Get More From Cheap Vodka Than A Hangover

Or you could NOT spray beneficial insects and enjoy the benefits they bring. Bees make honey, which is legal tender in much of the world, paper wasps capture caterpillars that eat trees and plants, and mud dauber wasps capture spiders like the black widow and brown recluse.

they forgot the soothing effects of imbibing vodka for an aching heart.... wait that just makes me more morose

mfusion

@dchall8: the bees that you see around your house aren't honey bees. and as for wasps, this is perfect for me, i had to have my landlord spray the wasps nest and clean it out of my window because i'm deathly allergic to their stings and can't even risk emptying a vacuum of dead ones from the dead stingers. so i think that the few that i kill over the vast billions of them isn't a real danger

mfusion

1) The vodka, drinken, would do more to help with the aches and pains.

2) There are cheaper disinfection solutions, like rubbing alcohol, which will better disinfect the blades.

3) Purposely inducing intoxication and alcohol poisoning in insects might be effective, but seems cruel :P

On second thought, I should read the rest of the post first :P

silver-bolt

@mfusion: agreed. My house, my choice to live or die (I tell my kid this all the time).

i think being a beverage is its best use...

urbanturban666

@mfusion: So you know where dchall8 lives? Scary.

Seriously now, you don't know if they are honey bees or not. Around here, they *are* honey bees.

mrmuskrat

@silver-bolt:

"1) The vodka, drinken, would do more to help with the aches and pains."

Exactly what I was thinking. Sometimes there's nothing better for some serious achin' than a good, strong Lemon Drop (my favorite).

Gerard Sorme

@silver-bolt:

"1) The vodka, drinken, would do more to help with the aches and pains."

Exactly what I was thinking. Sometimes there's nothing better for some serious achin' than a good, strong Lemon Drop (my favorite).

Gerard Sorme

@dchall8: Yea... probably better to let the bees be. and btw, mythbusters showed that vodka doesn't kill bees very well. I think water actually killed more bees that vodka.

slyfoxlp

@dchall8: Yea... probably better to let the bees be. and btw, mythbusters showed that vodka doesn't kill bees very well. I think water actually killed more bees that vodka.

slyfoxlp

I use cheap vodka to clean our microsuede couch.

Rob Ascher

I use cheap vodka to clean our microsuede couch.

Rob Ascher

@mfusion:

agreed. I am allergic to bees and wasps....they die around my house.

naiku

@mfusion:

agreed. I am allergic to bees and wasps....they die around my house.

naiku

@Jason Fitzpatrick: Wow, the razors can be preserved for years with this trick?! ;)

matthjoe

@Jason Fitzpatrick: Wow, the razors can be preserved for years with this trick?! ;)

matthjoe

oh no, not another one of these.

WD 40 cures arthritis too.

robdew

oh no, not another one of these.

WD 40 cures arthritis too.

robdew

The bees around my house *are* honey bees, actually. When a bee stings you, it kills her, and no life loving bee wants to die.

Jennifer Gile

The bees around my house *are* honey bees, actually. When a bee stings you, it kills her, and no life loving bee wants to die.

Jennifer Gile

@Andy Slezak: i hate cat piss...

urbanturban666

@Andy Slezak: i hate cat piss...

urbanturban666

I have a micro suede couch and a cat that likes to stain in it a variety of ways... I'm getting a spray bottle, some vodka/rubbing alcohol and trying this out!

Andy Slezak

I have a micro suede couch and a cat that likes to stain in it a variety of ways... I'm getting a spray bottle, some vodka/rubbing alcohol and trying this out!

Andy Slezak

@dchall8: Carpenter Bees seem to love my eaves. 3/4 inch holes every few feet give them away.

TheFu

@dchall8: Carpenter Bees seem to love my eaves. 3/4 inch holes every few feet give them away.

TheFu

@dchall8: You would have to spray a lot of vodka on them to kill them. You see, unlike denatured alcohol which dissolves an insects tracheoles (basically its equivalent of a lung), the only way ethyl alcohol would kill a bee is with alcohol poisoning. A bee or wasp would get extremely drunk and have a terrible hangover but would in all probability survive getting sprayed by vodka.

idogis1

@dchall8: You would have to spray a lot of vodka on them to kill them. You see, unlike denatured alcohol which dissolves an insects tracheoles (basically its equivalent of a lung), the only way ethyl alcohol would kill a bee is with alcohol poisoning. A bee or wasp would get extremely drunk and have a terrible hangover but would in all probability survive getting sprayed by vodka.

idogis1

Weird. In a "what the hell is all this stuff on top of the fridge" cleaning frenzy, I found a very old bottle of vodka covered in dust. As I poured it down the sink I thought, "I bet if I looked it up I could find other things to do with this stuff." and had a flashback to some MythBusters ep where they tried it for poison ivy treatment. Then this link pops up on my feed widget a day later. Someone is watching me! I just know it! Well, your guilt trip isn't going to work on me! It isn't!

quidpro

@Jennifer Gile: true that.

idogis1

Apparently water and/or vodka just stuns the bees/flies. In Mythbusters, all the vodka sprayed bees revived and survived.

Most of the time with flies and bees, I just want them out of my house. This could be a fairly humane way of knocking them out and then relocating them outside where they can dry off and fly off.

KittyKittyKitty

@jeffk: (30 seconds later) *head hits computer desk*

Brandon Witzig

Vodka amkes me typoe much fastwder. Seriously, try it!!! GO ahhaed!

jeffk

Just run the cheap vodka through a water filter(like those Brita filter pitchers) a few times and it makes the cheap vodka better tasting and less likely to induce a hangover.

Jeremy McCurdy

Jeremy McCurdy: I've heard that before, but never actually tried it.

shaft0

Jeremy McCurdy: I've heard that before, but never actually tried it.

shaft0

If you REALLY want to disinfect and prevent rust on your razor and safety razor blades, go pick up a bottle of Barbicide. It's cheaper, actually kills pretty much everything, and many of the formulations are anti rust. Thousands of Italian barbers can't be wrong!

@matthjoe: Even though you obviously were responding to someone else's remarks, I think the 'preserving razor blades' bit would also come in handy after a long lonely light of getting drunk and thinking about your ex...

omgwtflolbbqbye

@matthjoe: Even though you obviously were responding to someone else's remarks, I think the 'preserving razor blades' bit would also come in handy after a long lonely light of getting drunk and thinking about your ex...

omgwtflolbbqbye

I use Vodka to clean out my short term memory and make new ones I regret later.

omgwtflolbbqbye

"Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle and spray bees or wasps to kill them"

So next time I have friends over I can say "who wants pesticide?"!

greatslack

@omgwtflolbbqbye: +1

grewal12

@dchall8: Your words fall on deaf ears, my friend. Sorry.

Cheap vodka is also the secret to a flaky pie crust.

mnerd

Cheap vodka is also the secret to a flaky pie crust.

mnerd

@greatslack:

And they have to let you spray it in their mouths, best party ever!

darkmonk04

@dchall8: Bees are okay. Wasps seem to find ways into my house, and I'll be damned if I'm going to get stung inside my house. Those nests are coming down. Though, I won't waste vodka on it.

bobcatred

I've got Africanized Killer Bees at my house. They wear their pants down around their little bee asses and hang out listening to rap all day. I sprayed vodka at 'em but they just drank the vodka and turned the music up louder.

But seriously, swarming wasps are a problem. That's why wasp sprays usually have a 10-16 foot range. So unless I can spray vodka 16 feet in a tightly focused stream that kills instantly, I'm better off drinking it.

@mnerd: Don't forget tender. Using vodka in place of some of the water inhibits the gluten development. Gluten is great for breads, but bad for tender, flaky crusts. (I love Cook's Illustrated for teaching me such wonderful things!)

teh

@Jennifer Gile: Some spiteful son of a female dog stung me because I had a caramel apple. Now tell me that little bugger wasn't trying to die.

eagles3

@mfusion: Yeah it does, until you have had enough to get over your moroseness.

The trick is to push it just over the edge.

Of course I drank copiously last night and I cant feel My left little finger and I don't know why. So maybe scratch that.

eagles3

@Auld_Lang_Ziety: If only your liver didn't break down all the vodka...

eagles3

@Auld_Lang_Ziety: If only your liver didn't break down all the vodka...

eagles3

Trust me bro, there's a time bees need to get sprayed with vodka. Go hug a tree.

@TheFu: Carpenter bees love wood that's unpainted and a bit weathered. If you paint your eaves and put a few blocks of old wood in a shady, protected area, the bees will happily choose the alternate nest site. Just about any kind of paint or stain works.

Counterglow

@eagles3: Sounds to me more like a yellow jacket. They love sweet stuff and they're evil-tempered little bastards.

Counterglow

@eagles3: Sounds to me more like a yellow jacket. They love sweet stuff and they're evil-tempered little bastards.

Counterglow

@dchall8: Shouldn't you be out hugging a tree, or busy fighting some construction project cause it endangers a rare earth worm? You people are annoying at best.

They all die around here. Nature can replenish them faster than I can kill them so I'm not worried.

Instead of using rubbing alcohol to clean water cooling and other computer parts I use my roommates everclear. It's pretty much the same thing, and at 190 proof the same as the rubbing alcohol they sell here in good ol' Iowa.

Instead of using rubbing alcohol to clean water cooling and other computer parts I use my roommates everclear. It's pretty much the same thing, and at 190 proof the same as the rubbing alcohol they sell here in good ol' Iowa.

For any uses that don't involve actually consuming the vodka, rubbing alcohol or denatured ethanol is much cheaper. You don't have to pay the liquor tax if you aren't going to drink it.

bwcbwc

For any uses that don't involve actually consuming the vodka, rubbing alcohol or denatured ethanol is much cheaper. You don't have to pay the liquor tax if you aren't going to drink it.

bwcbwc

When working as a bartender I have always used the well vodka or gin as a disinfectant. You can clean your hands with it or soak a napkin and clean your phone, ipod etc with it. Handy.

When working as a bartender I have always used the well vodka or gin as a disinfectant. You can clean your hands with it or soak a napkin and clean your phone, ipod etc with it. Handy.

@BrianEsser: So you're really kiling environmentalists because nature replenishes them faster than you can kill them?

Porree

@Chewbenator: Normally, it should be more expansive than rubbing alcohol because there is tax on it.

Porree

@Auld_Lang_Ziety: Drinking it... and throwing the bottle at the wasp nest! That'll show 'em.

Pretty convenient, as after you've consumed enough to cause bruises and black eyes, you can use the same vodka to help heal them!

@Jennifer Gile: They don't know they're going to die, and they don't care. They're bees... they'll do whatever it takes to defend the hive, including sacrificing themselves. After all, the queen bee pops out hundreds of offspring an hour, much like Natalie Suleman. And just like Natalie Suleman, they're very expendable.

ManekiNeko

@SpongeSteveSquareDave_GitEmSteveDave: Is that the crazy blue crap you always see in barber shops?

ManekiNeko

@KittyKittyKitty: Silica gel (those little baggies you find in new pairs of shoes) is supposed to be extremely effective as a bug killer, since it's a drying agent. It draws the water out of the insects, instantly mummifying them.

ManekiNeko

with £11 of tax on every litre of vodka i think ill not be using it for anything other than drinking

Smiling_Gandalf

@omgwtflolbbqbye: +2

Smiling_Gandalf

An aerosol spray can and a light works well on wasp nests too, fast and effective.

Jeremy McCurdy

@shaft0: It's not going to make it taste like super expensive vodka or anything, but it'll make it taste less crappy and it'll decrease the chances that you end up with a hangover from it.

Jeremy McCurdy

I use Vodka to clean the stock thermal grease off of CPUs and GPUs for PC repair - works excellent and very quick...

Xibalba

@dchall8: those pests are harmful to humans and their property and thus need to be controlled. plus, as many have mentioned, nature will supply with plenty more when they migrate away from dangerous areas...

with all of the sources of stress in this world, i feel sorry for those who lose sleep on such concerns as above...they must not have much else to do...

Xibalba

@teh:

Yep. It also makes your dough easier to work since it can be a little on the wet side. If you made it that wet with water, it would make bad dough but the alcohol burns off quickly enough it doesn't harm the texture.

FigNinja

I use vodka to store my bassoon reeds in. Keeps them clean and supple!

SunayaniCaban

@ManekiNeko: Yup. It sure is.

Papercutninja

@ManekiNeko: But how would one be able to get the insects INTO the silica gel???

Papercutninja

My friend and I made skittles vodka. Yeah, not as good as one would think, kinda skunky actually.

cmuwriter

@greatslack: Brings new meaning to the old saying "Choose your poison".

NekoHunter

@dchall8:

I agree that life should be preserved. However, I've tried nicely asking the wasps making a home above my front door to leave and they won't budge. I plan on filling the hole. Hopefully they are all out of the hole at that point. I don't know if I'm allergic to their stings but considering that I'm allergic to many things in this world, I bet I am.

Spaceboy

Couldn't you do the same thing with some inexpensive vinegar?

salllygator