Today, I learned that not only do wood ticks have a habit of dropping off of branches onto you as you walk under them, they also like to hang out in groups of five or six. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to the Doctor's for a mole my husband had said was, "growing and changing color". It turned out to be a wood tick. My husband knew, but said it was too "icky" to take off himself. FML
Today, I found out the hard way that blood-filled deer ticks can look a lot like black jelly beans. FML
Today, I had a walk-in: a tiny tick, crawling through my bathroom window, looking down at me in the shower, wondering whether I might be tasty. The window was closed, by the way. FML
Today, I found a tick half-buried in my nipple. FML
Today, I picked my dog up and nibbled her ear. On the tip of her ear was a large tick, which burst, sending blood into my mouth. FML
Today, a friend of mine told me, after coming over to my house for years, that she has tiny "bugs" that are attached to her and follow her wherever she goes. FML
Today, I was camping out under the stars on my trampoline. I was just about asleep when I felt a tickle on my arm. Figuring it was an ant, I brushed it off. The rest of the red ants crawling up my arm didn't like that. FML
Today, I walked under a tree and heard birds chirping from above. I stopped and looked up, only to catch a face full of bird shit. FML
Today, whilst out on a walk with the dogs, I decided to explore a different part of the woods. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my bum. Then another. And another. I realised it was wasps and ran. I've been stung 11 times and have to go back tomorrow for the coat I dropped. FML
Today, I realized that the "pimples" on my back weren't pimples at all. Because I was unable to see how bad they were for the last week, I never caught on to the fact the they were, in fact, ticks. FML
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Top comments
flopstar 21
When wood ticks have more friends than you
kshark350 12
Make sure you get them all... You should put them in a bag and send them to get analyzed to see if they carry Lyme's Disease. In Alberta, you an send them in through the local Veterinarian. Keep a watch on the areas that they bit... Watch out for any "bullseyes" developing on your skin. My cousin is very active outdoors and got Lyme's disease from a tick... Took them over a year to diagnose it properly so that he could get treatment! :S
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Comments (45)
expertsmilee 26
Wood six.
wchil 14
fml community this is what our puns have made
alexlots 20
Ew that sucks
ScarredVox92 16
punny. I dig it.
outfielder55 17
I'd be pretty ticked off.
ohSNAPyall 27
Sounds like he got ticked on.
CoGhostRider 31
It's better to be ticked off than to be ticked on.
flopstar 21
When wood ticks have more friends than you
aruden 25
One of my military buddies ended up pulling off 46 wood ticks after a patrol we did in the woods. That's like a wood tick convention.
thawny_fml 21
Fun story: One time while camping my dad got up early morning to go pee. The tree he stood under dropped 253 ticks onto his back. We counted them. It was hilarious.
Steffi3 40
Ugh, nasty creatures.. Make sure you remove them all should they bite, and to keep an eye out for any diseases they may carry
garf3265 12
you should pick your battles better
CanadiAnM8 24
You're in Canada, use that free healthcare to help you out
Attacksloth 33
Not free, universal. Comes out through taxes. It only feels free because there are no up front costs.
kshark350 12
Make sure you get them all... You should put them in a bag and send them to get analyzed to see if they carry Lyme's Disease. In Alberta, you an send them in through the local Veterinarian. Keep a watch on the areas that they bit... Watch out for any "bullseyes" developing on your skin. My cousin is very active outdoors and got Lyme's disease from a tick... Took them over a year to diagnose it properly so that he could get treatment! :S
theBandit68 17
And it suuuucks
pickle682 17
Wood ticks don't carry Lyme disease deer ticks do
amanda182 19
...deers go into the woods. And I've had little "deer ticks" get on me from in the woods. So I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "they don't carry Lyme disease" because yes, they actually do.
Oh_bother44 11
Deer ticks CAN carry Lyme. Wood ticks do not. The FML specified that they were wood ticks.
thejonac 21
.....morning wood?
kinky44 28
Mourning wood now
devildog562 33
I always though it was "wood morning to you". You know as a semi inappropriate , depending on whom you are with, morning greeting .
laden_swallow09 35
Eeyugh! Just reading that gave me the willies!