old wives tale ?

[kevars]

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 ?

[Knocker]

I don't think it is medically proven but I have heard of people who swear by this although possibly you would need to have a marmite sandwich / toast on a daily bsiswhile travelling to make this effective.

[johnnyk]

I smear it all over my body.
The girls love it but mozzies and falangs avoid me

[dr dave soul monsta]

i ate marmite last night and as i am on the PC i have just been attacked by a stealth maoosi and bitten on the foot

[bircow]

Sorry for my ignorance friends, but what is marmite (I am not english and my dictionary does'nt seems to know about it).

[Norseman]

Marmite is dark brown-colored savory spread made from the yeast that is a by-product of the brewing industry.
It has a very strong, slightly salty flavor.
It is definitely a love-it-or-hate-it type of food.

[red dwarf]

The Ausies have a simular product what is nowhere near as good called Vegimite

defenatly a love or hate product but very high in B vitamins

[caller]

Sorry for my ignorance friends, but what is marmite (I am not english and my dictionary does'nt seems to know about it).

Try imaging eating s**t, then think of what could even be worse, and then you're getting close to it!!!

[red dwarf]

Caller is defanatly not a fan of marmite...
It’s gorgeous on hot toast or with a fried egg sarni

although he is correct in saying it looks like S##T
personally i would say ity looks more like old axel grease

[SHADOW]

If you ever shit the colour of Marmite (Black) seek medical treatment classic sign of internal bleeding.

[dr dave soul monsta]

So Shadow what you are saying is
When ever you drink Guinness the end result is marmite due to sever hemorrhaging in the stomach and colon ?

I feel this thread is leaving the boundries a touch

[Norseman]

Same shit eating liquorice and drinking Jaegermeister?

[Dangerous]

Hi all
The Marmite V mosquito’s thing is due to the ‘B’ vitamins contained within Marmite as pointed out by red dwarf. If you hate the black spread then just take a ‘B’ complex vitamin.

It does work.


Oh wow 69 post, what a fantastic number.

[dr dave soul monsta]

Dangerous this is a possibility I actually have to administer my self a weekly B vitamin complex injection
B2 B6 B12
And I have to say within an hour low and behold I smell like Marmite (well at least very yeasty) but absolutely don’t look like it,
As far as the Mossies go a cant 100% agree that this does deter them from sucking away at my precious blood supply ,it may be possible the Mossies near my home have acquired the taste for marmite or my be lacking B vitamins and have found a source

[dr dave soul monsta]

Marmite, that terrifying paste
Marmite, the gooey, vitamin-rich spread usually served on a piece of toast, has always been a staple in the diets of British children during their formative years. (The savory stuff is made from a yeast byproduct of the brewing industry—which no doubt explains the country’s taste for affiliated beverages in later life!) Now, in yet another example of the overly paternal tendencies of the U.K. nanny state, comes a crackdown on new TV commercials for Marmite. The spots, produced by DDB London, parody the 1958 cult classic The Blob. In this case, the big brown monster is none other than a Marmite blob, which causes some people to run away while others, including a man with a cheese sandwich, dive into it. The adverts are tagged, “You either love it or hate it.â€