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Re: Check in
On 5/15/2020 7:35 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 5/15/2020 5:57 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>
>> On 5/14/2020 7:59 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
>> Â > On 5/14/2020 9:27 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>> Â >> On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12:56:13 PM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:
>> Â >>
>> Â >>>
>> Â >>> Many Many years ago when I was the Maintenance Supervisor for a
>> Plastic
>> Â >>> Extrusion Company I had a very small office near the shop.
>> Â >>> (maybe 11' x 9')Â One summer there was this standard housefly
>> that got
>>  >>> into the office. Since he was young he was very fast and I could
>> not
>>  >>> get him. Buzz buzz buzz around and then would hide for a while.
>>  >>> Myself in and out of the office all day. Drove me nuts for 3
>> days. Â Â Now
>>  >>> the fly is 3 days older and getting slower. He sat down on my
>> desk and
>> Â >>> I very quickly reached out and caught him in my hand.
>>  >>> Yahoo!! Gotcha sucker!!
>> Â >>>
>> Â >>> Due to the torture he bestowed on me for 3 frickin days there had
>> to be
>> Â >>> some appropriate punishment that was needed for this now captured
>> fly.
>> Â >>> So I pulled off a bit of Scotch Tape and gently stuck him to it.
>> His
>> Â >>> legs were wiggling and his wings were trying to get loose but the
>> sticky
>>  >>> Scotch Tape adhesive would not let him go. I walked him out to the
>> Â >>> shipping dock and gently stuck the tape with the fly to the
>> floor. He
>>  >>> continued to try and get free but he couldn't!! I then went over to
>> Â >>> the walk-behind forklift and positioned the left front wheel in line
>>  >>> with the fly. I the slowly (ever so slowly) moved the the 4,750lb
>>  >>> forklift forward. Once the tire rolled over the fly I went back and
>>  >>> forth a couple of time just make sure he was DEAD. I then pealed
>> the
>> Â >>> Scotch Tape with squished fly off the floor and returned to my
>> office
>>  >>> where I pinned it to my bulletin board. I did not have another fly
>> Â >>> enter my office for the rest of the summer.
>> Â >>>
>>  >>> Wow, just typing that, made me feel so good!! LOL
>> Â >>>
>> Â >>> I hope you all enjoyed reading my little fly story!!
>> Â >>> You may now resume your normal activities................
>> Â >>>
>> Â >>> Les
>> Â >>
>> Â >> Hey Les,
>> Â >>
>> Â >> Did you ever think about --------
>> Â >>
>> Â >> If you tear the wings off of a fly. would you then call it a walk ?
>> Â >>
>> Â >> or
>> Â >>
>> Â >> Did you hear about the fly that entered a cow's ear and ended up
>> in the milk pail the next morning?
>> Â >> It went in one ear and out the udder.
>> Â >>
>> Â >
>> Â > Funny Stuff Jim!!!!
>> Â >
>> Â > Thanks!!
>>
>> I heard about some scientist from New York who deiced to do some pure
>> research on flies. That caught one buzzing around their lab, set in
>> on the counter and yelled, "JUMP!" as they slammed their hands on the
>> counter around the fly. Of course it jumped up and flew away. They
>> scrambled over all over the lab until they finally caught the fly.
>> One of them carefully pulled a leg off the fly, and they set it on the
>> counter. They yelled, "JUMP!" as they slammed their hands on the
>> counter around the fly. Of course it jumped up and flew away. They
>> scrambled over all over the lab until they finally caught the fly
>> again. Â Â One of them carefully pulled another leg off the fly, and
>> they set it on the counter. They yelled, "JUMP!" as they slammed
>> their hands on the counter around the fly. Of course it jumped up and
>> flew away.
>>
>> Pretty soon they had gotten down to the last leg. One of them
>> carefully pulled the last leg off the fly. They yelled, "JUMP!" as
>> they slammed their hands on the counter around the fly, and the fly
>> just sat there. They tried it again. They yelled, "JUMP!" as they
>> slammed their hands on the counter around the fly, and the fly just
>> sat there. After a third time they decided they had enough data to
>> write up a conclusion. A fly with no legs can not hear.
>
>
> Did anybody get hooked on the Breaking Bad series?? If you did or
> didn't there was this one scene in the Walter's sparkling clean lab
> were a fly made it in some how. Walter takes on the challenge of trying
> to kill the fly. When I saw it the first, second, third time
> and beyond I almost wet myself laughing. It brings back memories
> of the fly in my office. Anyhow, here is the YouTube clip.
> It is not the whole fly scene, just the first part. I think just
> before it went to commercial. You will hopefully appreciate the
> frustration. Be sure to go full screen to get the full effect!! :-)
>
> Enjoy!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZDir8UwfQs
>
> Les
Here are few other clips that I found.
Sorry I don't know they are in the proper order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHGzxat5KgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Q1sB8oUtA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55-UVBmqIo4
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