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Re: [OM] Mosquito Repellant - was HELP: what should I take !?!?!

Subject: Re: [OM] Mosquito Repellant - was HELP: what should I take !?!?!
From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 18:49:23 +0100
Anecdotal evidence suggests that people who eat Marmite are much less
likely to get bitten by mozzies.  For list members not familiar with
Marmite, it's a yeast extract, thick and black, which is slapped
liberally on bread and toast.  Stuffed full of vitamin B12, which is
supposed to end up concentrated in your skin, and which mosquitoes do
not like.  I don't know if the same is said of Vegemite, the weak and
inferior Australian yeast extract product (I speak as a Marmite purist).

Roger

"James N. McBride" wrote:
> 
> Actually rubbing yourself with ashes is even better than ordinary dirt. When
> I fought forest fires the mosquitoes never were a problem. /jnm
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dirk Wright
> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:31 AM
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [OM] HELP: what should I take !?!?!
> >
> >
> > >If you get dirty enough the mosquitoes won't bother you. /jnm
> > >
> >
> > Mosquitoes are attracted by the CO2 that we exhale, that's how
> > they find warm
> > blooded animals to sink thier beak in to and suck thier blood.... I don't
> > think they are repelled by methane though...<g>...so I'm not sure that
> > rolling in dirt/cow dung/swamp muck is going to help that
> > much....just stop
> > breathing and they won't bother you.....I suppose this is how the
> > determine
> > if they are sucking on a live one or not also.....<g>
> > --
> > Be Seeing You.
> > Dirk Wright
> >
> >
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