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

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Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
Sitting down the pub last night i was trying to ignore this fly that kept landing on my legs. I brushed it away a few times but it insisted on winding me up. After a while i couldn't stand it anymore so i rolled up a newspaper and waited for it to land again. Then the lad behind the bar said "Here try this,we've just bought it". It was a tennis racket shaped object with an electrical charge. The idea is that you can swat the fly with it in mid-air or wait till it lands then put the racket' over the fly and electrocute it. Being a animal lover and having a moral code that says i can't kill anything apart from in self defence or for food:angel: if i was somehow starving, i didn't fancy killing the annoying object. Then i snapped! The dirty git landed on my packet of crisps,so i went for it! I put the racket over it and pressed the button. It started to crackle and spark. I must say,i did quite enjoy the experience:hyper:. All that crackling and sparks going off was the highlight of my night! I'm thinking of buying one for my flat. A neighbour says he uses those roll down fly papers as they catch loads of the things. What do you use and do you feel bad if/when you kill the dirty gits?
 
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Hugh Manatee

Veteran
Wow Accy. I thought I was the only idiot that tries to catch flies and mosquitos in a glass to release them outside! I snapped the other night when a mozzie the size of a buzzard relieved me of about a pint of blood. I splatted it on my leg. It had got so much of my blood that Mrs Manatee thought I had cut myself!
 

Milkfloat

An Peanut
Location
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I daren't click on A mazon after that Art-Deco cats episode.:unsure:


Notice how i put a gap between the A and 'mazon' as it stops the site suggestion appearing, which might make someone else might click on and order something without their knowledge.:thumbsup:

It will only cost you £50 to find out.
 
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Accy cyclist

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
Wow Accy. I thought I was the only idiot that tries to catch flies and mosquitos in a glass to release them outside!

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.:okay:
 
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Accy cyclist

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
We have one of the electrocuting rackets. Poundland sell them for err a pound. A little unwieldy in tight corners though.

Oh, and don't wonder "How bad can a charge be from two AA batteries?" Child 2 experimented and it was an unpleasant experience.
A pound,i thought they'd be about a tenner! I had to find out how powerful they are so i squeezed the electrical wire thingies while pressing the charge button. Damn,it made me jump! I thought it'd have a tiny amount,just enough to kill a fly,but it was like touching a cattle prod!!:eek: No wonder the fecker crackled and sparked like Frankenstein's monster coming to life!:laugh:
 
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