Where Do Dead Flies Go?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:09 pm

Not the flies we swat, but the ones that die naturally. I never seem to see any fly corpses laying about, just the one's that I have squished with the fly swatter. Maybe there are fly angels that haul them off to Fly Heaven.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:11 pm

Lon wrote: Not the flies we swat, but the ones that die naturally. I never seem to see any fly corpses laying about, just the one's that I have squished with the fly swatter. Maybe there are fly angels that haul them off to Fly Heaven.

Lets just say......

Its taken care of.

pina · Post by **pina** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:16 pm

I think you'll find them in the bakers, all squished up inside two bits of pastry.

"Fly cemetery's" they're delicious.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:21 pm

Nomad wrote: Lets just say......

Its taken care of.

ahahaha haven't we seen her somewhere before???

telaquapacky · Post by **telaquapacky** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:26 pm

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

Perhaps she'll die...

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:31 pm

Lon wrote: Not the flies we swat, but the ones that die naturally. I never seem to see any fly corpses laying about, just the one's that I have squished with the fly swatter. Maybe there are fly angels that haul them off to Fly Heaven.
i too have noticed this phenomenon. no where in Hi-traffic areas or in living areas are fly carcases located.

but if you go to a store room on the second floor of an old house or a room that nobody uses any more... it looks like something out of the Amittyville Horror.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:22 pm

Lon wrote: Not the flies we swat, but the ones that die naturally. I never seem to see any fly corpses laying about, just the one's that I have squished with the fly swatter. Maybe there are fly angels that haul them off to Fly Heaven.

Lol! They used to fly into the conservatory at my parents old house, because it was so warm, but then the suffocating heat would kill them. They would then have to be swept up! Yuk! 20-30 or so, every day!

Also, mice, rats, frogs and spiders are amongst those who find them very tasty!

Yum!

:p

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:29 pm

Rapunzel wrote: Lol! They used to fly into the conservatory at my parents old house, because it was so warm, but then the suffocating heat would kill them. They would then have to be swept up! Yuk! 20-30 or so, every day!

Also, mice, rats, frogs and spiders are amongst those who find them very tasty!

Yum!

:p
so you eat mice and frogs?

here's a breath mint.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:57 pm

Wolverine wrote: so you eat mice and frogs?

here's a breath mint.

Lol! Only with chinese noodles! :rolleyes:

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:14 pm

flopstock wrote: I'm pretty sure your pets eat them right before they come up and lick you..

And btw Lon, thanks for helping us return to the more thought provoking, insightful debates of old.. :-4

I thought they usually licked their bums before licking our faces!! :p :wah:

But maybe thats only if they can't find any squishy bugs first.......... :wah:

telaquapacky · Post by **telaquapacky** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:31 pm

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider

That wiggled and wriggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

Perhaps she'll die...

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:53 pm

DROSOPHILIA DOMESTICUS!!!

(Er, sorry...)

:D

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:43 pm

flopstock wrote: I'm pretty sure your pets eat them right before they come up and lick you..

And btw Lon, thanks for helping us return to the more thought provoking, insightful debates of old..

:-4

Flopstock, now that you mention thought provoking, insightful debates... perhaps we could get Lon to kick off some other related questions like, for instance

Do flies have a soul?

If you enjoy talking about dead flies does this constitute domestic drosophilia necrophilia???

Should the old lady who swallowed all those live critters (if she survives) be considered criminally insane or indicted for animal cruelty, or if animals have souls is this murder???

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:45 pm

I have Bob /Podge the champion fly swatter that bloody cat never fails .:yh_bigsmi

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:40 pm

AussiePam wrote: Flopstock, now that you mention thought provoking, insightful debates... perhaps we could get Lon to kick off some other related questions like, for instance

Do flies have a soul?

If you enjoy talking about dead flies does this constitute domestic drosophilia necrophilia???

Should the old lady who swallowed all those live critters (if she survives) be considered criminally insane or indicted for animal cruelty, or if animals have souls is this murder???

Do flies have a soul? No but they have a pre-life and after-life. In their pre-life they were of Middle Eastern Origin and thought that when they died they would have access to 756 Virgins. Little did they know that they would become flies when they died. In the flies after-life they become maggots.

No to question #2

The old lady that swallowed all the flies should recieve honorable mention in the Guiness Book of Records.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:56 pm

756 virgin flies????

Lon - you're obviously a man of great wisdom and culture - and should no doubt have your own Ask Lon Everything thread, if of course you don't already..

I had been considering writing my PhD on the psychological/sociological hic reasons behind the existence, nay even pre-existence of such threads... But, now I think you have led me to see that I've been called instead to focus my research on the psychology and sociology of flies and in particular, virgin flies.

Amie · Post by **Amie** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:06 am

I am so retarded. I read this title as "where do all the dead FILES go" i'm like in th ebin of course what a dumb thread. *pulls stupid making fun of self face* :wah:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:55 am

Dead files???? You heard what our guru hath spoke... 586 vegans, er hic 756 bloody vegans hic okay... and thash my larsh word

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:07 am

Just like the Elephants go to an "Elephants Burial Ground", Flies go to a "Flies burial ground"! :rolleyes:

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:13 am

Cars!!! You mean there's fly ivory to be harvested.. somewhere.. out there....????

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:43 am

AussiePam wrote: 756 virgin flies????

Lon - you're obviously a man of great wisdom and culture - and should no doubt have your own Ask Lon Everything thread, if of course you don't already..

I had been considering writing my PhD on the psychological/sociological hic reasons behind the existence, nay even pre-existence of such threads... But, now I think you have led me to see that I've been called instead to focus my research on the psychology and sociology of flies and in particular, virgin flies.

I have almost completed my doctoral thesis on the Psychological Implications of Chronic Nasal Excavation and can appreciate your present calling.

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:50 am

AussiePam wrote: Cars!!! You mean there's fly ivory to be harvested.. somewhere.. out there....????

If there is, you'll need a tweezers to get it!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:44 am

SnoozeControl wrote: One ended up in someone's tea the other day.

Yup, mine! bwahahahahahaha! :wah:

Thank F*** I didn't drink it! ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......................... :p :wah:

I like to hoover up spiders & flies!

My Dyson (hoover) sucks all the spiders legs off so they end up as raisins inside the clear plastic middle of the hoover. You can see them shouting at you and trying to shake their fist at you for bugging them (intentional pun there! hehehe)

Then they realise they have no fists..................hehehe

With flies you just have to wave the long sucky stretchy pipe thingy around in the air and gradually *schluup* the hoover sucks 'em all up!

You'd never know how sadistic I am to little creepy-crawlies if you met me!

The innocent face of the mass murderer............... :wah:

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:51 am

AussiePam wrote: Flopstock, now that you mention thought provoking, insightful debates... perhaps we could get Lon to kick off some other related questions like, for instance

Do flies have a soul?

If you enjoy talking about dead flies does this constitute domestic drosophilia necrophilia???

Should the old lady who swallowed all those live critters (if she survives) be considered criminally insane or indicted for animal cruelty, or if animals have souls is this murder???

Flies probably land on sole! especially if its a few days old!

Necrophilia is actually shagging dead bodies. Has anyone ever tried to shag a fly?

(NB. If he has, he'd never satisfy a woman!) :wah:

Naw. The old gal is just a common-or-garden carnivore, who likes her meat cooked 'extremely rare'!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:58 am

koochikoo wrote: I have wondered the same thing about birds. And how come you don't see bunches of dead tree-dwelling animals around the bases of trees? Where do they go? 2 all beef patties, special sauce....:yh_questn

I have a very large and very beautiful conifer tree in my garden. It is home to lots of birds of different kinds, and occasionally to squirrels too.

Every single neighbour seems to have at least one cat, and they all seem to think my garden is their territory! Sadly, I sometimes find a ton of feathers at the bottom of my tree, or a birds nest with broken eggs in!

So no to the beef patties. It is the way of nature for the birds to go in the cats..... and the cats to go in the local chinese's takeaway menu..............

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:52 am

flopstock wrote: yeah! and if you swat a fly at a cookout and nail it, then it dies ...is that justifiable insecticide or flyslaughter....

And

Rapunzel wrote: Necrophilia is actually shagging dead bodies. Has anyone ever tried to shag a fly?

(NB. If he has, he'd never satisfy a woman!)

Thankyou Floppy and Rapunzel !!! Start the day as ya mean to go on - with a ginormous laugh..... and a cup of coffee...

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:17 pm

I had a scone for tea and i swear it had dead flies in it.

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:03 pm

abbey wrote: I had a scone for tea and i swear it had dead flies in it.

AND there's your answer Lon!!!

Mr Kipling buys 'em all up for his bakery!! :wah:

And I thought it was all the preservatives in his cakes that gave them that special flavour!

Now I know better!!!!! :wah: :wah:

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:23 pm

Rapunzel wrote: Yup, mine! bwahahahahahaha! :wah:

Thank F*** I didn't drink it! ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..........................

I like to hoover up spiders & flies!

My Dyson (hoover) sucks all the spiders legs off so they end up as raisins inside the clear plastic middle of the hoover. You can see them shouting at you and trying to shake their fist at you for bugging them (intentional pun there! hehehe)

Then they realise they have no fists..................hehehe

With flies you just have to wave the long sucky stretchy pipe thingy around in the air and gradually *schluup* the hoover sucks 'em all up!

You'd never know how sadistic I am to little creepy-crawlies if you met me!

The innocent face of the mass murderer............... :wah:

A fly in Rapunzels house is Dyson with death. :rolleyes:

Maybe the dead flies are with the baby pigeons - you never see them either