this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years 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...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Opens window

Fly stays

30 of his cousins come in

So.. You have chosen genocide

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I know because I tried it!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Yes, if you want more insects in your house.