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Top Ten Ways to Keep the Bugs at Bay

10). Bring someone the bugs like more... or... Fill a large squirt bottle with Coolaid and extra sugar. When you hit the great outdoors, mist your trail mates and be sure to stay up wind. — Ken Sparks (and a few others)

9). Wear a praying mantis disguise. — Ranger Dan

8). Try the new Micheal Jordan cologne... (it really works, try it). — Jeff Gitzen

7). Smear a crushed garlic clove (or lemon, or lavender) all over your body. — David Cohn (and a few others)

6). DEET flavored oatmeal! — Jim Paul

5). Strap a couple of frogs to your head, a few around your waist, and one to each ankle. Guaranteed to keep the bugs (and most people) away from you. — Chickadee (with variations on the theme from a few others)

4). Wear a John Travolta disco suit - no one (or nothing) stays close to somebody wearing that. — Joe Gagne

3). Camp in a teepee constructed of fly strip material. — campgehman

2). Bite back. — Jeff Harvey

1). Where I am from, we coat ourselves in rancid yak-fat before descending to the bug-infested lowlands. — Lhorka Rimbucho (from Nepal!)

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