Re: UK Post Strikes/D Villosa Cuttings/Chiggers/Spanish Moss
Oliver T Massey CFS (massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu)
Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:00:15 -0400 (EDT)
> > 3) Can someone explain what is/are chiggers? Is it anything like a nasty
> > disease we have here in the UK that afflicts children's television, called
> > Cheggers.
>
> No, chiggers are tiny mites that borrow into skin and look like
> a red dot. They show up under your waist band a lot. I've never
> had them and I don't know where they're from or talked to anyone
> who's had them or even seen one. You know what? I don't feel
> like I'm missing much. ;)
>
> Dave Evans
What!? You've never had chiggers or known anyone who has? I can't believe
it. Chiggers are ubiquitous here in the South. I could say more but would
probably just foster more terrible stereotypes of the South. :)
Tom in Fl