Jim Benton Cartoons by Jim Benton for July 02, 2018

And if cauterizing them doesn’t help, try applying Johnson and Johnson brand tourniquets.

When I was a kid my Dad held a lit cigarette just above the bite. It worked. No more itch. And it didn’t hurt.

Yeah, burn yourself with a spoon and you will forget about the itch. When I was a young I looked like “The Calamine Lotion Kid.”

I always heard “cool the spoon” in ice water.

Similar for poison ivy, etc. Put under as hot water as you can stand. The heat breaks down the histamines that cause the itch, or so it was explained to me. Anyway, heat really works.

For immediate relief, be sure to heat the spoon in a microwave for 30 seconds.

terrific cartoon ~

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