The Seinfeld thread (or the thread about nothing)

[mrconklin]

The only thing that worked better than DEET was DDT. That solved the problem wholesale, but with a LOT of collateral damage. Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelate they sell, well, not so much when it's Bald Eagles eggs and it's creeping up the food chain.

SSS and others work to an extent, but if you get to a place where they are thick, you really need something with at least a bit of DEET to keep from looking like a signer for the deaf.