F*cking flies

[Tab]

I mean, it's mid-September for chrissakes. (location: northern New England). Don't these things ever go away?

[rug]

1. I'll take flies over roaches any day.

[kentauros]

12. Especially the flying kind!

Over two inches long and flying. At night.

[underahedgerow]

14. I LOVE my electric tennis racket fly swatter zapper!!!! That this is the best invention

ever... And it's fun to keep track of the body count!

[Tipperary]

2. No, they do not go away. We have them aplenty here in the Carolinas.

I always laugh at the name of this insect. I mean really. Fly? That's what they do and that is just the best name. That said, I really cannot stand them. They have a purpose on this earth however, and I guess all things do. I am not so sure about Trump however...

[Tab]

3. Purpose on this earth?

Do tell, except for dinner for spiders. Lots of other insects manage to survive and be part of the food chain without pissing off those of us (theoretically) at the top of the food chain.

As an experiment, I took to heart "you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar". So I put out some trays of honey. Not a single fly. All I can extract from that is that vinegar is not viscuous, which is why a fly landing there could easily get away. Why they weren't attracted to the honey, I don't know, but there's got to be a better way.

Hey, as I'm typing this, I'm thinking incense. Would that keep them away?

[Tipperary]

4. Ha, I understand your questioning of their purpose here, but flies lay eggs in dead things

and in waste, which become maggots, which eat the waste and the dead things. Maggots get rid of things that might sicken us if nothing was there to rid us of that stuff. Maggots have been used in wars to help heal wounds by eating the infections in wounds. Disgusting yes, but flies do have their purpose. Maggots are even edible, but yes, yech.

[LiberalElite]

8. Ok then - how about fleas?

this would be a good question for believers in "intelligent design" - what was God thinking when s/he created fleas?

[Tipperary]

13. I have no idea about fleas lol.

And I really question the purpose of horse/deer flies. Those evil creatures have no reason except to inflict pain as far as I can see.

[Tab]

17. Horse/deer flies are nasty

Growing up I was around farms more than I am now. Man, I hate those things.

[geardaddy]

15. How about ticks?

Does any insect or animal even eat them?

[redwitch]

6. They will all be dead soon.

The ones that get into our apartment will die first. Turbo kitty eats them as fast as he can.

[DinahMoeHum]

7. "Yes, yes, Margaret. I love you more than shit"

[geardaddy]

16. Ha!

[mike_c]

20. I have that postcard on my lab wall....

I'm an entomologist.

[lunatica]

22. "But will you still love me tomorrow?"

[surrealAmerican]

9. It shouldn't be much longer ...

... before they'll all be dead on your windowsills and inside whichever lighting fixture is hardest to reach.

[Tab]

18. The lighting fixture is invariably

the one above the oven, so when you pull the semi-opaquey plastic divider down, they all go tumbling onto your food area.

[Special Prosciuto]

10. What about the Flying F*cks?

[pokerfan]

11. Last thing a fly ever sees...

[Tab]

19. Kinda like

What's the last thing to go through a bugs mind when it hits a windshield? A: It's arsehole.

[Tom Kitten]

21. I Am The Fly

Ever think about catching and training them?

[lunatica]

23. flies fly through worm holes we can't see

Have you ever been following a flying fly with your eyes and it suddenly disappears then reappears again? Worm holes.

[Xipe Totec]

24. Las moscas...

[ailsagirl]

25. I've often wondered why in the heck they even exist

What possible purpose do they serve (other than tick off everyone and everything!)?