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Just killed a fly that was bugging me.
If you clap your hands directly above the fly, it will jump up into them right when your hands come together.
If you try to smack directly down on top of them (with your hand), it can easily avoid being swatted, unless you use a fly swatter, which I don't keep around.

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Ha!
Have you ever played a Parker Fly guitar?
They play nice.

hilarious haha
i been also using the clapping technique for quite a long time..
they always fall into the trap..

If the fly is on a table, you can coil your middle finger on your thumb in the classic "flick" position, and slide your hand toward it. My brother told me that flies can't process movement and vibration at the same time, so they don't move, that is, until you launch them!
This is the ideal technique if you happen to have a beer in your other hand. I haven't tried the method, yet, but I definitely will.

Alex

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You did never met the superfly, eh?

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Sometimes I just snag them out of the air by hand, and turn them loose outside Pretty tough to do though, plus they make that creepy buzzing feeling in your hand on the way to the door.

Never managed it with chopsticks.

We used to shoot rubber bands it was a great lunch time sport at work.

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After about fifty/sixty pin holes in the wall got Lucky aN'ailed one with a blow gun from about 10 ft. I still play with bb guns also...

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My roommate has a little dustbuster just for this purpose. Sucks them right up.

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Okay, so now we need to put fly collection systems in our shops,
along with the dust collection systems....
Those little buggers can be quite annoying!!!!!

When I was in high school, we learned this strange little torture act for flies. Catch one alive (use ur favorite technique). Toss it in a half full glass if water. Fill cup with some paper towels to keep it under water... Till it drowns. Remove fly and salt it down. It will come back to life. Frankenfly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGs93XhN ... ata_player

Wonder if this works with pets and people?

Mike

Catching them under beer bottle caps was always fun, but only one per beer.

Bob

Apparently, from what I have read, drowning them in beer is just as effective. You WERE talking about the fly, and not you, right?

-m

Another trick to catching a fly, if you're not super quick, is to approach it from the front.
Seems like the little buggers always like to take off in a forward direction. Kind of like a gyro-copter, I suppose.