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Will it bite me?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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Can't really find the answer on Google so maybe someone can offer warning or reassurancešŸ˜Š
Big hairy fly , grey and black striped body, big red eyes.Ā 
I've seen a few about. Avoid or ignore?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    ...try stop having the pint of gin for elevensies and it will go away..they're attracted by the fume apparently...
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is it just gin?Ā 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    ...yep... and my old bosses homebrew vodka...

    Speaking of things that bite though, I am one of those people that get bitten by everything anyway. Do you remember those scenes in comics where the smelly kid had flies following them? I actually get that in real life. It's really embarrassing - I go for a pleasant stroll on the Downs and I have a pillar of flies hovering over my head. And the b'stards aren't content just hitching a ride on my thermals and taking in my excess co2, they bite me as well. So with regard to your fly, always assume they bite and that they have big pointy teeth like the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. At my initiation I was taught to be cautious.
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Steve, have you maybe kicked the watering can and missed a meeting?



  • steveTusteveTu Posts: 3,219
    A classic photo from my family album of me trying to open a door after tooo many of my bosses homebrewed vodkas. Where did you get it from Fire?
    UK - South Coast Retirement Campus (East)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @pansyface
    Can look it up now. Sounds like it'sĀ  interestedĀ  in meat. I'mĀ  mostly fat
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    B3 said:
    Can't really find the answer on Google so maybe someone can offer warning or reassurancešŸ˜Š
    Big hairy fly , grey and black striped body, big red eyes.Ā 
    I've seen a few about. Avoid or ignore?
    Avoid or ignore ,I Ā try to do both, Ā Iā€™ve got one like that, Ā Iā€™m determined to get rid of that bloody grey and black striped tee shirt.Ā 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Apparently,Ā  they don'tĀ  bite but can carryĀ  leprosy.Ā  ServesĀ  me right for googling.
    I choose to ignore.šŸ™ƒ
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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