Bloody flies!!!!

[PhoenixJasmine]

I've got up this morning with a rotten hangover so not in the best of moods anyway. Beautiful morning so flung all the doors and windows open to air the flat. But there are now NINE bloody flies doing some kind of maypole dance in the middle of my kitchen

Bin has been emptied, pet bowls washed up and citronella burning on the diffuser (and randomly chucked at the bastards in frustration as well ). But they're just laughing at me still doing their stupid twisty circles.

Anyone got any foolproof (and perhaps violent, given my current mood) methods for (a) banishing the dickwads and (b) disinviting them in the first place?

I prefer an eco/natural cleaning style if at all poss.

Cunty flying cunty cunts.

Get an electric insect-o-cuter or crack open the fly spray (I know, horrible stuff). Screens for windows and doors or at least a bead curtain kind of thing for the doors.

Ooh! Bead curtain! I really want one in the kitchen but DP thinks they're naff. Now I have valid reason

The electric thing is a brill idea, thankyou. I'd forgotten about those, my mum had one like a tennis racket that you could ffzzzzz them with. Added bonus of the violence factor too

Small ziplock bags filled with water, add a few copper coins, hang or clip near to entry points. Close zip.

I've seen them used in the US. I don't know if they work or not, but they swear by them.

And a few more tips here....

www.littlethings.com/fly-repellent-under-one-dollar/

I just squirt them with ordinary kitchen cleaner, then catch them in kitchen paper and bin. I would never use fly spray, nasty stuff, especially in a kitchen!

I just killed the one in my room by squirting it with hair spray. That'll stop them.

We live very rural and get swarms of flies trying to force entry at this time of year. I have a blue electrocuty thinger in the kitchen (really grim though) and DH has a fly swat and has titled himself The Ninja Fly Killer of Dooooom and likes to walk round of an evening swatting and whistling the tune from Kill Bill

Put some red wine or malt vinegar in a glass with some fairy liquid and leave it where they're hanging out. Half an hour later you'll have a glass of drowned flies.

It's fly city again today

Am trying the vinegar/washing up liquid thing. Will report back later :)

I hate flies too! DH knows how much I hate them coming in the house so bought some fly curtains for the doors from eBay. Very effective they are too - not attractive but they work. They are mesh/net and they stick to the outside of the door frame and close in the middle with magnets either side. Even the dog can negotiate them and then they close once he has gone through. Maybe worth a try!

Week 3 of fly-nihilation (does that work?)

The vinegar thing did not work. Kitchen still full of flies just smelt like vinegar.

However.

I love my new flytrocuter!!! I zap them whilst shouting "FLYTROCUTE" and feel like a superhero whose superpower is to instantly barbecue flies . Sometimes they fizzle and flash a little on the wire....it seems a healthy way to indulge a little bloodlust!