"Charles Demas" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> > wrote:
> >"Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> >> "DArbabi" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > Could be you inadvertently had some poison ivy vines mixed in with
> >> > your wood.
> >> >
> >> > Poison sumac may have this affect also.
> >> >
> >> > Darius
> >> >
> >> That would also be my guess. Do the blisters itch? If I were you I'd
> >> hie myself off to a Dr. and ask for a Medrol Pack, which will clear
> >> poison ivy up in a few days. I learned this through first-hand
> >> experience when my forearm swelled to the size of a football after an
ivy
> >> encounter.
> >>
> >When I was around ten, my friend, Jimmy, figgered he would make himself
> >immune to poison ivy by eating the leaves. His tongue swelled up to the
> >size of football and his throat constricted to the size of a drinking
> >straw. Somehow, he made it through. I don't think he drank Calamine
Lotion
> >to cure it. One experiment at a time.
>
> Sounds like he came close to winning a Darwin Award nomination.
>
> I knew of a girl that seemed to be immune to poisen ivy.
> She could roll around in the stuff I'm told. It was a
> specific girl living on our street, so I don't think it
> was an urban legend.
>

The trick to getting a small amount of poison ivy into you without the
problems little Jimmy encountered is to take a small fresh leaf (size of
your thumbnail) and roll a piece of bread around it...then swallow it. It
does give you some tolerance to the stuff, or seems to anyway.