In my Boot

[Magicman]

I needed to wash my truck today so I reached for my rubber boots. (Cajun Reeboks)  I always check for spiders, etc so imagine my surprise when I looked into a boot!


 
A hornet was having a merry old time building a nest in a boot.   


 
I'll admit that it was a pretty little thing, but it had to go.   

[Dan_Shade]

I was almost scared to look

[red]

Are you insured by Lloyds of London?  ?  ?

[WmFritz]

I remember seeing an image of a toe nail from a huntin trip that's burned into my brain.

Them hornets don't knows who's they's messing with.   

[WDH]

That is the definition of a hot foot. 

[coxy]

jeepers you got all kinds of critters crawling  down there ours are still frozen  ;D   talked to a guy today and he showed  me pics of a bear in his trash can last night to darn early for them 

[Autocar]

Magicman I have seen them around here a number of times, I always thought that was the hatching nest of a queen hornet the ones that make the big football nest ???????? I noticed the other day a nest hanging on the awning of the camper about the size of a foot ball but I don't believe its a hornet nest. Last fall we had yellow jackets around here like mosquitos and figured it was theres.

[LeeB]

Apparently your boots have revolted against your revolting feet and have hired armed guards to protect themselves. 

[WDH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlMuBSkVuzE

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

This Columbian Hornets can be nasty. 

[rooster 58]

True Story
       Years ago, before my cabin was my home, and before I had running water, I was at the cabin for a little trout fishing one weekend.
      I got up Saturday morning and had to use the privy. I went outside and got ready,  then sat down on the seat. It wasn't very long before  I felt an irritation which quickly became a jolt of searing pain right in the tip of you know what. I shot upright faster than you could blink, and to my bewilderment,  I discovered the hornet that stung me in a most sensitive area.     

[submarinesailor]

I discovered the hornet that stung me in a most sensitive area.     

There is a joke in there somewhere.  But it hurts too much just thinking about it. ;D

Bruce

[Magicman]

My imagination is bad enough.  I say nothing. 

[LeeB]

Getting stung on your stinger. Now that's one you don't hear about every day.

[Warped]

True Story
       Years ago, before my cabin was my home, and before I had running water, I was at the cabin for a little trout fishing one weekend.
      I got up Saturday morning and had to use the privy. I went outside and got ready,  then sat down on the seat. It wasn't very long before  I felt an irritation which quickly became a jolt of searing pain right in the tip of you know what. I shot upright faster than you could blink, and to my bewilderment,  I discovered the hornet that stung me in a most sensitive area.     

On the one hand, you made me wince, on the other........ that gave you an unfair advantage over the "competition".

[sandhills]

I have a pretty good remark but don't want to get thrown in the woodshed  ;D.  Magic Man when we were in AZ this winter they told us to check our shoes everyday for scorpians and some other nasty thing (tarantulas I think?), it was their mating/nesting season, makes you feel real good about putting your boots on  :D.

[Den Socling]

In AZ, it may not have been tarantulas. Just little Black Widows that like to climb in shoes. How about it, Jeff?  ;D

[sandhills]

Sorry Den your right, doesn't matter much to me though I hate spiders of any kind.  Don't know why but can live with about any other critter, just don't care for spiders.

[customsawyer]

Growing up my dad ran a honey bee business. He always said you wasn't a real bee keeper till you were stung in the privets. My first thought was always the same. "I don't want to be a bee keeper anyway." I became a bee keeper several times and none of them are found memories.

[barbender]

Hornet stings give me a pronounced local reaction, with massive swelling, burning, and itching. Getting stung in the man parts could prove to be a real problem One of my uncles had a bee go up the leg of his shorts when he was riding motorcycle. It got him you know where, my dad said uncle came off the bike just a dancin' :D He wore sweatpants for an extended period of time after that

[js2743]

MM just put a picture of your toes in them boots and nothing will bother them no more.

[Magicman]

 :D  I wonder if even a Hornet deserves that??   ???

[Weekend_Sawyer]

Over the weekend we planted some black cherry, hawthorne and black willow on the tree farms in WV. When we stopped to take a break I took my boots and socks off to let my feet air out. My work mates claimed the newly planted trees wilted when I did. :D I put my socks back on, put my boots on and suddenly something was stinging my toe! I hopped around on one foot while yanking my boot and sock backl off and found a little sweat bee in there. My toe still itches. Now why would that little bee climb all the way into the toe of my sock??? I have watched these guys fill spent cartridges up with mud making nests.

[Magicman]

You just proved scientifically that bees can't smell.   :D

[4x4American]

or maybe they can smell, and like the smell of foot odor