Army Scorpion Expert in Kuwait Stung by Insect, Irony

American Forces Press Service ^ | Sgt. Sarah Scully, USA

[fat city]

I guess we all get stung by irony once in a while.

[mickey blue eyes]

at last maybe we have found a job that kerry would be good at maybe the good doctor needs an asst.

[elkfersupper]

elkfersupper and backup deal with a fat-tailed scorpion.

[Mike Darancette]

The irony stung worse than the scorpion. Army Capt. Stephen Garvin, an entomologist with the 981st Medical Detachment supporting 3rd Army/U.S. Army Central in Kuwait, was stung by a deadly scorpion.

If he had stoodied in skool he woodn't be in the Mid L East.

[edpc]

I'll give this writer the benefit of the doubt. However, not all Armed Services correspondents turn out to be that smart.

[Senator Goldwater]

Stung by scorpions in the desert, and stung by Democrats at home.

Support our troops. They need all the help they can get.

[bert]

.....not all Armed Services correspondents turn out to be that smart.......

You make my point.

Think Al gore, think science, think global warming.

The man has no science

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The guy who built our house had direct experience. His daughter was bitten on the upper arm by a reculse and the bite area refused to heal. It grew into a raw mess that no local doctor or hospital could control.
I finally suggested he ask for a referral to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and they were able to save the girl's arm.

[bk1000]

"My gardener in Havana told me that to avoid being stung, one should grab the scorpion in one's fist"

Reminds me of the line about geting a pit bull to release his grip by blowing in his ear. Do you really want to put your face that close to the business end of a frothing pit bull? Or grab a scorpion?

[patton]

Yikes.

[Killborn]

Fair enough.