i am one sweet-tasting mama

[fflo]

to mosquitoes, that is

do they like you?

[Poll #739998]

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

Well, Peter, I must say I was kind of expecting this result---and it makes me think, as you implied, that so many of us think we're bitten so much more than others that it can't really be true, can it?

I swear, I'm at least yummy to 'em, ending up more bitten than any intimates whose extent-of-bittenness after similar exposure is revealed. But then I don't have the sweet tooth E refers to up there.

I'm thinking of doing a poll about how sensitive to sunburn people are, to see if we similarly locate ourselves in a non-Bell non-curve (a "Skeeter heap", perhaps?). 'Cept that'd have to be how much you burn compared to people of similar skin shade/type, and then ---well, too many variables, I think. The mosquito thing is probably a better test of the perceptions thing.

I guess part of the explanation could be that mosquitoes bite most people a lot, given the opportunity. Maybe I should do some research into the research on this one when I get a chance.