Flies

Post by **lynt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:30 am

Seriously, what are the point of these little bastards.

They drive me insane.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:32 am

Mate - with you 110%.

This summer is going to rife with the little fuckers.

Cannot stand them. I've been walking around the past few weeks like I've got tourettes, swiping at the air and yelling "fuck off!".

They will be the death of me soon, Lord help me.

flippo · Post by **flippo** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:33 am

lol dunny budgies

Post by **huge** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:35 am

really bad today.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:44 am

Definately of plague proportions this year.

wikipedia wrote:True flies are insects of the Order Diptera (Greek: di = two, and pteron = wing), possessing a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax. The common housefly is a true fly and is one of the most widely distributed animals.

Diptera are a diverse order with an enormous range of ecological roles. Every type of trophic level pattern can be seen in the Diptera. Dipteran predators include the robber flies (Asilidae).[2] A variety of herbivores can be found in the Diptera, such as the economically important fruit flies (Tephritidae). Flies are often parasites, including internal parasites such as the bot fly and external parasites such as the mosquito, black fly, sand fly or louse fly. Myiasis is the special term for flies infecting living tissue (such as the screw worm fly). Many flies eat dead organic matter (detritovores), plant or animal remains. This is especially common in the larval stage, seen in the filter-feeding mosquitos and black flies to the dung-feeding blow flies (Calliphoridae) or the organic deposit feeding rat-tailed maggot. A number of taxa feed on blood, including horse flies and mosquitos. Flies are also important pollinators for many species of plant, and many species feed on pollen and nectar.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:45 am

will start having to wear a cork hat

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:48 am

The smaller the female bush fly, the more she needs extra protein to produce her eggs. The small bush flies are short of protein because they've grown from larvae that haven't been able to get enough food. This happens if there are too many larvae competing for the food, or if the food quality is poor.

This is why the smallest flies are so frantic and persistent. They're desperate, protein-hungry females. They want that protein in your tears, in your nose, in your saliva.

And note this: even if little flies get all the protein they want, they don't grow bigger. They can't. They have exterior skeletons and stay the same size all their lives.

So there aren't different types of bush fly. Just different sizes. Fat ones that don't bother you too much. And little ones that act like demons.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:55 am

Between Flinders station and the bike/walking path along the Yarra is full of them.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:01 am

Apparently due to the early hot days they came out early this year, which means they will also fuck off early too as they only live so long.

Lol dan, when was the last time you actually saw someone wearing a cork hat? If they had bottles hanging off the end of them I might consider it.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:15 am

I have one with little plastic pint glasses of guinness hanging off it.... the hat is also black with a cream coloured ring around the top and cream coloured top, making the hat itself represent a pint of guinness.......

class

Post by **lynt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:17 am

I was thinking I wish I had one on the train today. Doors open, thus comes hundreds of fucking shit head flies. The whole train was slapping their heads the whole way to Flinders.

Wish I had a camera.

I hate flies.

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:17 am

the only thing more annoying than the flies are the repellent Ads

"Have I got it on?"
"You've got it on"

GGRRRR they're farken annoying

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:22 am

at least we're not getting eaten alive by march and stable flies. They hurt like hell.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:38 am

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

"Have I got it on?"
"You've got it on"

GGRRRR they're farken annoying

OMG script. That ad seeps life directly out of my soul.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:47 am

I had a fly on me at lunch the other day... my hands were busy holding a burger so I tried to blow the fly off my shoulder.... it didn't budge, no matter how hard I blew

fucking tough fly.

Post by **lynt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:53 am

Smoke less, shoo more fly.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:02 pm

we were in the melb ariport on friday about to board plane > my friend ate a fly.

spent five days in the rainforset, on the beach, on the east coast.

NO FLIES> no shit.

then came back here and had today flies in my room, flies on the train, flies flies flies.

why oh why?

we live in a goddamn city. why the flies? and not in the bush?

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:05 pm

Apparentlly its an epimdemic this year. They all breed up in NSW then flie (<-- see that!) down to Vic.

Can anyone guess what the ratio of fly to human is?

I read a Trillion flies to every 1 person.

Post by **system** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:11 pm

yeah, they've been ridiculous numbers of the buggers up here in sydney of late.

Mellogs wrote:at least we're not getting eaten alive by march and stable flies. They hurt like hell.

praise baby raptorus!

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:01 pm

lol, once again you guys have read my mind, i was waiting for the train this morning and trying to invent in my head something similar to a cork hat crossed with a bug zapper, so whenever one flys through the "forcefield" around the brim of your hat, they get zapped and DIE DIE DIE you little fuckers muhahahahaha

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:06 pm

they're coming with the hot winds frm NSW

bloody NSW

death to flies. i hate them too. little ones are tenacious and i hate the way they keep flying near your mouth

ulyssian · Post by **ulyssian** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:30 pm

one can of fly spray per person would help.... or maybe a water bombing plane filled with it?!

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:45 pm

going on bike rides is hazardous, bastards just fly right into my mouth, no choice but to swallow them down, urgh.

calstro · Post by **calstro** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:50 pm

Aeroguard does nothing!

Post by **Friday** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:56 pm

thousands of them down at the beach on the weekend. my brother saw a guy walking his dog down there wearing a beekeepers hat thingy.

hate to say it but peeps gotta stop eating so much beef! flies breed at the cattle farms in nsw and fly down. combination of the cowpats for them to breed in and the warmer weather early in the year from the global warming (which cattle farming is a big contributer to) = more flies! if you gotta eat it at least try to cut back a meal a week or eat something more sustainable like roo... anyway i'm gonna get hated on for saying this so i'll shut up now.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:06 pm

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:13 pm

nhd wrote:going on bike rides is hazardous, bastards just fly right into my mouth, no choice but to swallow them down, urgh.

Ya I swallowed one on saturday too. I'm replacing beef with flies to save the environment. Go me!

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:14 pm

i dunno why, she swolled ...

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:19 pm

nhd wrote:going on bike rides is hazardous, bastards just fly right into my mouth, no choice but to swallow them down, urgh.

Nah, you're just saving on expensive protein bars. It's all about sports nutrition.

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:19 pm

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:21 pm

@ Fiwi

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:23 pm

if any of you watch Landline..... CSIRO have been using dung beetles for ages, restaurants were not allowed to serve food in open air environments back in the 70s because flies were so bad. History repeating it seems, blame the cows.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:28 pm

Dungbeetles and beef combo FTW.

Flies FTL.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:32 pm

Hadn't actually noticed the flies when this thread popped up. Just came back from Dingley to buy a water tank and I swear, there were like 50 flies per person down there

annoyed

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:33 pm

Friday wrote:thousands of them down at the beach on the weekend. my brother saw a guy walking his dog down there wearing a beekeepers hat thingy.

hate to say it but peeps gotta stop eating so much beef! flies breed at the cattle farms in nsw and fly down. combination of the cowpats for them to breed in and the warmer weather early in the year from the global warming (which cattle farming is a big contributer to) = more flies! if you gotta eat it at least try to cut back a meal a week or eat something more sustainable like roo... anyway i'm gonna get hated on for saying this so i'll shut up now.

Vego alert, and OMG she is even using Global warming as a scare tactic!
Roo is yum though.
Anyone ever heard of the sponsor a vegetarian scheme?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:35 pm

Sponsor them to eat meat?

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:36 pm

double post whoops

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:37 pm

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sponsor

PS i in no way endorse such antics, tis just good for a bit of a larf, being an ex chef n all (most chefs hate vegetarians)

From website

"Ever get the feeling that vegetarians consider themselves morally superior to you? Like they think that not eating meat makes them so special that their shit doesn't stink? As if when someone stops eating meat, they suddenly become holy and dignified and it excuses them for the years of inconvenience and frustration they inevitably inflict upon their friends, family and co-workers who just want to go to a restaurant and order a damn steak without constantly being reminded that they're going to hell for eating an animal that spends most of its life shitting in a field. There are those of us who don't have a hyperactive sense of guilt and we don't give a shit about your mixed up self-righteous moral vegetarian agenda. "

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:38 pm

whatever dude

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:03 pm

I don't understand why peeps hate on non-meat eaters.

It's not like they try to butt fuck you or anything.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:03 pm

black star wrote:I don't understand why peeps hate on non-meat eaters.

It's not like they try to butt fuck you or anything.

Maybe that's why...

Lephrenic · Post by **Lephrenic** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:33 pm

As I understand it, Australians only eat about 10% of the beef we produce. The rest of it is sold overseas.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:33 pm

Direktor wrote:whatever dude

Direktor wrote:Flies FTL

I've been vego 3 months now and am loving it!!!

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:39 pm

black star wrote:I don't understand why peeps hate on non-meat eaters.

It's not like they try to butt fuck you or anything.

Who's hating?

First up, a topic about flies provoked certain people to comment on the effect that beef-eaters are having on the environment.
Secondly, I was only taking the piss. I couldn't care less what people choose to eat.

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

Post by **lynt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:41 pm

BACK TO THE FLIES.

I just walked down Chapel. Little bastards are everywhere!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:41 pm

who the fuck eats tucans, koalas or monkeys?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:43 pm

Al.

Figures really.

Explains LOADS of things...

calstro · Post by **calstro** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:45 pm

deviant wrote:who the fuck eats tucans, koalas or monkeys?

Any one that eats four'n'twenties.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:47 pm

calstro wrote:
deviant wrote:who the fuck eats tucans, koalas or monkeys?
Any one that eats four'n'twenties.

More like lips and assoles.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:51 pm

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).