have you ever

@very-rusty said
No, that is fast.

I've slowed down a bit over the years, takes me a few tries now! 🙂

Give it a try, not as easy as you may think.

-VR

They’re too fast for me. I’m better at rescuing worms on the pavement by picking them up with a twig and putting them in the grass.

@very-rusty said
I use to catch flies out of the air and then let them go. Helped me with my speed, try it sometime. 🙂

-VR

One time at the packing plant during the summer, every now and then we'd see a fly. The floor superintendent said "watch this"... He took his knife and SWISH... cut the fly in half in mid air. The lead cutter said, "That's nothing"... Took his knife and SWISH SWISH cut the fly into 4 pieces. I said, "You guys ain't nothin"... Took my knife and made a little SWISH... The fly buzzed away. They all said, "You missed." I said, "No, that fly will never reproduce."

@rookie54 said
swatted a common housefly so hard that it disappeared completely?
and you got to thinking how the speed of the swatter thru the time continuum may have changed the course of the galaxy a tad and then yer relieved because you find the dead fly in the butter dish?

whew
i thought we were all screwed

and you got to thinking how the speed of the swatter thru the time continuum may have changed the course of the galaxy-


There is a fine line between an active imagination and lunacy.

@drewnogal said
They’re too fast for me. I’m better at rescuing worms on the pavement by picking them up with a twig and putting them in the grass.

People think no problem grabbing a fly out of the air until they actually give it a try. 🙂

-VR

@very-rusty said
People think no problem grabbing a fly out of the air until they actually give it a try. 🙂

-VR

I wonder if they’ll become a protected species with reduction of certain birds being related to the decrease of flying insects? On a 2k plus mile drive to Scotland there was hardly a blood splat on my windscreen.

@gambrel said
One time at the packing plant during the summer, every now and then we'd see a fly. The floor superintendent said "watch this"... He took his knife and SWISH... cut the fly in half in mid air. The lead cutter said, "That's nothing"... Took his knife and SWISH SWISH cut the fly into 4 pieces. I said, "You guys ain't nothin"... Took my knife and made a little SWISH... The fly buzzed away. They all said, "You missed." I said, "No, that fly will never reproduce."

LOL....Funny story, even if there is any truth to it! 🙂

-VR

@drewnogal said
I wonder if they’ll become a protected species with reduction of certain birds being related to the decrease of flying insects? On a 2k plus mile drive to Scotland there was hardly a blood splat on my windscreen.

The thing here is did you hit the fly or did the fly hit you? He/she may have been just flying around minding its own business when it got splattered everywhere by an unsuspected object. 😉

-VR

@drewnogal said
I wonder if they’ll become a protected species with reduction of certain birds being related to the decrease of flying insects? On a 2k plus mile drive to Scotland there was hardly a blood splat on my windscreen.

the midge capital of the world

@badradger said
the midge capital of the world

The midge capital of the world?

-VR

@very-rusty said
The midge capital of the world?

-VR

A midge is a small blood sucking flying insect smaller than a mosquito whose bites can become infected...they are mosly found in northern england a scotland.

@badradger said
A midge is a small blood sucking flying insect smaller than a mosquito whose bites can become infected...they are mosly found in northern england a scotland.

Probably why I am not familiar with them. Sound like pest little pests!

-VR

@very-rusty said
Probably why I am not familiar with them. Sound like pest little pests!

-VR

The amount splatted on our windscreens are a good measure of how healthy the flying insect population are. This year our blue-tits failed to breed as well due to them not finding enough caterpillars to feed their young.

@drewnogal said
The amount splatted on our windscreens are a good measure of how healthy the flying insect population are. This year our blue-tits failed to breed as well due to them not finding enough caterpillars to feed their young.

It can also be a measure of how often you top up the windscreen cleaning fluid in some instances. You have to test how long the midges have been stuck there using carbon dating.

@relentless-red said
It can also be a measure of how often you top up the windscreen cleaning fluid in some instances. You have to test how long the midges have been stuck there using carbon dating.

That requires further explanation for my tiny mind please.

@drewnogal said
That requires further explanation for my tiny mind please.

Ha, somehow I doubt your mind is tiny. I shall have to just do better jokes. 😳