by A L Johnson

Created on: August 20, 2008

I myself, personally have never swallowed a fly, but have come pretty darned close! *Ack* *Cough* Perhaps a gnat or two when younger when blowing bubbles from the bubble gum and I was able to catch a gnat on the end of my glorious bubble. Only having to take the section of gum where I snagged the gnat and throw it away, or in some cases the whole piece of gum in the garbage. That's just gross! I don't think I need the protein found in the size of a tiny gnat, thank you very much!

I have seen my dog swallow many flies! He is pretty darned quick on the catching. Who needs a fly swatter when you have a fly swallowing Black Lab! For a 75 pound dog, he is quicker then my Bull Mastiff, Moosey whom is more mousey, then Bull-ish at 100 pounds now and leaves the fly swallowing up to Zeus.

Recently there was a pesky fly in the house. I hate flies. We live in a new home, and even with a huge front screened in porch, we get flies inside. Apparently it has been blindsided before from being hit a few times, as he/she just did not seem to care that he/she was pestering me as I was about to sit down and have my Panini with ham and cheese sandwich I had made with fresh thick bread. This fly was hoping to have a bite of lunch with me as well.

I placed my sandwich on the table, getting a glass of ice water. If there is a fly in the house, never leave your sanwich unattended. Forget my two big dogs! They know better then to attempt to snatch any food from the table or my kitchen cooking island if I place my food up there. Which both of them can reach it as they stand over 5 feet when on their hind ends, they are good about leaving food alone. But a fly? They feel it is a free for all!

But I digress. Here I am sitting down to have my wonderfully cooked Panini sandwich and there HE/SHE is! On the edge of my sandwich. I batted it away and shooed it away a few times, apparently knocking what sense it has in its miniscule fly head out of it, cause he/she came back for more! Flys taste with their feet, so it was just walking along the edge, doing the happy dance, tasting my delicious Panini creation!

I waited a few seconds before attempting to take a bite after picking off the part where the fly had landed before on the crust, and I pick up the Panini, in both hands and there it was. Soon as I took a bite, it had the gall to land on my sandwich AGAIN as if teasing me, daring me to take a bite of it too!

Well my friends, that day my dog got a special treat. I called Zeus over and said," Hey boy, I got a snack for you!" Mr./Mrs. fly is still sitting on the end of my sandwich as if it owned it. And as if it could eat the whole thing anyways!

I said,"Look 'Z', a fly! I can't watch!" He saw the fly sitting there and looked at me and I picked the other section it landed on and held it in my hand. It flew back onto my hand and actually walked its way to the piece of bread I had held in my fingers. I flung it at 'Z'. The fly held on. Fly swallowed. I lost my appetite after that. Thanks fly!

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