The Fredösphere

It's the improbable, creepy world of sensation known as the Schmidt Sting Pain Index! My friend John discovered the Wikipedia entry on the subject of insect stings, which includes descriptions so bizarro, so voluptuous, they would shame a wine snob. Sample the complexities of the sting of a yellowjacket:

Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine WC Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.

Then decide to move on to something stronger.  Savor the sting of the red harvester ant:

Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.

I'm not making this up, but this is Wikipedia, so maybe someone else is.

Labels: Culture, fun