That's pretty interesting. People in these parts have been using Avon
Skin-So-Soft for decades as a Gnat repellent. I remember reading that it
wasn't the smell but the thin layer of oil on the skin that foils them.
Gnats are very small and have near-microscopic mouth parts that are too
short to reach through the oil layer. That wouldn't apply to the midge
however since the gnat makes the average midge look like an elephant.
Charlie
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> The only downside for the Royal Marines would be that in actual combat
> situations, the enemy could smell them coming for miles, er,
> kilometers. But then it's also likely the enemy would think they were
> about to be beset with a high-grade recreational opportunity, and thus
> be caught off guard.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bobwhitmire.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> > I claim neither expertise not even familarity with Parisians of
> > whatever
> > gender, whether diurnal or nocturnal, but am aware that the Avon
> > product in
> > question is highly regarded by Her Majesty's Royal Marine Commando
> > for use
> > against the enemy, being Culicoides impunctatus, the Highland midge.
> >
> > http://preview.tinyurl.com/dcw3e8
>
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