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Knocking flies out of the air:
It started some days ago when walking my dogs. A fly was buzzing around me and so I thrust out my hand in its general direction. Whack! I caught it on my thumb somehow and sent it on a stunned beeline to the ground. Where it remained for some seconds before dizzily flying away--away from me. But then, you know, something similar happened today as an insect--perhaps a firefly--got too close to me and I smacked it with one of my fingernails, accidentally as I remember it (didn't even know he was there). The beast went shooting down... down... but recovered before it struck the ground. And I have some recollection of doing something like that again later today, too, but details escape.
The real achievement was the fly whack. Those things are quick.
It started some days ago when walking my dogs. A fly was buzzing around me and so I thrust out my hand in its general direction. Whack! I caught it on my thumb somehow and sent it on a stunned beeline to the ground. Where it remained for some seconds before dizzily flying away--away from me. But then, you know, something similar happened today as an insect--perhaps a firefly--got too close to me and I smacked it with one of my fingernails, accidentally as I remember it (didn't even know he was there). The beast went shooting down... down... but recovered before it struck the ground. And I have some recollection of doing something like that again later today, too, but details escape.
The real achievement was the fly whack. Those things are quick.