Flies(and now incorporating fleas). Products to top them with and is it ethical to top them?

[Joey Shabadoo]

This method works for mosquitos so could probably be adapted for flies

 

[Threevok]

Flies don't feel pain

Yes, they wear black, but I've not seen a single one at a My Chemical Romance concert

 

[Accy cyclist]

I got 2 more down the pub last night(one by clenched fist,the other with a copy of this dreadful 'Hunting and Conservation' magazine..how ironic!),which puts me on top of the 'Golden Swat' leader board. I hasten to add that my technique revolves around sitting in wait for them to land on me and annoy me,rather than hunting them down and swatting them just for 'the fun of it'. I think this competition is in the bag,as they say! "It's coming home it's coming home,swatting flies is coming home"(sung to the tune of the recently overplayed football's coming home).

 

[jefmcg]

Yes self defense! I class it as self defence when they're attacking me,driving me nuts.

You keep changing positions. It's one thing killing an insect that is bothering you, it's anothing thing having a competition to see how many you can kill.

 

[Accy cyclist]

This post seems to be very much at odds with your original ethical stance in the OP.

I know. I've become battle hardened. I'm like that pacifist who wouldn't go off to fight in battle,but after he's tasted blood he just wants more!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Didn't you once start a lengthy post about the horrors of people shooting rabbits in your local cemetery?

Yes i did and i've noticed there aren't any about this year. Most likely the council have sanctioned poison being put down,without making it public knowledge. That wants exposing! Cute rabbits are being killed just because they eat 2 quid bunches of flowers! Why doesn't some dimwit at the council suggest that they put notices up on the cemy gates advising people not to buy the type of flowers that rabbits eat. I think there are about 2 that take their fancy. The others they leave alone. Flies aren't cute rabbits though! They're only on this earth for a day or so and their purpose is to spread disease and generally get on peoples wicks! As i've said before,i don't hunt them down but wait for them to start seriously annoying me before i go in for the kill. In a way i'm like that top striker in football who doesn't go out to make goal opportunities,he just sits and waits for them to come his way. This is why i think the 'Golden Swat' competition is only mine to lose...as they say!

 

[Accy cyclist]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=reptile shop in rishton lancs&oq=reptile+shop+in+rishton+lancs&aqs=chrome..69i57.15704j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=53754283,-2421809,4358&tbm=lcl&rldimm=341042843175820434&

There's a shop about 2 miles away from here that sells reptiles. I'm thinking about getting one of these to take down my local pub,or to just have dossing around my flat.

 

[Accy cyclist]

This is interesting!




I could seriously have one of those! Though they're much bigger than i thought they'd be. I imagined them to be about the size of a hamster. Imagine how impressed folk would be if i took it down my local pub. Anybody any idea how much they cost and how hard they are to look after?

 

[Threevok]

This is interesting!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOWYxWJWNYs


I could seriously have one of those! Imagine how impressed folk would be if i took it down my local pub. Anybody any idea how much they cost and how hard they are to look after?

At the risk of a backlash - a 5 times daily dose of "the spiritual principle of cause and effect"

 

[jefmcg]

I could seriously have one of those!

Don't you have a terrier? I imagine it would make short work of a small reptile.

Or a large one.

View: https://youtu.be/W62WEm_ra48


(sadly it ended the way it had to heed the warnings )

 

[mjr]

I normally do,but there wasn't a glass available apart from mine which had half a pint in it. Besides,the fly had already landed on the rim of my glass spreading it's germs. I now put a paper tissue over the glass to keep flies off,while i go for a pee.

Given what you've written about your local in the past, I don't think I'd be leaving my drinks unattended unless I fancied playing Roofie Roulette.

 

[AndyRM]

The Golden Swat? Jesus. Is your local actually a strip from Viz?

 

[potsy]

You keep changing positions. It's one thing killing an insect that is bothering you, it's anothing thing having a competition to see how many you can kill.

Attention seeking competition more like

 

[mustang1]

What is this ethicalness thing?

 

[mjr]

What is this ethicalness thing?

No, the question is "what is ethics?" and the answer is "the other side of London to suthics".