I held a birthday party at my house and set up the back yard for a barbecue. Prior to this party, I had pulled out a bunch of grape vines and this resulted in an increase in flies which were eating the fallen grapes. Taking steps to fight the flies, I purchased traps which consist of plastic bags with a little plastic element through which the flies can pass only in only one direction. The plastic bag has a bait in it and you add water to activate it. What happens is that the flies go in thinking there's food and instead ultimately drown in this mess.

The bait consists of sucrose (ok), putrefied egg solids (hmm), and yeast. Wow. So basically, this bag brews rotten egg beer for flies. The part that fascinates me is that somewhere in the world, there is an egg-rotting factory. Every day, the truck delivers eggs and the guys on the loading dock have a very simple job: leave those fuckers in the sun. OUR WORK HERE IS DONE.

I'd hate to live downwind of that place...