Comments on: What’s it Wednesday

By: Farley

Farley — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:42:50 +0000

Fikshun, are you here in San Antonio, too?

By: fikshun

fikshun — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:10:13 +0000

@ Farley. Yeah, I noticed that too. I think they’re meant to attract flies … at least of the human variety. I’ve only seen them at Rudy’s — it’s a local chain BBQ restaurant. I think they use the bags of water as one of those faux-thentic hooks to break the ice with new customers … a vaneer of local color or some such. Based on this thread, it has worked as well for Lipton’s.

By: Farley

Farley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:38:14 +0000

Ahhh.

Around here they hang plastic baggies of water to keep flies away. It doesn’t work. In fact, I think it makes the problem worse.

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:50:58 +0000

JS – that’s funny

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:39:02 +0000

OK, Slammy, how’s this. It’s performance art. Yoko hung up a bag of cat poop and matchsticks. If you climb up a ladder and read the bag, it says “Stomp softly until fire is put out.” Yesterday was the equinox. To the left, just outside of the picture, there’s a magnifying glass positioned in such a way that the light from the sun will hit the magnifying glass and shine on the bag, lighting it on fire at exactly 12:34:56 pm on Sept 22, 2009.

By: Rho

Rho — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:25:59 +0000

JS,

Unless it was in front of a Starbucks right?

By: JS OBrien

JS OBrien — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:19:27 +0000

As a WASP myself, I can assure you that that bag would keep me away for a very long time.

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:17:06 +0000

Cats and traps – also not the answer.

I was told by the shop keeper that the bag mimicked a wasp nest – and deterred flies in the shop. She thought I was crazy taking pictures of the bag. I explained that I intended to blog this use of a paperbag. I’m pretty sure she thought I was completely nuts.

When I got home I researched the use of paper bags, wasp nests and flies. It seems to work on the territorial wasp, but not so much on flies. I loved this passage the best:

The British Broadcasting Corporation has this slant on the subject:
“Take a paper bag as big as your head and blow it up. Tie off the end so it retains its shape and hang it near where you do not want them to go. The wasps will think it is an enemy nest and stay away. However, wasps are not stupid, just a little slow, so when you have finished whatever it is you do not want the wasps to participate in, take down the bag otherwise they will see through the ruse.”

The last sentence is a telling one. I doubt any wasp worth it’s sting would be fooled for any length of time. Remember, nature rules! (as written on this forum: http://www.ontarionature.org/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000046.html)

Happy Wednesday everyone!

By: Rho

Rho — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:29 +0000

Mike,

Everyone knows yuppie traps are baited with Starbucks not Lipton

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:35:22 +0000

Yuppie trap? That’s the best you can come up with?

Some Illuminati correspondent you’re turning out to be….

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:24:02 +0000

it’s a yuppie trap! there’s a trap door under it. the owners have a dungeon in the basement to re-educate misguided yuppies into useful, productive members of society.

By: Rho

Rho — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:51:47 +0000

they failed to let the cat out of the bag?!?

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:07:09 +0000

Farley – that’s much funnier than the truth!
Brian – nope.

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:54 +0000

They were drying out fresh leaves from a super special harvest?

By: Farley

Farley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:53:06 +0000

Teabagger bait?