Tag Archives: flies

Guest #midnighthaiku

This persistent guest took up residence in my sink, in spite of being evicted several times. I wouldn’t mind if he ate the live flies, but he seems intent on catching the newly drowned ones who swim in my discarded … Continue reading

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Weapons of mass destruction and the no-fly zone

There is a tall plastic bottle on my desk that is a constant reminder that I am a mass murderer. I don’t like it, I don’t enjoy it, but sometimes you are left with no alternative. It matters little that … Continue reading

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To the flies…

Earworm alert: Do not, under any circumstances, sing this to the tune of ‘Food, glorious food’ from Oliver…. Apologies to Lionel Bart…       Flies, ‘orrible, flies, So bloody persistent! Flies, god-awful flies… Fly –killer resistant. Don’t know where … Continue reading

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Lord of the flies? A tale of the unexplained…

Technology has been letting me down left, right and centre… losing work to crashing computers, locked out of various sites for no reason I can find…phone running slower than a little old lady in traffic and the back-up laptop refusing … Continue reading

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