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Liberal_in_LA

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21. keep a bit of fly paper around (kept in store by bug spray and mouse traps)

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 09:22 PM

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It's official. I hate fruit flies. [View all] HopeHoops Oct 2012 OP

That'll teach you to be a fricking vegetarian!! LynneSin Oct 2012 #1

You know. That's the most compelling argument I've ever heard for abandoning it. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #9

This trick works for the adults (I tried it) HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #2

I tried this... pipi_k Oct 2012 #6

I use an empty bottle with cider vinegar. It gets most of them. Fly strips work too. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #10

Thanks. 840high Oct 2012 #25

they are edible. Oh, and we were taught in school that they spontaneously generate... yawnmaster Oct 2012 #3

Look for the potato or onion sack you forgot about. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #4

Well, that's what they say...Time flies like an arrow OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #5

No pudding for you! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #7

"If you don't beat your meat, you can't have any poontang" - Pink Floyd HopeHoops Oct 2012 #11

how can a banana fly without wings? eom yawnmaster Oct 2012 #33

Flap those peels OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #37

I just demolished a fruit fly epidemic in my house LiberalEsto Oct 2012 #8

The sinister laugh is essential. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #12

And then where do you set them free...or... yawnmaster Oct 2012 #34

Like the Hotel California LiberalEsto Oct 2012 #40

Who is I hate fruit? pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #13

If I_hate_fruit flies, it's probably because of this... HopeHoops Oct 2012 #14

I've been dealing with the same nuisance. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #15

I'm not quite at the point yet, but I may have to put up the pull-out fly strips. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #16

DUDE!!! Wait Wut Oct 2012 #17

They love the laptop screen. It really pisses me off. So do the mosquitoes that get in. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #18

they can enter your house via plants and flowers too IcyPeas Oct 2012 #19

Screw that. We've got cats. The fruit flies just come in through the holes in the screens. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #20

keep a bit of fly paper around (kept in store by bug spray and mouse traps) Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #21

I just get the pull-out shotgun cartridge fly strips. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #22

I've gotten those also. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #32

Geneticists love 'em, but I hate 'em! Odin2005 Oct 2012 #23

Bananas are notorious for that. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #27

I just almost accidentally ate one graywarrior Oct 2012 #24

Just think of it as "extra protein". HopeHoops Oct 2012 #28

Gag graywarrior Oct 2012 #30

Running joke in our house, well, outside of it mostly. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #31

that is just one you caught yourself almost eating... yawnmaster Oct 2012 #35

Dry heaving..... graywarrior Oct 2012 #38

wouldn't be dry if you had eaten some fruit flies! there would be a cloud of happy flies about... yawnmaster Oct 2012 #41

I'll bet you swallow lots of fruit flies being that you're a master yawner. graywarrior Oct 2012 #42

and spiders... yawnmaster Oct 2012 #43

A roach? graywarrior Oct 2012 #44

Here is my remedy Robyn66 Oct 2012 #26

I've done that, but I usually just use an empty plastic bottle (like 12 oz soda). HopeHoops Oct 2012 #29

Hate them too! Samjm Oct 2012 #36

"And we was both jumpin' up and down yellin' 'KILL! KILL! KILL!' Sergeant came in pinned medal on... HopeHoops Oct 2012 #39

Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. nolabear Oct 2012 #45

Bananas can give you the farts. Do fruit flies fart? Inquiring minds need to know. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #46