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#205317 - 07/30/10 09:08 PM To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy
Art_in_FL Offline
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Registered: 09/01/07
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A study shows that mosquitoes preferentially go after people who drink beer and pregnant women:

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/does_drinking_beer_increase_yo.php

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#205321 - 07/31/10 01:12 AM Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy [Re: Art_in_FL]
chickenlittle Offline
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Registered: 06/06/10
Posts: 102
Loc: Canada
Right. No more drinking pregnant women for me on camping trips.

Nothing worse than a hormone deranged drunk who is angry about being bit by mosquitoes and demanding ice cream and pickles for supper when you are 60 miles from a freezer...

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#205323 - 07/31/10 02:14 AM Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy [Re: chickenlittle]
lukus Offline
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Registered: 02/03/06
Posts: 170
Loc: TEXAS (where else?)
Damn, I only drink the good stuff like Spaten and Rogue Dead guy. I wonder if the mosquitoes can tell the difference?

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#205324 - 07/31/10 03:07 AM Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy [Re: lukus]
haertig Offline
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Registered: 03/13/05
Posts: 2322
Loc: Colorado
To avoid mosquitos, avoid pregnancy. To avoid pregnancy, avoid beer. Makes sense to me.

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#205325 - 07/31/10 03:27 AM Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy [Re: haertig]
Hectorcillot Offline
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Registered: 04/06/10
Posts: 5
Loc: Baja California, Mexico
Well, i cant verify that study because after a six pack , i don't even care if they bite me smile

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#205329 - 07/31/10 04:22 AM Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy [Re: Art_in_FL]
Richlacal Offline
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Registered: 02/11/10
Posts: 778
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
When I lived in Florida,Skeeter's weren't a problem at all,No matter how much Beer I drank,The No-See-ums & The Fire Ants,Now Were Talking,Big Problem's!Palmetto Bugs across the face at 30 mph in an Airboat on Okochobee/Sawgrass wilderness,runs a close 2nd!

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#205352 - 07/31/10 06:13 PM Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy [Re: haertig]
Todd W Offline
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Registered: 11/14/04
Posts: 1928
Loc: Mountains of CA
Originally Posted By: haertig
To avoid mosquitos, avoid pregnancy. To avoid pregnancy, avoid beer. Makes sense to me.

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