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Old 24-12-2009, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Benno18 View Post
We have them over here (stingers and box jellies). We were always told as kids if we got stung by a stinger to pee on the sting!!!! If the sting was in a self peeing area of the body
I remember that being the recommendation for a snake-bite victim in a first-aid course I did in 1976:

"Wash the bite area by any means, even with urine if necessary"

We all burst out laughing when some wag muttered "Bloody typical, it's step1: piss on the victim"

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