(1) When it burns, stop running. (2) Put a billfold in your mouth so you don’t bite your tongue. (3) Tie a balloon around your waist with string and roll until the balloon breaks. (4) Don’t pee on a jellyfish sting. Pour vinegar on it instead.
On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
Quotation from Chuck Palahniuk
I never bite my tongue
But that takes all the fun out of it and anyway what are the chances of having a bottle of vinegar on the beach with you?
Palahniuk’s words give one a whole new perspective on survival.
Your words – “Lily-livered mammet” make me laugh!
Wow, great photo of the Golden Gate bridge..
Are Lily livered liberals instinctive survivors? – But I think even the most magnamonious of spirits feel the sting of a jellyfish. Knowledge on the other hand allows us to treat the symptoms and not leave it in the hands of the survival instinct. I hope you haven’t been stung recently. Best wishers
Any advice for spider bites? Two weeks ago one spent a night trying to subdue me but I must have been too much for it. The fang marks were an eighth of an inch apart and my friends were proffering suggestions about the known nasties who inhabit the PNW. Shudder..
Nice to know! Just in case
Who has time to go home and get vinegar?
I really thought peeing was the solution! At least, the embarrassment makes you forget the pain.
Good advice!
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Can’t you just shoot the jellyfish?
Can it be balsamic vinegar? ‘Cause I like that stuff.
I guess i’m just not dumb enough to swim with jellyfish. Never been stung. I can just imagine trying to calmly tie a balloon to your waist while aflame. Would make for a great photo.