mosquito repellant

[lastsamurai]

I have been getting attacked by a bunch of mosquitoes the past couple of nights. I guess you could say i have that "sweet blood" I tried everything from sprays to this incense that is suppose to repel them but no luck. I remember reading someplace where the marines at Paris island get attacked by these sand ticks and the drill sergeants there put a drop of motor oil in a glass of water and drink it to help repel them. DO any of you guys know if this is true or have any better remedies? Please Help.

[bosoxfan]

You are supposed to put a drop of water in a glass motor oil and drink it. It works you should try it.

[touchfaith]

Do more drugs.

I use to get eaten alive...but apperently, the toxins in my bloodstreem are now high enough to ward them off.

[DONTUSETHIS]

seriously, one of the best mosquito repellants is a fabric softner sheet made for your dryer. Just rub it on your skin and the maybe tuck the sheet in your hat or something.

[2+2 wannabe]

don't eat bananas - apparently mosquitoes love the smell

seriously though - deet is the only thing proven to repel them

[Ray Zee]

best repellents in order

long sleeve shits or netted clothes

covering your skin with mud

deet -- get less % for the less time you are outside with them. it is a poison so use sparingly and mostly on your clothes not your skin

avon skin so soft is second best

detol. it is a skin solvent made in england but works fine for bugs

a cigar zeno loves them

eating vitamin b12

[wacki]

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a cigar zeno loves them

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I don't know what the skeeters are like in Montana, but in boundary waters, you severely underrated the effect a cigar will have on them.

[smokingrobot]

i think that might be -EV