I hate to be a Chicken Little here, but from what I can see the earth is UNDER ATTACK by fruit flies and spiders.
And from over here it’s starting to look like they’re winning. At least in Seattle. At least in my house.
They’re everywhere… I fear that soon…
bzz
what’s that?
what’s going on? A swarm…
bzz
HEAVEN HELP ME a sw..
bzz
bzzzzz BLEGHKREPAT! bzz
WE HAVE SUBDUED THE BANANA WOMAN
SEND ROTTEN APPLES
SEND LOTS OF ROTTEN APPLES
OR WE WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD
ALSO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE SPIDERS
bzz
FROM THE FRUIT FLIES
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September 25, 2008 at 11:35 am
I just read how to tackle fruit flies – they have trouble with slow motion so creep up on them. Then anticipate where the fly will move to and swat there – it works for me.
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September 25, 2008 at 11:54 am
Didn’t Sarah Palin say that Jesus told her fruit flies would be a sign of the Second Coming? Or was it the Apocalypse. Dang … back to Google.
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September 25, 2008 at 1:01 pm
hmmmm
you really are going Absolutely Bananas, aren’t you? Maybe it’s sleep deprivation – are you still waking up for those yoga classes?
The best fix for the fruit flys – who, by the way, currently have my 18 mo hostage, is to throw the damn fruit out. That’s what canned fruit is for! Let them eat diced pear!
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September 25, 2008 at 3:03 pm
I don’t know whether to laugh my azz off or cry for your sanity…
I have always had success with Raid for my spider issues. As for fruit flies…can’t help ya.
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September 25, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Put a little cider or red wine vinegar in a wine bottle and they will fly in, get trapped and drown.
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September 25, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Or pour yourself a glass of red wine,and you won’t care anymore
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September 25, 2008 at 4:52 pm
yeah, man, they’re buzzing over here, too….WTH???
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September 25, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Dear Fruit Flies,
Let the Banana Woman go. You may move to Key West and dine on the rotting bananas and papayas in my back yard.
If you do not release him I will send more spiders, we have plenty.
September 25, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Oops. I meant “her”, not “him.
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September 25, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I have them right now too!!!!! (I live near Seattle!!!!!) I think mine came when I had bananas out too long…..I got rid of the bananas today and am hoping that the fruit flies will GO AWAY….tomorrow???
September 26, 2008 at 7:29 am
If they are invading Seattle, they are training down here in Laguna Beach… the flies this year have been so INTENSE that I now have to just pretend not to see them… there isn’t enough Lysol in the world to help me cope with the onslaught.
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September 26, 2008 at 8:48 am
Dearest Fruit Flies,
Thank you so much for abandoning my house in favour of the Absolutely Bananas Manor. To show my appreciation, I’m sending some really smelly, fresh horse sh*t your way. Again, thanks so much.
Ahem.
Good Enough Mama
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September 27, 2008 at 9:00 am
Dear Fruit Flies,
Let the Banana Lady go. But stay on the West Coast. I mean it.
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September 28, 2008 at 6:32 pm
This is hilarious.
I know what you mean, it’s a never ending battle.
I tried something new this summer. Put some apple cider vinegar in a pretty glass or jar, add a drop of dishwashing liquid and stir, cover the jar with Saran wrap and poke a few holes in it.
You will catch tons of the little fruit flies. They fall in and drown.
This is the first summer I actually fought them and won!
Now, for the spiders–I’ve got no solution. They love to hide in my laundry piles–ew!
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September 29, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I second (or is it “third”?) the apple cider vinegar thing. Works great here on the nasty fruit flies….
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October 5, 2008 at 10:00 pm
OMG– Flies and fruitflies. It’s so scary b/c it’s the same way in L.A. They are out of control. I hate flies with a passion.