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This has made me very very hungry.

As i write 4 pieces of toast cooling ready for my marmite.

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kevars wrote:Was speaking to a good friend today whom has travelled to Thailand many times , we got on to subject of mossies , he swears the best way to avoid gettin bitten is to eat some marmite before travel , apparently when its in the system and you start sweating the mossies turn their noses up ( if they have one )anyone hear of this or any other precautions ?
This made the news here in the UK a couple of years ago. Some boffin published the results of tests he had conducted which backed up the premise of the original post in this thread. Presumably he had a lab somewhere in which he force fed marmite to students, vagrants or other undesirables and then locked them in glass boxes with thousands of mosquitos.
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I reckon garlic works as well.
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Post by Norseman »

And if you're not hungry; why not use some insect repellent?
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Post by cavkc »

Dr Dave - great post (pg 1), thanks for the pic.

Red Dwarf - Disagree with you, Vegemite is WAY better than Marmite.

Mozzies - Loath you !!! Why do you exist in the circle of life ? Does anyone know what purpose they serve ?

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Probably designed to pass on fine diseases such as malaria, dengue and possibly HIV in the right conditions

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Post by DawnHRD »

On the mozzie front, has anyone heard that eating sweet food attracts the little blighters? Seemingly, they're attracted to the sugar on your breath. Maybe marmite on your breath has the opposite effect?? :?
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DawnHHDRC wrote:On the mozzie front, has anyone heard that eating sweet food attracts the little blighters? Seemingly, they're attracted to the sugar on your breath. Maybe marmite on your breath has the opposite effect?? :?
Marmite on your breath? Jeez, its the other end thats a problem!!!! Keep your distance! Hang on, maybe thats the answer.........?
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