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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
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[This message has been edited by mirror man (12-26-2002 12:38 PM).] |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Mirror Man The fly, the eyes such little parts does bleed a sigh not brain, but heart It's all in the way you look at things, I guess. |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
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I guess so. Hard to get emotionally involved with a fly. |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
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You're right. There is more to it than that. What happened was, I said, "Igor, bring me the brains," and Igor said, "Yes, Master." And so I got a fly with brains. And being a fly with brains, it was mostly brains and not much else. And so it couldn't fly. And one of the first things it said was, "Why do I gotta vomit on my food all the time, and why are my feet always sticky?" And I said, "Because you're a fly." And it said, "Then why can't I fly?" And I said, "Because you got brains." And it said, "Flies ain't got no brains. Why do I got brains?" And I said, "Because that's the way I made you." And so it got mad at me and said it was horrible being a fly with brains because all the babe flies avoided it and talked about it. And the guy flies hated it for having brains because that made them feel bad, but really anything would do as long as other flies talked about it no matter what they said, and so did bad things to it whenever they could because that made them feel good. And I said that was understandable because flies basically are flies after all and don’t think of much else but being flies and how they feel, and that was just the way it was, too bad, so sad, but hey, being a fly you ought to at least like eating crap. And then it hated me and plotted against me. And so I killed it. Which was very tragical. But the most tragical thing about it was that here I'd spent all this time and money on giving a fly brains and all it could think about was being a fly. It was all my fault, so it's not like you or anyone should feel bad about a fly. I should know. Making monsters is much easier. [This message has been edited by mirror man (12-26-2002 01:33 PM).] |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
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mirror man Your sense of fun is great...and the fly, I doubt if it knows how to laugh, because a fly life just isn't that much fun, is it? Interesting how we detest them, yet revere the butterfly. There is prejudice everywhere. |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
Thanks, sis. I knew I could depend on you. |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
Interesting take on the fly and how we think of it. |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
Thanks, ecrivan. Yes, it was an interesting fly. But also an evil fly, because it would lie just to protect itself. Which caused all kinds of other problems. And so miserable because it knew this wasn't the way a good fly was supposed to act. And so killing it was a favor, I think, just because to go on like that would have driven it to insecticide. And I just couldn't handle the guilt. [This message has been edited by mirror man (12-26-2002 11:01 PM).] |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
VEEEEry Interesting.........and I'm serious, too.......  Really, I do like the way you wrote this..  "Love makes the world go around" ~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~ [This message has been edited by garysgirl (12-26-2002 10:58 PM).] |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
Thanks, sis. And now I'm reminded of Artie Johnson. He was in a Dracula film once, I forget the name of it, and he played Dracula's assistant, what was his name? Anyway, he liked to eat flies. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
cute! but kinda yucky... |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
Yeah, but that's the sacrifices we creators have to make sometimes. Thanks. |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
Posts 814 |
To anyone interested -- It has occurred to me that I have not treated this incident as seriously as I should. I mean the experiment. But this is true, as far as the experiment goes. You catch a live fly by whatever means, and then remove its head; I used a piece of paper, but a razor or exacto knife might also work. A lot of times, it will not stand, so you may have to do this several times. However, if you do it right, the fly will not die immediately. It will just stand there, and you can nudge it with your fingers and watch it walk forward. However, it will not walk by itself, even though it has all its legs, and it will not fly away, even though it has all its wings. And this is because it has no brain, but instead a group of neural nodes spread across its body connected by nerves. And of course, the body is disconnected from its eyes, so it can't see where to go anyway. Galvani did something similar to this with a frog, but he could only use the legs. I used a housefly, but you might also try this with an ant. How to catch a fly: I caught the fly with my hand. Most guys know how to do this, but not very many girls do. So if you're a girl and you don't know this, ask a guy. I'm not going to get into it because I don't recommend it. Because bugs are generally dirty and carry diseases. You might want to devise some other way of catching flies; they're attracted to fly strips, dead things, garbage, bowel movements, restaurants. So you might use that to attract flies without letting them land on it somehow. And handle the bug with tweezers. And wash everything off afterwards. Or just eat out somewhere. Enjoy. [This message has been edited by mirror man (12-28-2002 12:52 AM).] |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Smiling at Martie's first reply.  She knows...poor fly. Interesting write, mirror man. I'm afraid I could never try your experiment, since I'm one of those people who catches bugs and puts them outside, rather than killing them. What can I say?...I'm a softie. ~Vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, |
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mirror man Senior Member
since 2001-01-08
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Thanks, Vicky. Bwa-ha-ha! |
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