I just caught a fly in my hand and set it free

[MoseyWalker]

the other day, I was patted on the back by coworkers from Santa Fe who applauded the fact that I took a cricket outside by putting it on a spoon and setting it on the grass.

I have also set previous friends and lovers free, and have seen them, at least some of them, blossom like flowers in the rain.

Have you set anything free lately?

(my last - hopefully - string of consiousness thread. thanks for reading!)

[taterguy]

1. There's a damn fly in my office that's driving me nuts

I'll bet he's the one who escaped from your hand. Thanks for nothin pal :)

[MoseyWalker]

3. oops

I thought he was a good fly!

:blush:

[taterguy]

5. Don't think, it'll only hurt the ball club

Didn't you learn anything from Bull Durham?

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. A spider

I get a lotta Daddy Longlegs in here, and a week or so ago I went to take a shower and there was one in the tub. I enticed him to crawl onto a piece of toilet paper, then put him down on the sink counter.

I felt good about that. :7

[MoseyWalker]

4. did you at least let him say his spider prayers first, or

speak to his 2 hundred thousand children?

If not, the horror remains in my mind.

Oh, the horror!

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Huh?

He scurried away — a bit frightened, perhaps, but quite alive.

[MoseyWalker]

9. Hah! I thought

when you said you put him down, that you "put him down".

good job!

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. I don't kill spiders

or almost any other creature. I'll kill flies because they serve no beneficial purpose and they're like the AOL of germs.

I figure most creatures have just as much right to live as I do.

[ChoralScholar]

23. Hehe... if flies are the AOL of germs,

what are roaches?

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Roaches are better saved

and smoked than eaten.

:hippie:

[ghostsofgiants]

7. I kill flies with a vengeance.

[Dora]

8. A string of profanities.

:shrug:

[Bucky]

10. You put a previous friend or lover in a spoon?

That must've took some balancing skills.

[MoseyWalker]

13. Hey

it happens!

[billyskank]

12. I evict bugs and creepy crawlies from my apartment whenever it is possible

I do not believe in harming creatures without need.

[MoseyWalker]

15. completely understandable

they probably have friends and relative bugs they can stay with. Why should they be sitting there listening to your music when they are NOT your friends?

:hi:

[billyskank]

17. Well indeed

they are certainly making no contribution to the housekeeping.

[MoseyWalker]

19. just gotta say

:rofl:

[zonkers]

14. Maybe you are on on the verge of developing super hero powers like Spidey.

Time to think of a cool name.

[naturalselection]

16. My son has been setting many things "free" this week

he is five years old and REALLY into insects/spiders.

So we have been letting him catch them, put them in a jar.

He then, by himself, puts twigs, leaves in the jar to make the critters "comfortable".

He caught a caterpillar the other day, the next day he woke up, came running to me and said, "Daddy, the caterpillar had babies last night!" So I looked in the jar, and told him, "Wow, that is really neat!"
He then said, "I should let it go so that it can take care of her babies."
I said, "I think that is a great idea."

I guess I didn't want to ruin his moment and tell him the "babies" were really caterpillar poo.

What a great kid.

[MoseyWalker]

18. that really is a cool story

thanks!

:)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. I wish I could recommend non-OP posts.

:yourock:

[MoseyWalker]

21. that is excellent! n/t

[Redstone]

22. I kill every one of the fuckers I can. Flies are vile.

Crickets? I let them hang around in the house if they want to; they don't bother me.

(Not to whizz on the meaning of your post; sorry.)

Redstone