merkac's Journal: flies

Whilst making lunch, I had an epiphany - There's only one kind of fly

Without really being aware of it, I'd always (subconciously) divided flies into groups. There were your flies that hung around dog shit, and there were the flies that hung around your kitchen, and there were flies that sort of just buzzed around when you were outdoors. Today, I realised that there's only one type of fly that just happens to do those many different things.

Flies on food had always just been "bad" - but non-specifically bad. They just weren't something you'd really want on your food - with vague explanations like "they carry germs". Well, I realise now, that they don't just "carry" them around like a wallet. They carry germs because they've just been out there dining on dog poo - walking around in it - and now they were walking around on your food. And when was the last time you saw a fly washing between meals? Straight from dog poo to your sandwich.

Now, anybody reading this will think - what a fucking idiot, and I can live with that. A number of years back I had this weird realisation on why there was a rail on a second story balcony (to stop people falling off) - but it was such a new thought, rather than something inate - that I expressed it to all and sundry. The words "fucking idiot" were the most kind of the statements which followed.

I guess I just need a life.