And, no, the smartass answer, “don’t touch poison ivy,” isn’t the answer.
I’ve gotten poison ivy, and I’ve gotten it in the classic spots over and over again – between the fingers and the backside of the forearm.
Why?
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Avoid areas of the county park. At night. When you’re 17. With your girlfriend. Naked (or nearly so.)
I’ve been trying to build up an immunity to poison ivy. First, I grab a leaf and lick it several times before chewing on it. While I’m chomping away I pluck a half a dozen or so and stick them everywhere: in my ears, between my toes–even where the sun…ah…. never mind. Anyway, why I keep calling 911 and ending up in the emergency room during these attempts is something I don’t fully understand. Anyway, I’ll keep trying.
I had a friend who was a surveyor. He clued me in to avoiding the worst of a reaction. If you think you’ve come into contact with it, you have 15 minutes +/- to wash up.
The best way is to burn about a bushel in your barbecue
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then breathe in the smoke
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Your immunity will develop when you are 6 feet under!
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ONLY KIDDING – DON’T DO THIS!
This was actually fascinating
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After I get rid of the mosquitoes
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I have to clear a lot of PI, Oak and Zumac
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Now I know what to do
Mean Green Hand Scrub
http://www.amazon.com/Mean-Green-Power-Hand-Scrub/dp/B00CZIG1MQ
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Is anybody else SCRATCHING their arms?
Ah, Press Watch, if you saw my first post, you’d know I’m scratching my nether regions from the memory of it.
Yeah, just scratching, nothing else, you foul minded people.
I’m allergic to it to the point of needing hardcore steroids if I get it on me. Luckily I live in an area where there is none. Whey I was a kid, I went swimming in a farm pond that had poison ivy growing into the water, and I got the oily residue on me from the armpits down. Shots that time. More than once. Really nasty stuff when it blisters between your toes and into your crotch. Blistered ‘taint…
When we were in NC I got a dose and had to see the Dr. again. More shots…
And yes, now my ass itches…
SUPERMAN FAN – COOL!
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You dated yourself!
Sure, it always starts out as just scratching, but…
😉
I’ve never been allergic to the stuff, at all.
When I was in high school, I used to make a LOT of money, for a teenager, clearing poison ivy off peoples property.
Peoples reactions when they saw me wading around in poison ivy, in shorts and no shirt, was hilarious to me. 🙂