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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. campgehman2). 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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