Nataly 38 #1 August 29, 2009 I have a teeny fruit-fly that keeps flying around my computer screen, but it's too small and too fast for me to catch!! AAAARRRGH!! (Translation: I'm probably spending too much time in front of my computer, right?)"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #2 August 30, 2009 Turn off the monitor and it won't be attracted to the light anymore and go away. Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #3 August 30, 2009 You've been on your computer so long you're starting to hallucinate, seeing imaginary fruit flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #4 August 30, 2009 Yep - also a plausible theory!"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaDon 340 #5 August 30, 2009 No, don't turn off the monitor! If you do that, then it'll fly up your nose and lay 10,000 eggs, which will hatch into maggots that will burrow into your brain. Trust me, I'm an entomologist.Don _____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #6 August 30, 2009 What a lovely thought to plant in my heat before I hit the hay!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,396 #7 August 30, 2009 Is this it?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lost_n_confuzd 0 #8 August 30, 2009 Quote What a lovely thought to plant in my heat before I hit the hay!!! You're in heat? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefallfreak 0 #9 August 30, 2009 Now THAT was funny!!! TripleF "Upon seeing the shadow of a pigeon, one must resist the urge to look up." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaDon 340 #10 August 30, 2009 OK, try this. Get a bottle and put a couple of cm depth of water in it, then add some liquid detergent and swish it around to mix it but don't make too many bubbles. Then put a piece of banana in there. The banana will attract the fruit flies, and when they land on the soapy water they'll stick and drown. That will reduce numbers of flies quite a bit if you have a lot flying around, but might not be so effective if you've only got one or two. Also check around your place and get rid of any overripe fruit that could be attracting flies in from outside or allowing them to breed. Don_____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #11 August 30, 2009 I squished it Turned out not to be a fruit-fly, but still very small. Man I chased that thing like a mad-woman for about 2 hours last night!! Fruit?? I don't have any fruit!! (Unless jello counts!!) "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pokerstar 0 #12 August 30, 2009 Quote I squished it Turned out not to be a fruit-fly, but still very small. Man I chased that thing like a mad-woman for about 2 hours last night!! Fruit?? I don't have any fruit!! (Unless jello counts!!) If you had a spider web next to your monitor that fly would never have bothered you. Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber. --- The Dude --- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaDon 340 #13 August 30, 2009 Or a frog._____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misternatural 0 #14 August 31, 2009 Friday after skydiving, the bottle got passed around which lead to jumpers chasing each other around with a battery powered bug zapper tennis racket thing. Being skydivers this of course lead to a body part zapping contest....(yes we are idiots) I still have a small electrical burn on my nipple, I imagine this thing is good for zapping flies too.Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires. D S #3.1415 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
