Davkaus Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 This is the most horrifying thing I've ever seen, imagine coming home to find that on your bed. I'd just burn the house down and start my life over again. click for image Basingstoke Gazette: Photograph of the Author by Andrew Napier IN decades of pest control John Birkett has seen many things, but nothing like this. This giant wasp nest had taken over the bed of a spare bedroom at a Winchester house. Mr Birkett said: “In 45 years I have never seen anything like it. There must have been 5,000 wasps.” The client lives alone in the five-bedroom house in St Cross and had not been in the spare room for several months before her son opened the door and saw the huge nest. The window had been left open. The wasps were enlarging their home by chewing through the pillows and into the mattress. The nest measured about three feet wide by a foot and a half deep. Mr Birkett said: “It was a job to deal with it. I had protective gear on. At one stage there must have been 2,000 wasps buzzing around me. “If someone had gone in to the room and not known what it was it would have been pretty serious. The only similar thing in a room was one the size of a tennis ball.” Mr Birkett, of Owslebury-based Longwood Services, used a spray to kill the insects on Sunday (August 24). It gives him mixed feelings. “It is amazing how they build it, by chewing the wood off gates and things. Although they are a pest in homes they are a friend of the gardener by killing aphids. “I thought 'what a shame', but I had a job to do and the client was terrified.” Mr Birkett was able to save the crocheted blanket under the nest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 This is the most horrifying thing I've ever seen, imagine coming home to find that on your bed. I'd just burn the house down and start my life over again. When I saw it was the Basingstoke Gazette, I was expecting a thong clad Gareth spread on the bed with a red rose between his teeth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I had a go on tinder, turns out I'm surrounded by literal hundreds of 20-something models all within a 1 mile radius of me!You're from Halesowen, IIRC? If so, that's good news for when I get round to joining, as I'm minutes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The worst year was 2005. Remember when they had to take Walkers Worcester sauce crisps off the shelves after the red dye food scare? The best year was 2008. Remember when they put Walkers Worcester sauce crisps back on the shelves and we could eat them again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The worst year was 2005. Remember when they had to take Walkers Worcester sauce crisps off the shelves after the red dye food scare? The best year was 2008. Remember when they put Walkers Worcester sauce crisps back on the shelves and we could eat them again? Whoah, hold you're horses, we're still in 1997. We need to devote this page to bawling our eyes out over Princess Di. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I'm sorry, sorry guys. Ahhh 1997. Remember Walkers Worcester sauce crisps? Good times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 27, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2014 Worst crisps ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Shouldn't these years have their own world cup thread to battle it out as to which was the best ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Shouldn't these years have their own world cup thread to battle it out as to which was the best ? 98 would win because it had Fabio Ferrarasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Worst crisps ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RunRickyRun Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 England win 'le Tournoi' and look a good bet for the next year's World Cup. Also this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crSkWaJqx-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I got my joke in The Beano in 1997 and they did a double page illustration of the joke. I had some Worcester sauce crisps to celebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Worcester Sauce crisps are pretty horrendous, let's be honest. Right up there with Prawn Cocktail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I...I don't understand.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 princess di died on my brothers birthday, a full day of my aunties coming round and crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted August 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2014 And of course the pencil gun... Greatest game ever made. And of course the pencil gun... Greatest game ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 27, 2014 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 27, 2014 Played Goldeneye last week with 3 mates. It's still fun. It looks awful, and the controls are pretty crap but it's still brilliant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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