, I accidentally stepped on a dead bee. The stinger was still intact. How do I know? It stung my foot. I'm allergic to bees. FML

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You deserved it 995

By life_sucks - 16/01/2010 18:46 - New Zealand

Today, this huge wasp started flying around me. I freaked out and started running from it. Then I slipped, landed face-first in some dog poo, and got stung by the wasp on my leg. FML

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By MBean - 24/10/2013 18:04 - Anguilla - The Valley

Today, I saw a wasp on the ground, apparently injured and unable to fly. It was being mobbed by ants and looked certain to die, so I stamped on the ants to save its life. At this point it sprung up, stung me, then flew off. FML

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You deserved it 28 177

By frankkathy - 26/07/2011 17:07 - United States

Today, I saved a honey bee from drowning in our pool. It promptly stung me and died. FML

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You deserved it 19 389

By Rekt - 10/11/2016 05:40 - United States - Federal Way

Today, I was taking a break in my work truck when I saw a huge swarm of bees flying my way. I have a hand crank window so I started cranking it up as fast as I could and the knob snapped off before it closed and I got stung by the whole swarm before I could get out. FML

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You deserved it 750

By bees - 09/10/2014 06:51 - United States - Lancaster

Today, I was mowing my grandma's lawn when I was suddenly swarmed by bees. When my grandma saw me covered in stings later on, she said, "Oh yeah, there are tons of bees in the grass! Be careful!" FML

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By Anonymous - 17/10/2012 20:08 - United States - Hobart

Today, while mowing the lawn, I was attacked by an underground hornet nest. I now have many stings, two scared dogs, and a mower still running outside. The hornets are swarming it and some are sitting on the lever, as if to turn it off. It's like they know. FML

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You deserved it 1 900

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By Anonymous - 26/08/2020 14:01 - United States

Today, I went to clean my roof when something buzzed by my head and a sting hit my neck. It turns out there's a small nest of, like, five hornets just chilling outside of my window. I found a dead one on the desk in my bedroom. FML

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You deserved it 128

Eresbel 0

Monday 11 May 2009 2:27

Yeah... that was pretty much YDI.

boomBOOMshake 0

Monday 11 May 2009 2:30

Wow. That is a YDI, but I would have done the same thing.

Comments

wowfmlife 0

Monday 11 May 2009 13:14

I did that to my toe the other day...by accident though...

Mnemic 5

Monday 11 May 2009 14:23

I agree with #5... a bee doesn't sting out of the blue.

jm88 0

Monday 11 May 2009 15:31

Let's think for a second what, exactly, a power washer does.. then let's think about how easily our skin is cut and irritated. Yeah. YDI. Next time try a rifle or something.

Brinya 0

Monday 11 May 2009 15:36

Ey, ey, ey, go easy on the folks who've never heard of a powerwasher. For those of us who grew up in houses our parents owned, yeah, it's pretty obvious -- you use those things all OVER a deck, yard, garage etc. But it really wouldn't be hard to miss that tidbit if, say, you grew up in an apartment where outside maintenance was handled by the owners. But yes, powerwashers are a.k.a. "pressure washers" -- meaning they pressurize the shit out of water and let it out in a stream which is quite capable of RIPPING YOU OPEN if you spray your body. I think #18 said it best: RTFM. Or maybe just give the warning stickers a quick looking-over. ;-) You're lucky you didn't have to get stitches.

westsideknight 0

Monday 11 May 2009 15:45

hey Einstein, what made you think that it would've been a good idea to begin with?

boomstar 11

Monday 11 May 2009 16:59

Idiot, YDI!!

life_is_life 0

Monday 11 May 2009 17:53

theres seems to be many people that dont know what powerwashing means. its kinda like a garden hose... except...its a machine.. with strong forces of water.. and uhhh... i cant really explain lol... but yea, YDI... AND, bees wont sting unless u bug them

brazillianbabe 0

Monday 11 May 2009 19:35

Powerwash is a high pressure hoes. Very high pressure that hurts like a bitch and can even cut your skin depending on the pressure of it. Sorry that sucks..lol.