Flies

[cyanide]

Why can`t flies find their way out of an open window they flew in through?I`m on the settee with a stinking cold and have been watching a bluebottle for about 20 minutes knocking itself out on the glass,you could get a bus through the open window but it doesn`t want to know....
never mind,the cat has eaten it now....:-)

[bigmamma]

Lol cyanide , that was funny thanks !!! :-)

[4getmenot]

I want to know why if you�re in a car driving along and a fly is inside it with you why doesn�t it hit the back window

[cyanide]

Hmm,dunno 4getmenot :-/

[bigmamma]

As long as it's a fly and not a wasp 4getmenot .......if it was then I would be straight out the car , moving or not , and leave the wasp to do the driving !!!

[cyanide]

Ow,i like wasps :-(

[smudge]

He, he, it's very annoying isn't it?!

The times I've nearly smashed the glass lampshades trying to swat them out! Yes, wasps are worse though!

Mind you, I was switching on my car radio once & a spider crawled out of the air vent right by my hand! I screamed & don't know how I didn't end up on the pavement!

[cyanide]

When my son was little he use to have a habit of putting rocks in cushion covers(don`t ask,it was his crystal maze fixation)and i threw a cushion at the window to hit a fly and it left a huge whole in the glass and the fly didn`t even go out!

[bigmamma]

bet that gave both you and the fly a shock ! lol :-0

[cyanide]

Cor you can say that again! And It was the most expensive fly swotter known to man,the window was huge!

[curlyperm]

lol cyanide you DO make me giggle! ; )

[cyanide]

Hiya Curly,how you doing hon?Did you see the apprentice last night....oh my god Katie gets worse!!

[Octavius]

What is the last thing that goes through the mind of a fly when it hits a car window?

Yes, its ass.

Basically it is confusion. Have you ever tried to explain the concept of �window� to a very young child, or a cat or a dog? Now try it with a fly. See.

Flies have what is called compound eyes, which are composed of units called ommatidia. An ommatidium contains a cluster of photoreceptor cells surrounded by support cells and pigment cells. The outer part of the ommatidium is overlaid with a transparent cornea. Each ommatidium is innervated by one axon and thus provides the brain with one picture element. The brain forms an image from these independent picture elements. The number of ommatidia in the eye of the Diptera (generally the fly) is several hundred. Now, I don�t need to explain how difficult it is to get your key in the lock when you are seeing double after having several triples, so one can only imagine how difficult it is for a fly to find that space that looks like �the light� but is in fact both an opened and closed window. Give it up for the flies of our nation.

[cyanide]

Oh i love you,thanks for that ,now watch me baffle my son when he comes in from college :-)

[nutgoneflake]

We've got a little plastic gun thing that fires a fly swatter attached to it with string so you don't lose it. When my little one sees a fly in the house, he shouts "Mum - get the gun and KILL IT!" I've had to explain to visitors that we don't actually do an Elvis on the poor bu##ers...

[curlyperm]

we have a tennis raquet type thing that requires a battery and on contact with fly it gives an 'electric' shock problem solved! ; ) shame other 'adult' members of the household think its highly amusing to 'get you' unawares huh very bl00dy funny not!!!
oh Cy yes i did watch the apprentice why is that horse face still there??????????????? Hey liked the look of the 'Jam' trainers tho? cool or what? you get tham at your local Bon Marche heheheheheheh

[whiffey]

Bumble Bees are worse. They bumble in through the conservatory door, realise they are off-track, and rise up to the perspex roof where they just bash bash bash against it. There is no solution, and they invariably shag themselves out and drop to the floor several hours later. You can point at the door and shout as much as you like, they take no notice. Why can't insects look where they are going ?

[bigmamma]

Hi again cyanide , I watch the apprentice and want her out asap !!! I too thought they did ok with the sneaker design curlyperm . :-)

[cyanide]

nutgoneflake(LOVE THE NAME BY THE WAY)that was so funny,i love that!
whiffey, bumble bees are so lovely aren`t they,i like all insects because they`re completely bonkers! :-)

[cyanide]

Curly and bigmamma,didn`t you cringe when she was doing her pitch ..."This is Jay,he`s a young guy..etc" i found it a bit sickening.I hope she stays until the end (so we`ve got someone to slate)and to see the look on her face when she gets the boot!