Ever done this....
- Thread starter yenrod
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dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
I did it with chopsticks once. Yeah right.
Mr Pig
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yenrod said:
Makes Bush look like the retarded uncle no one talks about.
I read this years ago, have done it loads times and it works.
Flies are very good at spotting things approaching them at high speed. However, they don't see things moving slowly nearly so well. If you move your swatter towards them slowly they will just sit there and get squished!
Also, watch their front legs. If they are moving they are not watching you. If you see their legs stop then hold still 'till they start moving again.
Third point. If you move two swatters towards them, one each side, it confuses them. They don't know which way to go and stay put. This technique doesn't work as well as the first one.
The first time I used the 'slow' trick I had a horrible experience. There was a big Bluebottle on my bedroom window, hateful things. I got a metal thimble and put it on my finger. Slowly I moved my finger towards the fly and to my surprise it just sat there. So much so that I ended up pinning the Bluebottle to the glass with my thimbled finger.
I slowly crushed it and it made the most horrible cracking sound! I wasn't expecting that and it made my bones shiver :0( To this day it makes me wince to think about it, yeuuck.
gbb
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- Peterborough
Pah...Tony Parker (ex engineer at Salvesens) used to do it all the time at work...and that was eons ago.
We used to sit at the table....Tony would go all trance like....hand would slowly move to one side...lower....SMACK
We used to reckon he could kill 90% of the flies that came within range.
Some party trick while you're eating dinner
We used to sit at the table....Tony would go all trance like....hand would slowly move to one side...lower....SMACK
We used to reckon he could kill 90% of the flies that came within range.
Some party trick while you're eating dinner
gbb
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- Peterborough
Us mortals at work were'nt quick, or clever enough...so we used to resort to stupidity...
All sitting (loafing) in the engineers stores, usually playing cards, and in the summer there were always flies bothering you. So we all got aerosols of WD40 or similar...and used to shoot them out of the skies.
Took your life in your hands walking in there...it was like a bloody oil slick towards the end of the shift
All sitting (loafing) in the engineers stores, usually playing cards, and in the summer there were always flies bothering you. So we all got aerosols of WD40 or similar...and used to shoot them out of the skies.
Took your life in your hands walking in there
...it was like a bloody oil slick towards the end of the shift 
