Humour
Shoo but these house flies are rubbish
They may have helped Michael Jackson invent the 'Thriller' dance, but these buzzy little buggers are basically Gauteng's own 'Ten Plagues of Egypt'
19 January 2020 - 00:00
When we returned from vacation last week we discovered that we had new tenants. Well, more like house invaders, because no occupation lease had been signed. There are about, oh, 30 of them, give or take. They answer to the name Musca domestica, or the common housefly if you don't want to sound like a pompous prick...
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