<![CDATA[Comments on: Mosquitos and Olympics]]> Dear Amber we discuss both of them. Some distinctly Chinese ways of dealing with those pests, and some distinctly Chinese features of the road to Olympic gold. Come visit us in the comments section too and share your thoughts with us!]]> 2008-06-12 21:00:00 <![CDATA[By: artkho]]> good old tiger balm! it's quite effective. i also find vicks vaporub to be an effective remedy for itchy mosquito bites.

]]> good old tiger balm! it's quite effective. i also find vicks vaporub to be an effective remedy for itchy mosquito bites.

]]> <![CDATA[By: user5871]]> I usually just sprinkle meat tenderizer on myself, as mosquitos LOVE me for some reason...

If things get bad, my weapon of choice is Skin So Soft from Avon. It repels the little buggers and doesn't put toxic chemicals on my skin. However, it is not marketed for that, it is considered a "skin lotion".

]]> I usually just sprinkle meat tenderizer on myself, as mosquitos LOVE me for some reason...

If things get bad, my weapon of choice is Skin So Soft from Avon. It repels the little buggers and doesn't put toxic chemicals on my skin. However, it is not marketed for that, it is considered a "skin lotion".

]]> <![CDATA[By: amphivera]]> Well, as much as I love my electric tennis racket I have this suspicion that all it does is paralyze the mosquitos for a limited time and after 10 minutes they come back from the dead. So if you want to be 100% effective you have to deliver the final blow personally.

I definitely advise against the mosquito coils. I remember reading an article about a case where the majority of workers at a mosquito coil factory fell ill or died within 5 years.

]]> Well, as much as I love my electric tennis racket I have this suspicion that all it does is paralyze the mosquitos for a limited time and after 10 minutes they come back from the dead. So if you want to be 100% effective you have to deliver the final blow personally.

I definitely advise against the mosquito coils. I remember reading an article about a case where the majority of workers at a mosquito coil factory fell ill or died within 5 years.

]]> <![CDATA[By: johnrash]]> I've never seen the raquet-shaped bug zapper, but here in the Southeastern US bug zapping lanterners were a staple of my childhood.  You can imagine the summer nights out in the back yard hearing the zapper  hanging on the porch---- snap! zzzzzz!! pop!! The insect deaths were non-stop. zapper

]]> I've never seen the raquet-shaped bug zapper, but here in the Southeastern US bug zapping lanterners were a staple of my childhood.  You can imagine the summer nights out in the back yard hearing the zapper  hanging on the porch---- snap! zzzzzz!! pop!! The insect deaths were non-stop. zapper

]]> <![CDATA[By: dtoronto]]> Deet works best ... Deep Woods Off, or equivalent

]]> Deet works best ... Deep Woods Off, or equivalent

]]> <![CDATA[By: scottyb]]> Rash, I remember those as well, but they seem to have fallen out of fashion - I wonder why.

Amber, I was in Canada last year and had my first experience with black flies - those aren't much fun either.

Here in Florida, we have these little biting flies called "no-see-ums" that I think are much worse than mosquitos.  Their bite feels like a tiny pin-prick (much more noticeable than a mosquito) and repellents aren't always as effective on them.  They "attack" in swarms that you can't see coming (thus the name, haha).

]]> Rash, I remember those as well, but they seem to have fallen out of fashion - I wonder why.

Amber, I was in Canada last year and had my first experience with black flies - those aren't much fun either.

Here in Florida, we have these little biting flies called "no-see-ums" that I think are much worse than mosquitos.  Their bite feels like a tiny pin-prick (much more noticeable than a mosquito) and repellents aren't always as effective on them.  They "attack" in swarms that you can't see coming (thus the name, haha).

]]> <![CDATA[By: kimiik]]> According to the asian blood type myth :

JP (type B) likes to be the center of attention

Amber (type AB) stays in the corner :)

http://www.hahaart.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=17&id=536&move=next

]]> According to the asian blood type myth :

JP (type B) likes to be the center of attention

Amber (type AB) stays in the corner :)

http://www.hahaart.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=17&id=536&move=next

]]> <![CDATA[By: sushan]]> An Advanced lesson on the blood type thing can be found here.

]]> An Advanced lesson on the blood type thing can be found here.

]]> <![CDATA[By: kesirui]]> Actually what makes mosquitos like you is if your skin is healthy, your skin makes a kind of acid (forgot the name) that the mosquitos can "smell", all you poor healthy people. lol

Also I noticed the Chinese mosquitos are tiny compared to the U.S.

Someone I know accidentally touched one of those "mosquito racket" things, apparently it hurt a lot and his finger was numb for a while O_O

]]> Actually what makes mosquitos like you is if your skin is healthy, your skin makes a kind of acid (forgot the name) that the mosquitos can "smell", all you poor healthy people. lol

Also I noticed the Chinese mosquitos are tiny compared to the U.S.

Someone I know accidentally touched one of those "mosquito racket" things, apparently it hurt a lot and his finger was numb for a while O_O

]]> <![CDATA[By: kesirui]]> here's a link to the Chinesepod Olympics page:

http://chinesepod.com/olympics/

]]> here's a link to the Chinesepod Olympics page:

http://chinesepod.com/olympics/

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