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Posted on 08/26/2006 12:39:07 AM PDT by carlo3b
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Bags of water hung to keep flies awayORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Restaurant operators along the coasts of Florida are trying a new, yet simple, way to repel flies on dining patios -- hanging bags of water.
Scientists say the method has no real merit, but restaurateurs on the Florida Keys and as far away as Texas swear by it, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
"It seems to be working," said Jeannie Eckbloom, a longtime server at Gator's, on the Seminole-Volusia line. "It's even keeping the birds away."
Some scientists believe the way the light shines through the water disorients the flies, which is why they are repelled.
The idea reportedly started in North Carolina a couple of years ago, where the bags were marketed as "Fly Fright." The company that sold those bags now appears to be out of business, the newspaper said.
If you die of fright, I guess that would be repel. I suspect the old bag is a broad spectrum cross species repellent though.
do _you_ do it? does it work?
Topic detour:
A few months ago in MI, in the parking lot of a mall, I saw a couple of huge Canada geese atop an SUV, ardently pecking at the sunroof. I had a good chuckle - they must have thought it was a frozen puddle. On my way out of the mall after lunch, they were still there, futilely pecking away, and had deposited a couple of their calling cards.
Which reminded me of a B&B that Mrs. Bruck and I stayed at, whose proprietor had a couple of pet goats. The door panels of her car were bashed in, from the goats ramming their reflections.
Moral: never wash your car.
Are maggots canibals? Will a bag of dead flies get maggots?
I suspect Arizona flies are more intelligent than Florida flies? Or the crap still floating in the treated Colorado River water attracts flies? I'm leaning towards the more intelligence factor.
Good grief, how f***ing stupid people are!
Okie's use them Wallyworld bags filled with water when snipe hunting too........
Although I would want to stop by the BlackWoods restaurant.
And the water in Two Harbors is the best-tasting in the world.
Cheers!
Seems to work in TX........have em hanging near-where the dogs evacuate.
Is that the Hillary bag part or the water itself?
HAHA!! I tried the stinky bags last year and they worked, but I think I like your idea the best, lol. We have two dogs, this should keep us busy for the rest of the summer. I can already see the satisfaction in this method.
FULL OF FLIES I don't think it deals with ticks.It seems to keep the roaches down, though.
We don't do it, but it might make for a good experiment. Thought you saw it when you were in TX?
We thought it was to repel mosquitos, not flies.
Every time we've asked how/if it works we've gotten a different answer. Guess it's just one of Life's Great Mysteries (tm).
Hell. Scientists can't even figure out if Pluto is a planet or not. So if a scientist says it won't work, then as far as I'm concerned, it works.
Interesting
Sadly, no. Need something else for those vampires.
Heh, I use Clinton as a euphemism for feces.
But if the bags have HIldebeast in it, it would scare of everyone and everything. It would be the equivalent of ground zero nuke detonation. :)
APPLY THE BAG DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!!
APPLY THE BAG DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!!
APPLY THE BAG DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!!!!!
NO FLYS WILL LAND THERE
I've seen 'em hung in some restaurants around Austin. Works about as well as a plastic owl keeps pigeons away.
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