Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 26, 2024

Depending on where you go on vacation nowadays. Right now, Hulu is not available on cruise ships(yet).

There are environments where ticks can’t survive?

It’s about time, that I’m terrified when I hear a tick talk.

As if ticks weren’t bad enough, here in the northeast we have the Brown Tail Moth caterpillars which shed microscopic toxic hairs that give you an itchy rash. I got a bad dose of it after mowing my lawn the other day. Now taking Benadril and hoping I don’t get more.

What time is it at the North Pole?

Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms – The New York Times. Just like the warning labels on cigarettes. Da*n gov mint always gettin’ in our bid ness. What concern is theirs, if’n we want our kids to be ‘nipulated by ( here, fill in the blank).

We laughed at the chickens running around when we went to the Caribbean and then we found out chickens eat ticks by the dozens.

Permethrin.

Long pants and long sleeves.

Exactly! Ride a bike… Go for a hike…

Remembered watching a segment about scientists researching limes disease by dragging a white sheet behind them through the woods were there were a bunch of ferns and collecting hundreds of ticks for examination. The scientists wore denim jeans with rubber bands around their ankles.

Looking for Mallett’s answer to this situation.

Make friends with an opossum. They love to eat ticks.

In the US—Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis, tick paralysis, alpha-gal syndrome, and the especially dreaded Powassan virus.

I once had a clock that had ticks.

Those who think that outdoors is the healthier option are welcome to truly put it to the test by becoming voluntarily homeless.

Tick talk.

I say the kid is right. I got bit by a tick when on safari and ended up with blood poisoning!

The only tick I ever saw was inside a suburban home. (Thankfully, we found it before it could get on anybody.)

Frazz is up against a serious challenge with this one!