Flies Are Spies
I have this theory that flies are spies for the insect kingdom. I mean, look at them! Those eyes! They are clearly built for surveillance. They sneak into our homes on recon missions, to monitor the development of swatter and spray technology. And they apparently have trouble getting out! This is a sad and all-but-cliche image of a typical soldier, found dead on the front lines (a window sill). I half-expect to see him clutching a tiny scroll like it’s the plans to the Death Star. RIP, my little friend.
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Brilliant! I will never again see a single fly as I used to see it after this post. I wonder, when they come in hordes, then don’t trust each others opinions -like spies wouldn’t- or they are collectively scanning the whole place?
Maybe it’s the Fast, Cheap and Out of Control method, like the Errol Morris documentary (which I highly recommend). To the Powers That Be, those individuals are totally expendable… release them in vast numbers, with minimal training – and hope for the best!
And a whole swarm of flies is the invading army….! Some of those little recon flies do make it back to home base, after all…
Yes! That’s why we must be ever-vigilant! We’re at WAR!
Good thing they’re low-tech. Imagine if they had, say, flamethrower technology. Good-bye, drapes!
Ssssssshhhhh!!!!! They’re listening!
Tara, perhaps they do have flame thrower technology, but also a more developed sense of morality than do you, burner of Santa heads!
OT! Besides, there is a moral difference between burning and beheading. Beheading is clean and humane. Burning is just mean.
THIS fly isn’t listening, Brian!
I only thought that burning was the hygenic conclusion of your family’s institutionalized holiday nod at the crusades. You mean you left raw Santa heads in the trash? Wow, you’re more of a man than I am…
Maybe it’s the Fast, Cheap and Out of Control method, like the Errol Morris documentary (which I highly recommend). To the Powers That Be, those individuals are totally expendable… release them in vast numbers, with minimal training – and hope for the best!
Absolutely! I believe it. And “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control” is probably my favorite Errol Morris documentary.
Great post!