If that happened to me (a Japanese beetle on my knee), my biggest danger would be if I grabbed my phone to take a picture of it and lost control of the mower.
(Japanese beetles are colorful and iridescent. I haven’t seen one in years, and I’d love to have the good close-up feature on my phone to get a good picture).
Just because something has more than 4 limbs and isn’t fluffy doesn’t mean it’s cause to panic! They say that before long, we’ll be EATING things like beetles.
I flicked one off my leg last Saturday while gardening. Insects is why I usually garden in long pants so that I do not even feel them, but I was wearing shorts because I was out and about before getting home and deciding I could do a little gardening before dinner.
I used to use a John Deere all by myself, and if I had done something stupid like this, I would have had to fix the problem, too. I remember changing the battery myself, out in the middle of the yard. Ditto a tire. Now I live in a condo and just cringe at the lawn work that gets done (or not), and I have learned to ignore it, since I don’t have to do it.
I used to mow a couple acre lawn with a big riding mower with zero turn and stick control. When mowing, all the bug critters would flee and fly away, and a flock of swallows would follow me around and take advantage of the easy pickin’s.
A woman comes into the house and tells her husband the car won’t start; She says she thinks there is water in the carburetor. Her husband says you don’t know anything about cars, what makes you think that there is water in the carburetor? She says it is in the pool.
Leroy 3 days ago
“Just not sure Kamikaze was your only choice.”
C 3 days ago
That’s an impressive ball and chain that you have there
eromlig 3 days ago
Had it been a spider, my wife would have cleared the pool by ten feet or more. Screaming all the way…
Pickled Pete 3 days ago
Gonna rename that tractor POOL PRO
blunebottle 3 days ago
About the same, I think.
Dobie Premium Member 3 days ago
Sure… sure… I probably woulda gone with drowning it, too!
Superhawk 3 days ago
My wife would have gone for the ocean rather than some rinky-dink pool.
bryce.gear 3 days ago
Brush it off and keep on mowing?
chromosome Premium Member 2 days ago
If that happened to me (a Japanese beetle on my knee), my biggest danger would be if I grabbed my phone to take a picture of it and lost control of the mower.
chromosome Premium Member 2 days ago
(Japanese beetles are colorful and iridescent. I haven’t seen one in years, and I’d love to have the good close-up feature on my phone to get a good picture).
Tigressy 2 days ago
“What’s your problem, Rose? Too intimate?”
CrimsonOne18 2 days ago
I can so relate to her!!!
Tigressy 2 days ago
Apropos: assets.amuniversal.Com/8be98e004dd9013d6cfc005056a9545d.Gif
DaBump Premium Member 2 days ago
Just because something has more than 4 limbs and isn’t fluffy doesn’t mean it’s cause to panic! They say that before long, we’ll be EATING things like beetles.
Daltongang Premium Member 2 days ago
Ever thought of just flicking it off?
paranormal 2 days ago
He would have jumped off first before it went in the pool…
vorlon42 2 days ago
e.groves 2 days ago
A wasp for sure, but not a beetle.
DM2860 2 days ago
I flicked one off my leg last Saturday while gardening. Insects is why I usually garden in long pants so that I do not even feel them, but I was wearing shorts because I was out and about before getting home and deciding I could do a little gardening before dinner.
Teto85 Premium Member 2 days ago
立ち去ってください Tachisatte kudasai. Please go away. Would be a choice of my responses.
Mike Baldwin creator 2 days ago
Ha! Safety First!
Moonkey Premium Member 2 days ago
I used to use a John Deere all by myself, and if I had done something stupid like this, I would have had to fix the problem, too. I remember changing the battery myself, out in the middle of the yard. Ditto a tire. Now I live in a condo and just cringe at the lawn work that gets done (or not), and I have learned to ignore it, since I don’t have to do it.
cuzinron47 2 days ago
It wouldn’t be like that.
cuzinron47 2 days ago
I see Bleeb is enjoying the A/C.
vonskippy 2 days ago
Zero chance a lawn tractor would float like that.
sincavage05 2 days ago
Grasshoppers freak me out, always have. Big time ick
Buoy 2 days ago
I used to mow a couple acre lawn with a big riding mower with zero turn and stick control. When mowing, all the bug critters would flee and fly away, and a flock of swallows would follow me around and take advantage of the easy pickin’s.
Jeeper Premium Member 2 days ago
Google—— hawk drops snake on woman mowing Spoiler alert… it comes back for it!
wildlandwaters 2 days ago
Oh John, dear!
geese28 2 days ago
Husband: b-but my lawn pro though
vacman 2 days ago
A woman comes into the house and tells her husband the car won’t start; She says she thinks there is water in the carburetor. Her husband says you don’t know anything about cars, what makes you think that there is water in the carburetor? She says it is in the pool.
Rich Douglas about 21 hours ago
Kentucky politician?