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Oh yeah!
I know those terms!!

Never heard them.

Just got this email. Went to Snopes and it is there. Not a fact or false yet.

MOSQUITO SPRAY......

I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A man at the party sprayed the lawn and deck floor with Listerine, and the little demons disappeared.
The next year I filled a 4-ounce spray bottle and used it around my seat whenever I saw
mosquitoes. And voila! That worked as well. It worked at a picnic where we sprayed the area around the food table, the children's swing area, and the standing water nearby.
During the summer, I don't leave home without it.....Pass it on.
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I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and it cost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes. So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame. Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house

At least they won't have bad breath when they swarm me.

Or germs.

Why can't you spray it on a wood door, but you could on a wood frame?

I got that e-mail, too, and am wondering if it's something that works. How did someone realize that mouthwash keeps away mosquitoes, anyways?

I'm skeptical. I've tried so many of these 'home remedies' for skeeters and none have worked.

I'll try anything!

Listerene has alcohol in it right? Maybe it is to get them drunk and loose their direction or sense of balance.

That's a good one, Sherrie.

i KNOW that dryer sheets don't work against mosquitos.

They do make them soft, static-free and nice smelling though.

Heehee. Unfortunately, i think that's what they do to you if you wear them, or rub them on you. And the mosquitos think, "Yum!"
(Did a show at an outdoor theatre in rural TN. NEVER before or since have i experienced anything like that amount of bugs.)

One thing I have found that does seem to help - spray catnip! Not kidding.

Do all the cats come running to you? That might be almost as bad - they are a lot bigger...

We were at an outdoor theater in PA and I was amazed at the lack of mosquitos, they must have sprayed something. Never thought to ask them.

catnip comes in a spray?

Yes - I got it at Petsmart. Brand is Pet Gold and it's in a pump spray bottle. Was cheap.

Seriously, do you have cats clinging to you on all sides when you use it?

No cats outside.

garden eeks = snakes here.......EEK!!!!

Lately my eeks are more like, "Eek! What happened to the crocus/tulip/etc that was coming up so nicely here? It's gone!"
But i am sure spider eeks are coming soon. i've never seen a snake here.

We have snakes at the farm in NH, but they are not so big and long and black. They are mostly little guys we call "Sammy". They love to live in all of our stone walls.

I call all spiders Sammy!

Spider Davis Jr.?

Groovy, man!

Did i ever tell my spider story here - the one where i get arrested?
i think i've been saving it to tell in person...

You get arrested for telling it? Must be some story! Please, do tell...

At the RU or the pajama party. i have visual aids.

Dave is going to the pj party so he can fill me in.

This like a Victoria's Secret thing? Her stuff looks so good on me!

Wait, Amy........hold the spider story for Kassia's RU!!!

NOOOOOOO......I'll never hear it if you don't tell it here!!!

I promise I'll tell you, Sharon! But you should just tell it here, Amy.

Thanks Victor, don't leave out any parts.

I always try not to leave any parts out...

heehee

Except in the body builder shirtless image in the ARTICLE!!!!!!!

Even the parts that looked better in 1988?