Help!!!

We are in the Highlands of Scotland camping just now...and are being attacked by millions of midges...it's crazy

Anyone else having similar problems?

isn't it "little people?"

yes! yes! yes!

(what's a midge?)

BlackAdder7 said:

yes! yes! yes!

(what's a midge?)

No they are midgets... these are insects lol

a bug like that!!??????

BlackAdder7 said:

a bug like that!!??????

lol....Yes but much much smaller

I'd been assured the hard winter had killed the little fuckers, but apparently it's done more damage to their natural predators, so they're flourishing!

Midges love me.

Those pesky midge's they so love to bite... Find a spray or cream with neem oil in, that worked the last time I was in the highlands.

mcmeekle said:

I'd been assured the hard winter had killed the little fuckers, but apparently it's done more damage to their natural predators, so they're flourishing!

Midges love me.

they love us too....how do you get them to fall out with you?

TypoQueen said:

Those pesky midge's they so love to bite... Find a spray or cream with neem oil in, that worked the last time I was in the highlands.

We are trying 50% deet, but they are getting a taste for it

CarolewithanE said:

mcmeekle said:

I'd been assured the hard winter had killed the little fuckers, but apparently it's done more damage to their natural predators, so they're flourishing!

Midges love me.

they love us too....how do you get them to fall out with you?

I must have annoyed them somehow. Maybe it was my incessant whistling.....

CarolewithanE said:

TypoQueen said:

Those pesky midge's they so love to bite... Find a spray or cream with neem oil in, that worked the last time I was in the highlands.

We are trying 50% deet, but they are getting a taste for it

Avon Skin So Soft. It didn't do much for me, but others swear by it. You'll find this in most highland retail outlets at 4 x RRP.

BlackAdder7 said:

yes! yes! yes!

(what's a midge?)

Another word for a midge is Mossy. It's a mosquito

luv4u said:

BlackAdder7 said:

yes! yes! yes!

(what's a midge?)

Another word for a midge is Mossy. It's a mosquito

Is it? I always thought mozzies and midges were different

(it's wonderful there though, isn't it? I had a holiday there a few years ago - such a beautiful place)

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Not so many Midges where I live, but I am getting so f**ked off with the ants! Grrr. I HATE ants.

florescent said:

Not so many Midges where I live, but I am getting so f**ked off with the ants! Grrr. I HATE ants.

ants

mcmeekle said:

I've put in a lot of time on my midge farm, and it is paying off, so they're flourishing!

Midges love me.

um, i bet they do. i bet they do

XxAxX said:

mcmeekle said:

I've put in a lot of time on my midge farm, and it is paying off, so they're flourishing!

Midges love me.

um, i bet they do. i bet they do

luv4u said:

BlackAdder7 said:

yes! yes! yes!

(what's a midge?)

Another word for a midge is Mossy. It's a mosquito

No, they are not the same thing at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge

sermwanderer said:

aaaaah the scottish midgie! Now I'm Scottish, but with Italian heritage which means I am less susceptible to these wee gobshites (so I tell the birds anyway). My wife is, however, a genuine pasty faced Scot, the type who doesn't tan but goes a beautiful shade of red and comes out in loads of wee bumps when faced with the natural enemy that is the midgie. The only way to get rid of them is to swing a glass bottle of Irn Bru at them and shout (insert place you come from) YA BASS!!!

XxAxX said:

mcmeekle said:

I've put in a lot of time on my midge farm, and it is paying off, so they're flourishing!

Midges love me.

I used to work in an abattoir. I loved it there!

Mine's is a very humane, organic midge farm. I only farm them for their pelts, which are used to make sporrans.

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Smoke the buggers

shame it ain't a minge attack...i'd be on the next plane over.

mmm, Scottish girls.

NDRU said:

isn't it "little people?"

oh Andy I love you

Steadwood said:

BlackAdder7 said:

yes! yes! yes!

(what's a midge?)

No they are midgets... these are insects lol

Not to jack your thread, Steadwood, but did you know they are making an entire movie on Trolls???

Troll dolls get their own movie

Troll dolls may not be much to look at, but neither is Shrek the Ogre, and DreamWorks Animation has made major bank off his swampy story.

The studio has struck a deal with Dam Things - the company behind the Good Luck Trolls - to bring the squat, frizzy-haired, kinda creepy toys to the big screen.

THR reports that DreamWorks has hired brother and sister duo Adam Wilson and Melanie Wilson LaBracio to write the screenplay, and Dannie Festa will executive produce.

whistle said:

shame it ain't a minge attack...i'd be on the next plane over.

mmm, Scottish girls.

That would be Dundee........