WTF?!

Today I was stung on the tongue by a yellow jacket.

I went to the Grove for pre-game festivities (read: watching women in stiletto heels try to walk across soft turf) and was sipping root beer from a cup. I took a mouthful and immediately began to spit out what I thought was some bit of leaf or twig that had fallen into the cup. It was gross and prickly and had an extremely odd texture.

Then it stung me.

Five minutes later, I was sitting in a biology lab and sticking my tongue out so my friend could pull the stinger out with a pair of tweezers. I'm pretty sure he washed them first. At the time I really didn't care.

Ow. WTF OW.

Let this be a lesson to you, boys and girls: Do not try to swallow bees. They do not like it. Also, they don't taste very good.