I used to love plastic flies as a kid. They were part of that great plastic menageries that was available in shops back then.
The flies came on blister cards if I remember rightly, marketed more as a joke than a toy. It was a hoot placing a toy fly on my older Brothers' bangers n mash! ha ha. Trouble is they swatted me afterwards!
Did you have any plastic flies?
Alas, the real thing is not so funny. Our fridge is on the blink - the door is dodgy - and its far too low down for us to now constantly keep bending down to find a lump of cheese at the far reaches behind the light. We're getting older!
We were hesitating getting a new one as it costs money. We were, however, pushed into a replacement by an insect ..... and its offspring!
We came home yesterday and opened the fridge, upon which, yep, a huge fly flew out from the shelves.
Immediately suspicious I checked the nearest meat product and lo and behold, my Ardenne's Pate, not properly sealed, was blathered with lines of tiny white cigars, unmistakably fly eggs!
Yuk! Double Yuk!
It was the final straw [I'm sure there's a pun lurking here somewhere].
Our new tall slim fridge arrives on Saturday, thank the Lord.
Just not the Lord of the flies!
Has anything insecty and yukky happened in your kitchen readers?
I came home once to hear a steady buzzing from our cooker hood. My first thought was electrical issues, but no, a large number of wasps crawling around inside it! Switching on its lights persuaded them that there was a better place to be!
ReplyDeleteThose must have been the rare Hood Wasp, the arch enemy of the Tracy Beetle!
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