Flies

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:00 pm

Direktor wrote:It's all meat innit?

Well, correction - it's all dead matter from an animal innit?

(Really not intending to fire up vego's with that comment).

They're parts of an animal no doubt, but not really meat, would you call offal meat as well?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:21 pm

No, that's why I corrected myself.

a1studmuffin · Post by **a1studmuffin** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:56 pm

Coming back from London to Melbourne was definitely a shock to the system, especially as it was just starting to warm up in Melbourne = spiders, flies, insects, bugs... geez. It was nice for 18 months not having to do the Australian wave...

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:25 pm

Direktor wrote: Mellogs - how exactly do you feel better? What are you supplementing your protein with? Or should I not ask?

i eat flies

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:10 pm

Flies are an incredibly important part of the nutrient cycle; they transform what would otherwise be putrescent, bacteria-riddled flesh into forms of nitrogen and phosphorous that are readily absorbed by plants.

The current fly 'plague' has been brought on by a combination of two factors:

1. Sufficient moisture and warmth in the more northern regions of the country.

2. Early northerly winds, carrying them to us.

Unfortunately, we may be stuck with them if conditions continue to be optimal... this is what happens with locusts... moisture + warmth + moisture + warmth will allow successive generations to multiply. So the current situation may get worse. The short lifespan of the fly means nothing if it is able to reproduce several generations in quick succession.

My 2c.

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:22 pm

Mellogs wrote:
Direktor wrote: Mellogs - how exactly do you feel better? What are you supplementing your protein with? Or should I not ask?
i eat flies

yes and apparently you can hear ants talk too, especially when they are scraping at your eardrum

spiral · Post by **spiral** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:44 pm

read it as

breaksRbest wrote:the only thing more annoying than the flies are the repellent AIds

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:46 am

1 trillion flies to every person.....

6 billion trillion flies on earth.... wtf

6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

sextillion?

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:26 am

almax wrote:
Mellogs wrote:
Direktor wrote: Mellogs - how exactly do you feel better? What are you supplementing your protein with? Or should I not ask?
i eat flies
yes and apparently you can hear ants talk too, especially when they are scraping at your eardrum

bahahahahahahah!

Hannah: "I know, we'll smoke it out!"

spazz · Post by **spazz** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:12 pm

GRRRRRRR to the flies. Yeah its all about the warm winds....too many paps from cattle in NSW............

I know that flies are important part of the ecology BUT perhaps an invention could be done where you can have an injection/swallow a pill/whatever that allows your skin to produce some toxin/chemical that repels flies away from you. Or even kills them on contact. There would still be enough flies away from human habitation.

Agent Flykill or sumfink.

At the same time it would have to be odourless, harmless to mammals (?) and last a long while.

Screw insect repellant - that shit doesnt work. HATE FLIES!!!!

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:32 pm

They are so ****ing bad where I am it's not funny. Literally thousands of them flying around when you walk down the street, and they don't even move when you swat them. Little shits.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:15 am

spazz wrote:Screw insect repellant - that shit doesnt work. HATE FLIES!!!!

Have you got it ON?

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:40 am

i believe we have a new breed of flies this year known as kamakize flies with steel armour on. They bomb you, dive into you, and even with flailing arms, bags and whatever else you can grab hold of to knock em out, they keep on going...little fuckers

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:47 am

not that many down here. Mozzies are a different story though, fuck me.

Post by **lynt** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:06 am

Lizkins wrote:i believe we have a new breed of flies this year known as kamakize flies with steel armour on. They bomb you, dive into you, and even with flailing arms, bags and whatever else you can grab hold of to knock em out, they keep on going...little fuckers

LOL.

So true!

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:38 am

so, is it true that every time a fly lands on you, he vomits a tiny bit?

this bothers me more than the shooing.

little fuckers land on your lip or eye and retch, leave behind a bit of fly bile..

almax · Post by **almax** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:08 pm

managed to catch 5 of the little bastards today at the train station

Friday 30th November
Bodycount - 5

I was like Mr Miagi only without the chopsticks, the hand is quicker than the fly

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:08 pm

Whats all this about flies. I haven't even noticed them. Then again I only just found my sunglasses after 3 weeks of looking so I don't think we should rely on captain percepticon over here.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:27 pm

almax wrote:managed to catch 5 of the little bastards today at the train station

Friday 30th November
Bodycount - 5

I was like Mr Miagi only without the chopsticks, the hand is quicker than the fly

only 999,999,999,995 to go!

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:02 pm

Had a wedding to attend out near Hanging Rock yesterday, just a wonderful and beautiful ceremony, but peeps all had to take a bit of fern ( we walked through bush to get to a clearing where the ceremony was held) with the bride coming in to some wonderful dige music.....

But wish i had taken a photo at several points in the day everyone there had their bit of fern fanning the farking flies away! Looked hilarious...

At one point there were that many flies in teh marquee where food was served you could not see the middle support beam.....

Hell over it by the end of the day....

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:05 am

mrj wrote:Whats all this about flies. I haven't even noticed them. Then again I only just found my sunglasses after 3 weeks of looking so I don't think we should rely on captain percepticon over here.

BEHIND YOU!! BEHIND YOU!!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:20 pm

Charlie73 wrote:Had a wedding to attend out near Hanging Rock yesterday, just a wonderful and beautiful ceremony, but peeps all had to take a bit of fern ( we walked through bush to get to a clearing where the ceremony was held) with the bride coming in to some wonderful dige music.....

But wish i had taken a photo at several points in the day everyone there had their bit of fern fanning the farking flies away! Looked hilarious...

At one point there were that many flies in teh marquee where food was served you could not see the middle support beam.....

Hell over it by the end of the day....

that is well gross. Yuck to da flies

there were so many on the tram this morning, yay for the rain right now to get rid of them for a bit.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:48 pm

I'm gonna be raving in one of these all Summer...

Post by **Friday** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:00 pm

i got joe one of those as a joke from the camping show before our last camping trip!

think i may be getting a second one for myself and actually using it

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:39 am

ug
yes flies are annoying.
but what is worse is those little things that are small enough to get through fly screens.. and u end up having them harrass u by goin all over ur monitor...

almax · Post by **almax** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:38 pm

get ur swat on

http://majman.net/fly_loader.html

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:14 pm

breaksRbest wrote:I'm gonna be raving in one of these all Summer...

rave = wicked pingers

PahMaLa · Post by **PahMaLa** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:37 pm

Sitting while waiting for a train at 6 in the a.m. and all I'm doing is swapping my hand about because there are not one, not two, not three but four fucken stupid flies flying around and I'm thinking..."Do I smell like shit or something?" I'm trying hard not to loose my temper.
New stress: FLY RAGE.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:46 pm

I've lost 3 kgs. Have had to jog faster to avoid the fuckers.

w00000t!!!

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:48 pm

C.I.A. wrote:I've lost 3 kgs. Have had to jog faster to avoid the fuckers.

w00000t!!!

BIG YOURSELF UP LADY!

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:35 pm

fuckers better stay away from me at meredith

...constant smoke/spilff in hand may help

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:40 pm

D wrote: New stress: FLY RAGE.