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[-] Transcendant@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Once, I discovered the perfect flyswat. It just so happened that after a long battle to get a fly to leave peacefully, the closest thing to hand was an empty plastic clothes basket. You know the kind, with lots of holes through all the sides.

In frustration I grabbed the basket and swatted the fly. It made an amazing "swoosh" sound, like swinging a pipe in Streets of Rage. I can only imagine the blind panic as the fly executed its usual escape manoeuvre, only to find that the object it attempted to dodge was less of a rolled-up newspaper, and instead the swat equivalent of a star destroyer.

Finally, a strike back for team human...

[-] cmysmiaczxotoy@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Opens window

Fly stays

30 of his cousins come in

So.. You have chosen genocide

[-] strawberry@artemis.camp 15 points 1 year ago

you could remove half the walls on your house and that fly still wouldn't find its way out

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I know because I tried it!

[-] runblack@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

Lol thats literally what I say to the flies. But my death/hit ratio is probably 0.3.

[-] thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

When they fly away they first fly up and backwards. So if you come at them from this angle you'll hit them a lot more often.

Source: something rotted in my bin.

[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Is it not an option to leave the window open and give the fly some time?

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yes, if you want more insects in your house.

this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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