Posted by: Art_in_FL
To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy - 07/30/10 09:08 PM
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
Posted by: chickenlittle
Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy - 07/31/10 01:12 AM
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...
Posted by: lukus
Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy - 07/31/10 02:14 AM
Damn, I only drink the good stuff like Spaten and Rogue Dead guy. I wonder if the mosquitoes can tell the difference?
Posted by: haertig
Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy - 07/31/10 03:07 AM
To avoid mosquitos, avoid pregnancy. To avoid pregnancy, avoid beer. Makes sense to me.
Posted by: Hectorcillot
Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy - 07/31/10 03:27 AM
Well, i cant verify that study because after a six pack , i don't even care if they bite me
Posted by: Richlacal
Re: To avoid mosquitoes avoid beer and pregnancy - 07/31/10 04:22 AM
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!
