November 17, 2004
Smote! Or maybe smitten?
In the beginning was the fly.
The fly was scary and The People were sore afraid.
The People were also getting ready to go grab a smoke but the fly, it would not be denied. And so The People stopped to ponder, thinking “What shalt we do?”
“Aha,” The People realized “we dost haveth a dishtowel. Perhaps we can menace yonder fly with said dishtowel.”
The People prepared to do battle with the fly. They began by looking right
and left,
high
and low
for the fly.
Finally, The People located the fly! There was rejoicing and girding of loins for battle! And then there was running away as The People were still sore afraid.
But The People eventually became braver and returned to face the demon fly. They threatened!
They swiped!
They swatted!
The battle was long and bloody. The People despaired. The People hung their heads, and in fact their entire upper bodies in shame and despondency.
But finally, The People realized that they were being hampered by their leather jackets. The People removed their leather jackets and were then able to outwit the fly by cleverly climbing onto the countertops to gain greater reach with their dishtowel. (The People did this with their shoes on, which greatly angered The People’s wife.) The People vanquished the fly! The People won their glorious reward! There was rejoicing and revelry!
The People went forth and multiplied. No, wait, that isn’t quite right. The People went forth and smoked their cigarette in the knowledge and love of their mad fly-whopping skillz.
Posted by Beth at November 17, 2004 08:16 PMYay for the people!
(so I guess you got that thingamagier on your phone to work..he)
Posted by: Casey at November 17, 2004 08:58 PMThe people going forth to multiply would actually work for you right about now, would it not? ;) Also, I quite liked "this made The People's wife mad".
Posted by: Heather at November 17, 2004 09:50 PMPesky little bugger!!!! Glad THE PEOPLE where able to take care of it.
Do you think that your people might be able to offer a vigorous training course for my people?
You see, my people are lazy and never victorious......
Would The People mind coming to my house, for there is a fly that no one has been able to kill for three days. And it is driving us out of our minds.
Posted by: Oliquig at November 18, 2004 07:58 AMThe People are most impressive in their bug hunting abilities.
Posted by: wendy at November 18, 2004 08:25 AMNot to scare The People or the wife but how dids't the fly enter the domicile? It's time, me thinks, for stronger barricades. A moat might be called. It won't help with the flies, but it would be very super cool.
Posted by: Patricia at November 18, 2004 08:30 AMYAY! Go The People Go!!
Posted by: Amber at November 18, 2004 08:41 AMYour people are definitely persistent!
Posted by: Krush at November 18, 2004 08:42 AMBefore I could get here of my own volition, The People sent me, and he is right, that WAS funny! I can only imagine watching it live. Beware of the fly!
Posted by: Jazzy at November 18, 2004 08:59 AMAnd THEN the people went forth and practiced multiplying right? Only seems fair for all the effort that the people went through even WITH the shoes on the kitchen counter!
Posted by: debby at November 18, 2004 09:06 AM(The People did this with their shoes on, which greatly angered The People’s wife.)
You crack me up.
Posted by: JuJuBee at November 18, 2004 09:08 AMI love that you record your husband's battles with insects on your camera phone.
Posted by: donna at November 18, 2004 09:40 AMyour poor children ;)
Posted by: laura at November 18, 2004 10:09 AMAnd lo, then did the People's readers rejoice, and ask: did the People clean their shoe prints off yon countertops?
Posted by: Fraulein N at November 18, 2004 10:28 AMy'know what did it? the fact that he changed dishtowels. the fly didn't know what hit 'im. ;) this is the funniest post i've ever, ever read. and i've read some funny posts ;)
Posted by: Manda at November 18, 2004 10:29 AMLMFAO - Go "the people", Go "the people"! (incase you can't see through your computer to mine, I'm doing the pot stirring dance for "the people".
Bwahahahaha! You two are a hoot. We (royal we) feel that The People should receive knighthood for valor and trick hunting.
Posted by: Jenny at November 18, 2004 11:06 AMThe People need a dog. Our Sheltie likes to chase flies. She occasionally gets them. (She has 0% success with cats and birds, however.)
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at November 18, 2004 11:36 AMOh my gosh! How funny is this! Over a fly? The People should have at least put down the cig and taken off their shoes before climing on the counter so as not to anger the wife.
What do The People do when there is an actual bee in the vicinity?
Posted by: zanie at November 18, 2004 11:49 AMNow the whole office has to come investigate why I'm laughing. Mad fly whopping skillz indeed!
Posted by: ames at November 18, 2004 01:21 PMAhh fun at the 'ol Cactus Ranch..... gotta love it...
Posted by: bob at November 18, 2004 02:26 PMa v. similar event took place at my house not that long ago. and the dog got really into the hunting of the fly. but alas, it was just before bed and the hunter was not wanting to be photographed in his "jammies".
thanks for the giggles!
Hi! Came from Chris' blog...
Very funny post!! The pics really make the story come alive... ;-)
Posted by: Dawn (webmiztris) at November 18, 2004 02:50 PMThe Internet gets weirder and weirder. :>)
Posted by: Michael at November 18, 2004 03:32 PMI haven't laughed this hard that tears came down in sooo long!!!! Kudos to the PEOPLE!!
Posted by: Rin at November 18, 2004 06:13 PMI like the part where the People's Wife is mad at the shoes on the counter, because that was my first thought. "just the jacket? Remove the shoes!"
Posted by: Coleen at November 19, 2004 09:52 AMI thought the people had stopped smoking?
Posted by: zeno at November 19, 2004 12:03 PMLost the cig and jacket but left the shoes? I guess I can't say anything about that because I'd probably do the same.
I hope you're around when The People has to take on a spider-- that would be a very interesting recap!
Posted by: bmh at November 19, 2004 04:20 PM
