June is Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Fierce competitors at one time . . . . . .
. . . . The Schwinn and the Raleigh team up to Fight the Filthy Fly
Le Tour prefers the entrapment approach, while the Olympian employs the use of a hypersonic swatter
Filthy Fly Month info HERE
Le Tour’s Catch
Olympian has obliterated any remains of said pest
Rich-Illinois
Very much enjoy all the entries you all have provided -- great to see the everyday cycling venues. Being in eastern Illinois, scenery certainly isn't our forte, but oh well, the roads are normally quiet. Look forward to more and more entries from all of you, I do have a few over on BL -- in Bill's Day Rides, and one journal.
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Do you know about the Flypaper report?
http://www.cap-lore.com/stories/Flypaper.html
My father — US Navy — told me that story about 60 years ago, but in his longer and more elaborate version it was a bored sailor in the South Pacific during WWII, and caused a formal investigation by officers from the office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
Anyway, your report reminded me of it. Happy hunting!
That is a great story! Formal investigation eh? They said to document everything didn’t they? 😉
Met a guy one time who claimed to be an artist — he said in the summer he draws flies.
We only get the occasional fly in our neighborhood, but as soon as you get out in the country where there are cows it’s a different story!
“Commercial flypaper is said to be more than a century old, invented in 1861 by a German baker who hung a sheet of molasses-coated wrapping paper in his window”
https://gizmodo.com/an-ode-to-flypaper-the-perfect-tech-that-asks-for-noth-1844444239
Who knew?
Well who knew that the filthy fly had a month dedicated to it!! As with Suzanne, we are fortunate to not have a lot of flies around except when we are camping near standing water or other attracting things.
Very entertaining reading from you and from Bill ;’-)