I’m Thinking Body Snatchers Would Be Easier To Deal With
Coming soon! To a household near you! It’s The Invasion of the Fruit Flies!!!
You heard it right, fruit flies are taking over my house. And it’s disgusting and miserable and I may have to call in a professional to douse the house with gasoline and toss a match in! They’re coming up out of the garbage disposal so maybe I could just pour bleach down the drain. Can’t I? I seem to remember hearing that pouring bleach down the drain was a bit of a no-no. Scratch that suggestion. Perhaps drano would suffice.
And why don’t they make garbage bags lined with insect repellent? They make them with odor neutralizer. Why not make it so that the insidious little beasts don’t turn your kitchen garbage into a breeding ground? There’s just something a bit disconcerting about going to throw something away and having a swarm of fruit flies rise up out of the trash. I’ll have to add "Contact someone at the Glad Bag company about this" to my to-do list.
Other things to add to my to-do list:
- Scrub my kitchen till it shines, including, but not limited to, pulling the stove and refrigerator away from the wall and scrubbing the floors and walls behind them.
- Have a family meeting discussing the pros and cons of leaving a plate covered in jelly underneath the couch.
- Construct a series of homemade fruit fly traps.
- Ask blogoverse for suggestions.
- Sit whimpering in the corner flailing at the air randomly with a fly swatter.
If you need me, I’ll be in the corner.
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I tell ya, these flies are gonna drive me insane!
OMG, we have had quite the trouble with nasty fruit flies here too! They are really gross. I can’t keep anything out of the fridge. I also threw away a bunch of fruit that had fly eggs on it. I thought I would puke.
Oh, I finally got to watch the vid of everyone dancing! I love it.
Comment by Heidi — September 25, 2008 @ 10:02 am
Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like bananas.
I hate those little nasties. KILL KILLLLLLLLLL.
Comment by mom — September 25, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
Fruit flies like bananas, that’s hilarious, I totally suggest killing them. “As they said on star wars, wipe them out… all of them.”
We had a problem with them once, I think they were in the garbage disposal fornicating and reproducing; they actually sell a pill for that, and it’s foamy, and I wish you the best of luck. Ew, flies are gross, and they can make it so you get super diarrhea
Comment by Claudious — September 25, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
Maybe you could use white vinegar and baking soda in the garbage disposal?
And Chris Jordan (Notes from the Trenches) had a fruit fly trap on one of her blogs a couple weeks ago. Just the bowl with cider vinegar and plastic wrap (held extra secure with a rubber band). I can say from personal experience that it works great!
Best of luck!!!
And with the cold snaps coming, we should see less of them around. ^_^
Comment by Allanna — September 29, 2008 @ 9:38 am
UGH! We have a fly problem too! It’s terrible! The kitchen is the cleanest thing in my house but they’re still terrible. I think they’re coming from the compost pile but we’ll just have to learn to deal.
I’m catching up with my comment posting, can you tell? hehe
Comment by Nicole — October 1, 2008 @ 9:15 am