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Flies are a terrible thing, especially when camping, because tents have no hard surfaces on which to thwack them.
Thus, we design a fly-catching box, and attach it to the end of a flashlight. Since flies are drawn to light, they will enter the box, and then you can collapse the box, thus crushing
the miserable buggers.
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by [DenholmRicshaw] with illustration by [bz] [csea, Jul 19 2008]
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This is one of those plausable ideas that is quite creative, and probably will be made available for a mere $19.99 very soon. I love it!+ |
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Heck, I thought this was a way to light your way to the loo without having to hold the flashlight in your hands. But, [+] anyhow. It should even work for Millers too. |
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Added: When it goes into production, call it the "Venus Flytrap Flashlight" |
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Instead, you can just take any box and perform a topological inversion. Presto: all flies everywhere captured at once! Along with the rest of the universe except for the stuff that was already in the box. There is a theory that states that this has already happened (apologies to Douglas Adams). |
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Perhaps have one with a CO2 attachment for capturing midges... |
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How about a flashlight with a flip-top lens cap (controllable by a trigger)? If a fly land on the lens, flip the top and it smushes the fly. Clean the flashlight and repeat as needed. |
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Yes, Undead. Flies that are not dead are a serious problem, to which Science should devote more energy... |
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Ok, so stuffing it in the "Science: Energy: Undead" category is a bit dishonest... |
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//I thought this was a way to light your way to the loo without having to hold the flashlight in your hands.// |
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[Klaatu], you're thinking of [link] with awesome illustration by [bristolz]. |
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What an attractive idea! If the box contains a glue board, bugs will stick there. + |
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