OT: What a Penny is good for

[3leggedturtle]

Was reading a Backwoodsman mag the other week and happened to read about a gent that stung by a bee/ hornet and he said " if you hold a penny on the sting for 10 minutes it would reduce or take away the pain". Monday was picking up clothes and felt burning sensation on my middle finger, had hornet attached to it. After I flicked it off; I held a penny on it for 5-6 minutes and BELIEVE ME it works. Except for the intial stinging and throbbing there was nothing after 2 minutes, a 1/2 hour later could even find where I had been stung.

[Blaine]

Well, I'll bee......

[awp101]

Well, I'll bee......

Don't start with the puns, you'll just stir up a hornet's nest...

FWIW, I think I'll have "The Boy" knock down the nest I saw being built on the front porch so I can test this penny thing out.

[Blaine]

Well, I'll bee......

Don't start with the puns, you'll just stir up a hornet's nest...

FWIW, I think I'll have "The Boy" knock down the nest I saw being built on the front porch so I can test this penny thing out.

Ouch, that stung... I'l hive you know I put a lot of thought into that one.... Better wasp your language from now on

[Hobie]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

[Sixgun]

I'm not calling you a liar, I just think it was mind over matter. I've heard that "penny stuff" for years and IIRC, they meant a copper penny, not the copper coated zinc junk they have used for a long time.

The brain is a powerful organ. If you think something works, it will work. In the half dozen times a year I get stung, the only thing that works is "time".

IMHO, the only thing a penny is good for today is to say to the cashier, "Keep it"--I wish they would do away with 'em ------------Sixgun

[Blaine]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

And here I was trying to worm my way into your good graces. Don't fret, I ant gonna do it anymore Actually, you're lucky.....With this topic and a little common cents, I could have shown you no quarter...

[Rusty]

Or you can drill a hole right through Abe's head and use it for a washer.

[soon 2 retire]

Would a nickel work 5X better or faster; a dime 10X; or a quarter 25X? How about Canadian coins? Calls for a kind of a range report. Line up a few more willing wasps and a bunch of different coins and post results with pics.

Bob in NE Indiana

[Doc Hudson]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

What would be the fun of punning if it didn't get a reaction from anyone?!?!?!

Don't you know that an incorrigible punster would rather have groans and rotten vegetables thrown his way than to be ignored?

[igon51]

IMHO, the only thing a penny is good for today is to say to the cashier, "Keep it"--I wish they would do away with 'em ------------Sixgun

Then we'd havta say..."a nickel for your thoughts?"

[awp101]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

And here I was trying to worm my way into your good graces. Don't fret, I ant gonna do it anymore Actually, you're lucky.....With this topic and a little common cents, I could have shown you no quarter...

Hobie, dollars to doughnuts this won't stop him...

[Buck Elliott]

IMHO, the only thing a penny is good for today is to say to the cashier, "Keep it"--I wish they would do away with 'em ------------Sixgun

Then we'd havta say..."a nickel for your thoughts?"

Now THAT'S what I'd call inflation...

[Hobie]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

And here I was trying to worm my way into your good graces. Don't fret, I ant gonna do it anymore Actually, you're lucky.....With this topic and a little common cents, I could have shown you no quarter...

Hobie, dollars to doughnuts this won't stop him...

I have to try so that I have a shot at it. he always beats me to the best lines! What really hurts is that he really is winging it.

[awp101]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

And here I was trying to worm my way into your good graces. Don't fret, I ant gonna do it anymore Actually, you're lucky.....With this topic and a little common cents, I could have shown you no quarter...

Hobie, dollars to doughnuts this won't stop him...

I have to try so that I have a shot at it. he always beats me to the best lines! What really hurts is that he really is winging it.

Yeah, he's hard to get ahead of on these puns since he buzzes around the forum so much...

[Gobblerforge]

Folk remedies like that create quite a buzz. I wonder if it works on hives?
Gobbler

[Ysabel Kid]

You guys really have too much time on your hands! Man you all all good though!

[fordwannabe]

" a nickle for your thought" way over priced for most of the people I meet. Tom

[Blaine]

Blaine,

Don't you know your puns bug the heck out of a lot of people?

And here I was trying to worm my way into your good graces. Don't fret, I ant gonna do it anymore Actually, you're lucky.....With this topic and a little common cents, I could have shown you no quarter...

Hobie, dollars to doughnuts this won't stop him...

The only fly in the ointment is that I can't eat dougnuts anymore I still have to take insulin and I'm gnat gonna risk my health.

[86er]

Now let's just say you used a coin from France. Would the swelling retreat?

[Buck Elliott]

Now let's just say you used a coin from France. Would the swelling retreat?

No... The coin would!

[slimster]

Dang, I Bumbled in too late on this one and can't think of much to offer. Guess I'll just hafta Flea.