"Nibby" (nibby68)
08/21/2014 at 16:22 • Filed to: None
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
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I have a mosquito bite... on the back of my knee right where it bends.
CalzoneGolem
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:25 |
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Great ... now you have Malaria!
nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:27 |
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bug repellent. Fun fact - if you get it on your hands and touch your mouth your lips go numb
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Nibby
> CalzoneGolem
08/21/2014 at 16:27 |
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YAY
ttyymmnn
> CalzoneGolem
08/21/2014 at 16:28 |
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Nah, WebMD says it's cancer.
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Nibby
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
08/21/2014 at 16:28 |
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I did spray myself yesterday before I went swimming for the day.
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ttyymmnn
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:28 |
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Put a dab of Crest toothpaste on it. No, really. It'll stop the itch.
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Nibby
> ttyymmnn
08/21/2014 at 16:30 |
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First headlights now mosquito bites...
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CalzoneGolem
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:31 |
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Best cartoon ever.
All Motor Is Best Motor
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:31 |
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This is advice I got from a doctor and it really works, I swear it! I've had friends who tried it and were amazed that it worked.
If you have an itch you cannot get rid of, run hot water (as hot as you can stand it without burning yourself ) over it until the itching stops. This overloads the nerves sending the "itch" signals and sort of resets them. It works great on random itches - such as on the bottoms of your feet - that have no obvious cause. Because of the nature of mosquito bites, the itching can return but I've found the technique effective for over an hour, sometimes up to 3 hours.
The itching from mosquito bites is caused by a histamine reaction from the saliva the mosquito injects into the bite area that prevents blood from clotting (so they can quickly drink the blood and leave). Itching can reoccur after a bite has stopped itching for a while if the bite area is agitated (touched or flexed) because the agitation stirs up the saliva in the skin and causes newly refreshed histamine reaction.
Brian Silvestro
> ttyymmnn
08/21/2014 at 16:31 |
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Nibby
> All Motor Is Best Motor
08/21/2014 at 16:34 |
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Thanks Dr. Acid! I will remember this next time I am itching... (well, not when I am itching for a car)
PatBateman
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:34 |
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Time to amputate. Sorry, bro.
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Nibby
> ttyymmnn
08/21/2014 at 16:34 |
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Not cool, bro. One of my relatives passed this summer from cancer.
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Nibby
> CalzoneGolem
08/21/2014 at 16:34 |
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Agreed
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Nibby
> PatBateman
08/21/2014 at 16:34 |
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I got my chainsaw ready.
$kaycog
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:39 |
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Seriously, I've heard that a hot spoon works. I've never tried it myself. The last sentence in this image cracked me up.
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Nibby
> $kaycog
08/21/2014 at 16:43 |
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Hahaha nice!
There's a nice NY Jets joke that goes "The New York Jets... the only Johnson & Johnson product that will make you cry."
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$kaycog
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:45 |
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That's funny!
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PatBateman
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:55 |
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An axe is an acceptable alternative.
Or so I've heard.
Leadbull
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 16:58 |
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Sounds a lot like a third world problem to me.
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ttyymmnn
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 17:07 |
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My deepest condolences and apologies. I was just riffing in what Calzone had written.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Nibby
08/21/2014 at 18:13 |
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I fell asleep outside once and woke up with one on my eyelid.
lochaber, guillotine enthusiast
> All Motor Is Best Motor
08/21/2014 at 19:47 |
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I remember reading about this when I was a kid, and it seemed to work short-term for poison ivy.
(at least it worked better than that calamin-lotion-shit)
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All Motor Is Best Motor
> lochaber, guillotine enthusiast
08/21/2014 at 19:49 |
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Anti-itch creams only work for long term chronic itching. They are mild steroids and they take time to start working. Most doctors won't even recommend them for temporary itches. If you have a chronic itch condition then yes they work.
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Nibby
> ttyymmnn
08/22/2014 at 08:01 |
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Tis okay. Thanks.