Quote: Marc P @ July 29 2009, 4:39 PM BSTMy OH, as someone might say, gets bitten all the time, and my mother brother etc. I never do. Maybe it's to do with blood type? Tim - any medical take on the matter if you are listening?
Won't be to do with the intended victim's blood group. However, differences in chemical composition of sweat secretions from one's skin will play a part in how attractive a meal you are to a mosquito.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 29 2009, 4:56 PM BSTWon't be to do with the intended victim's blood group. However, differences in chemical composition of sweat secretions from one's skin will play a part in how attractive a meal you are to a mosquito.
Perspiration in my case. Never sweat. 
A radiant glow!
I'll be happy if I never see another tumbleweed. They make nice kindling for a desert campfire, however.
Quote: DaButt @ July 29 2009, 5:15 PM BSTI'll be happy if I never see another tumbleweed. They make nice kindling for a desert campfire, however.
Have you ever said anything unfunny, and then an actual tumbleweed has rolled by.
Quote: chipolata @ July 29 2009, 5:18 PM BSTHave you ever said anything unfunny, and then an actual tumbleweed has rolled by.
Just the opposite. A tumbleweed rolls in front of my car and then I commence to saying unfunny things as I pull over and extricate it from under my vehicle.
Quote: chipolata @ July 29 2009, 5:18 PM BSTHave you ever said anything unfunny, and then an actual tumbleweed has rolled by.
Accompanied by the distant tolling of a sombre bell. As in Shooting Stars.