Nice shirt.
And I knew that was you posting it before I looked at the name.
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'Beneath You'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Aug 31, 2010 6:41:34 pm PDT #21472 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Vortex - Aug 31, 2010 6:53:48 pm PDT #21473 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ugh. I seem to have fruit flies in my apartment. We have them at the theatre, and one must have hitched a ride. Any idea how to get rid of them?
megan walker - Aug 31, 2010 6:59:31 pm PDT #21474 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Any idea how to get rid of them?
Step 1: Open a bottle of wine, red or white.
Step 2: Drink wine (leaving about 1/2 an inch at the bottom of the bottle).
Step 3: Leave open bottle of wine out near where flies congregate.
Step 4: Be amazed at how little flies get trapped inside and can't get out. Aaaawww, poor flies.
Step 5: Laugh.
Step 6: Profit?
billytea - Aug 31, 2010 7:01:04 pm PDT #21475 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
One I found: get a bowl, put balsamic vinegar (or cider vinegar) in the bottom, cover the top with plastic, poke holes in the plastic so they can get in but not out.
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2010 7:03:46 pm PDT #21476 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ooh, ooh, I know this one. I use this fruit fly trap from Gardeners Supply that really seems to do the trick. Just bought a second soapstone box (which is kinda pretty, actually, although you can just buy the plastic trap itself if you don't mind looking at it.) for the kitchen. We also have one in the sunroom (where all our potted plants are.
Alternately, you can go on a fly killing spree like my husband did. That worked too, but it was very distressing in the meanwhile.
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2010 7:04:28 pm PDT #21477 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, my expensive trap is pretty much the same thing as what they said.
Vortex - Aug 31, 2010 7:05:32 pm PDT #21478 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Step 2: Drink wine (leaving about 1/2 an inch at the bottom of the bottle).
damn, guess I'll have to drink a bottle of wine. Good thing I went to TJ's today.
-t - Aug 31, 2010 7:06:00 pm PDT #21479 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You can make a trap with a jar and a funnel (funnel in normal funneling position in the mouth of the jar), also. I used funnels made out of paper so as to have many traps when I had not so many funnels. In my empirical observations, caught more flies with honey, but I understand others have had different results.
megan walker - Aug 31, 2010 7:06:04 pm PDT #21480 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
damn, guess I'll have to drink a bottle of wine.
Do it for the children (of the fruit flies).
ETA: I have tried a number of methods, including plates and funnels, and ingredients, including honey and vinegar. The wine bottle worked far better than the other methods. I actually keep an empty bottle handy and add vinegar if I don't want to make the sacrifice of drinking wine.
-t - Aug 31, 2010 7:09:13 pm PDT #21481 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I bought a pretty glass trap (they call it a bee trap, I think, but I don't want to catch bees, of course) that looks nice hanging from a hook, but it has yet to catch any flies. I have extremely dumb flies, though; they may not have found the sugary bait in their aimless circling around the middle of the patio where there is nothing to interest them, mere feet from the sugary treat-filled trap.