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Lord of the Flies
Jul. 6th, 2006 09:43 pmSo the other day a couple flies got in the house, and I paid them very little mind, assuming they'd die in a light fixture somewhere. Only the next day, there were like *20* of them. And we were totally freaked out, and RM swatted furiously while I followed him with disinfectant spray wiping up fly guts. And maybe two of them survived the massacre, and I assumed they'd die in a light fixture somewhere.
Except that night? There were 20 again. More swatting, more wiping, and close inspection of the garbage, cat food, cat litter, and garbage disposal to make sure they weren't spawning anywhere. Which they did not appear to be. Except this morning (after I had left for work, but before RM left)? There were 50 or 60!!* Eeeewwwww!! On the heels of this particular discovery came two more:
First: Tucked way back in the corner of the enclosed back porch, behind a defunct computer monitor and a stack of cardboard boxes and a bunch of other miscellanenous crap, one of the cats somehow managed to stow the corpse of a small bird. EEEEWWWWWWW!!!!
Second: if you stun the bug[ger]s with a shot of disinfectant spray, you can suck them right out of the air with the vacuum hose. It's not quite nabbing'em with chopsticks, but it's darn satisfying.
*according to RM, who I'm afraid does tend to exaggerate the size and number of many-legged critters.
On an unrelated note: I'll admit it's easier than I'd expect to decipher simplified spelling, but I can't help "hearing" it in my head as one of those computer voices, like the one in War Games ("Wuud yoo lik too plae ae gaem?").
Except that night? There were 20 again. More swatting, more wiping, and close inspection of the garbage, cat food, cat litter, and garbage disposal to make sure they weren't spawning anywhere. Which they did not appear to be. Except this morning (after I had left for work, but before RM left)? There were 50 or 60!!* Eeeewwwww!! On the heels of this particular discovery came two more:
First: Tucked way back in the corner of the enclosed back porch, behind a defunct computer monitor and a stack of cardboard boxes and a bunch of other miscellanenous crap, one of the cats somehow managed to stow the corpse of a small bird. EEEEWWWWWWW!!!!
Second: if you stun the bug[ger]s with a shot of disinfectant spray, you can suck them right out of the air with the vacuum hose. It's not quite nabbing'em with chopsticks, but it's darn satisfying.
*according to RM, who I'm afraid does tend to exaggerate the size and number of many-legged critters.
On an unrelated note: I'll admit it's easier than I'd expect to decipher simplified spelling, but I can't help "hearing" it in my head as one of those computer voices, like the one in War Games ("Wuud yoo lik too plae ae gaem?").