I once inhaled a bee while on my way to work on my bicycle. After I spat it
out, I realized it had stung me. I was still a couple of miles from work
(The University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff), but I figured if I was going
to swell up and obstruct, I wanted to be as close as possible to my
Department (Anaesthesia). I just pressed on at my usual 18-20 mph, went
straight up to the Department, grabbed the first anaesthetist I saw and
explained what had happened. He took me down to the ENT clinic and the
surgeon removed a bee sting from the back of my throat. I was sick as a dog
all afternoon. Bees are a lot hotter than Habanero Peppers, I can tell you!

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
Sometimes it works the other way...

I once had a large bee crash into the front of my leather jacket and
bounce
up under my full-coverage helmet, ending up quite alive between my face
shield and my face! And just to make it even more fun, I was about 25
miles
from nowhere and I'm allergic to bee stings.

You'd be surprised how quickly you can haul a scooter down from 70 to 0
when
you've got a bee flying around about a half inch from your eyeball! I
yanked
my helmet off, the bee got the hell out of Dodge, and I didn't suffer any
injuries a couple of beers and a pair of clean BVD's couldn't fix, so I
guess all's well that ends well...



"L Smith" wrote in message
ink.net...

You don't want to hit one of those things riding a motorcycle without
a full face mask though...





Full face masks don't solve every problem, sometimes they just
redirect it.

Had a boss one time that came into work a little 'perturbed' one
morning. Seems a wasp
bounced off his face shield into his jacket. Dude was dazed from the
initial collision,
but once he shook that off, he was mad!

Rich Lemert