BIG DEAL!! Is this even newsworthy??

[Ranger Mom]

People around here get stung by scorpions ALL the time!!!



BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — One young shopper at a Wal-Mart in West Virginia had to watch out for more than falling prices.

A 12-year-old girl picking up a seedless watermelon from a bin was stung Sunday by a tan, inch-long scorpion that had apparently stowed away in a shipment from Mexico.

Megan Templeton, of Barboursville, was taken to the hospital as a precaution but later released. Her father, William Templeton, said the pain was a little worse than a bee sting.

He initially didn't believe his daughter when she said she had been stung by a scorpion, but then he saw the critter scurry underneath a box. It was captured by Wal-Mart employees.

Most of the nearly 2,000 kinds of scorpions are not dangerous to humans.

Richard Coyle, senior director of international affairs for Wal-Mart, said store employees believe the problem was with a single shipment of watermelons.

"We are very concerned," he said. "This is a very rare incident. When I spoke with the store manager, she said in her 17 years she had never heard of something like this."




Link (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358424,00.html)

[jason]

...future lawsuit of the day...

[LH Panther Mom]

Not a big deal at home, but in a store....woah Nellie. (Thinking this will be the next big "stupid lawsuit of the day".... :doh: )

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by jason
...future lawsuit of the day...
LOL!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Not a big deal at home, but in a store....woah Nellie. (Thinking this will be the next big "stupid lawsuit of the day".... :doh: )

Heck...we see scorpions around here all the time, they are as commonplace as mesquite trees ( and rattlesnakes!!:p )

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Heck...we see scorpions around here all the time, they are as commonplace as mesquite trees ( and rattlesnakes!!:p )
Same here! Okay, without the mesquite trees and rattlesnakes :p

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Heck...we see scorpions around here all the time, they are as commonplace as mesquite trees ( and rattlesnakes!!:p )

So? That doesn't mean I want to get stung by one when I go to WalMart!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by kepdawg
So? That doesn't mean I want to get stung by one when I go to WalMart!

I was just telling Jimmy last night that I was surprised we haven't seen any in the house so far this spring.

Wouldn't you know it? One was trying to get in an open window as I was shutting it about an hour later!!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by kepdawg
So? That doesn't mean I want to get stung by one when I go to WalMart!

I wouldn't want to get stung by one no matter where I was!!

Been there, done that......several times!!!!


I still don't see where it deserves it's own little link on Foxnews!!

Must you ALWAYS have a "retort"??:mad: :mad:

[ronwx5x]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Same here! Okay, without the mesquite trees and rattlesnakes :p

SURELY you can't be telling us there are no mesquite trees and rattlesnakes around LH? Not the LH I remember.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I wouldn't want to get stung by one no matter where I was!!

Been there, done that......several times!!!!


I still don't see where it deserves it's own little link on Foxnews!!

Must you ALWAYS have a "retort"??:mad: :mad:

A lot of stuff on the news doesn't deserve to be news!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by kepdawg
A lot of stuff on the news doesn't deserve to be news!

Exactly!

[DU_stud04]

its packaging...there are alot of little critters that come in with packaging..... especially stuff they really dont have to take out....just chop the top off of and take it to the floor. things really must be slow to write an article about something as simple as this.

[jlg043]

I have been stung a couple of times by Scorpions... One morning I woke up and a scorpion was sitting on my chest.... Scarrrrry!

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by jlg043
I have been stung a couple of times by Scorpions... One morning I woke up and a scorpion was sitting on my chest.... Scarrrrry!

One of our members had a pet scorpion at one time....i can't remember which one though!

Big black ugly thing....(the scorpion..not the member!!):D

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by ronwx5x
SURELY you can't be telling us there are no mesquite trees and rattlesnakes around LH? Not the LH I remember.
Not like Midland. ;)

[eppy 12]

Originally posted by kepdawg
A lot of stuff on the news doesn't deserve to be news! filler..........:p

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
One of our members had a pet scorpion at one time....i can't remember which one though!

Big black ugly thing....(the scorpion..not the member!!):D
Wasn't it Boosty Hondo? :thinking:

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Wasn't it Boosty Hondo? :thinking: ]]


whoever it was I remember a big thread about them and Spiders as pet

[sinfan75]

I got bit on the butt by one of them suckers. It was like gettin a shot of penicillan. Ain't left clothes on the floor since.

[BreckTxLonghorn]

Originally posted by sinfan75
I got bit on the butt by one of them suckers. It was like gettin a shot of penicillan. Ain't left clothes on the floor since.

:doh: :doh: That just made me stand up.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by sinfan75
I got bit on the butt by one of them suckers. It was like gettin a shot of penicillan. Ain't left clothes on the floor since.

Well...I wasn't gonna mention this, but since you told that, I feel comfortable!! :D

When I was 18 I was putting my makeup on and noticed a scorpion crawling up my shirt...instead of just knocking it off, I pulled my shirt off, inside out, over my head and started shaking my shirt....I'll be darned if in the process I didn't drop the thing down my bra, where it proceeded to sting me!!:eek:

I took off like a shot screaming for my dad. He came running and I told him that I got stung, he asked "where?"....so I showed him!! I have never seen a man hide is face is so fast in my life!!!:D

[BobcatBenny]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
. . . Must you ALWAYS have a "retort"??:mad: :mad:
Whoa! I didn't realize there was going to be dessert! :)

What flavor of retort do we have?

There is always one! ;)