What bugs me?

See my Herald column here

Mosquitoes, horse flies, deer flies, moose flies and any other airborne insect that bites and gives me itchy welts.

They have no respect. You leave a door opened and they come in.

And then they start grazing your flesh and sucking your blood. Vampires!

But I have the ultimate weapon.

The fly swatter. And I WILL use it. Oh yes, dear flies. That last bite you take from me could very well end up being your Last Supper.

And then I will have the last laugh.

What bugs you?

7 Responses to “What bugs me?”


  1. 1 Cormac Brown

    “dear flies?”

    Is that an insect column?

    Seriously, you’ve been a bit too relaxed since you’ve been on vacation. This is the second typo I’ve seen on your blog since your vacation started and that’s so not like you. Where’s the angry, stressed, non-typo Typist that we all know and fear, er, love?

  2. 2 barbara

    Which is worse, having your veins sucked dry by blood-thirsty insects while on vacation or by blood-thirsty corporate vampires while in the city? No matter where you go, somebody wants a piece of you.

  3. 3 MdG

    Gigantic, beautiful windows. No screens. What’s up with that Germany?!? Add that to the mutated ginormous flys, and other assortment of weird bugs that find their way into the house.

    It’s hard to relax with all of that buzzing and flittering around.

  4. 4 BeckEye

    Well, it’s New York, so…roaches. I saw one this morning. I opened the front door to leave for work and he scurried in. I was running too behind to try to catch him and kill him. Plus, I was grossed out. No matter how many of them I’ve seen since I’ve been here, they always give me the heebie jeebies.

  5. 5 giftedtypist

    Cormac, got me, you writer you. From now on it’s Gifted Typo-ist.

    Barbara, I love that analogy. Corporate Vampires sucking it out of you

    MdG, no screens in Britain either. Its nice to look out wihtout a screen, but not so nice iwth bugs around

    BeckEye, I hop that’s the old place and not the new place. Did you move yet? SoHa sounds good.

  6. 6 chancelucky

    This is why I surf the net so much. The only bugs are in software and not on my skin.

  7. 7 Dick

    What you need:
    2 hand held electric zappers (tennis racket shape)
    1 insect trap and with dehydrator (ultra violet light with fan)
    1 no-see-um net (for draping over bed)
    Beer.

    This should keep the little buggers at bay. The beer just helps, as it does with most other things in life.

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