We have a few flies here at the farm. Flies are ugly, nasty, gross insects. Where there is poop, there are flies. I can well remember my mother, Betty, hollering at us kids,
“Do NOT put the fly swatter on the table/counter!!! Flies land in dog doo!”
It left a mark on me. She was right. Flies are gross. They land in dog doo and any other doo they can find. Fly swatters are gross. Flies in the house are gross and annoying, swat them with a swatter and they smear on the surface. Swat them with a random ball-cap and you might (I did) break a window.
We saw this video of a man shooting flies with salt. My Loving Spouse was on the internet ready to buy it. He found it for $50, gotta say, that did slow us down. We waited a bit, after all….would it really work and $50 is one expensive Fly Swatter.
I was then off to JoAnn’s fabric shop to check out a sale in Yakima. Some one was really thinking when they put this store in, because next door to the shop is a very nice Ace Hardware. Not to stereotype anyone, but ‘if a wife is shopping for fabric, a husband does have somewhere to go.’
I needed a door magnet, so I popped into Ace. There I saw it.
I asked the Old Boy who was helping me,
“How much fun have you had with that Bug-a-Salt?”
‘I LOVE it! It really works and it is a hoot!’
I was on the phone to My Loving Spouse.
“They’ve got the Bug-a-Salt at Ace. Only $40.”
He said only two words, “Buy it!”
This is the most fun I’ve ever had killing those gross flies. No mess, just a bit of table salt added to the dust we already have, (hardly worth mentioning). Everyone who I’ve let try it, wants to know how to buy one and has a long list of people they want to buy it for. 
If you visit, I will no longer be embarrassed at our flies. I will just hand you our Bug-a-Salt and let you have some fun.
Life is good…..if, you are not a fly.
Awesome idea! Definitely stealing that, thanks for the share!
Kim
It is worth it!
Target practice in the living room. What fun!!
Living room, family room, kitchen!
Bless the inventor of such a necessity!
Amen! We both remember the fateful ball cap!
DOn’t you look like the mighty Huntress! I’ve never heard of that contraption. Tell me, do you shoot them as they whizz by in the air? Or wait until they land on the last piece of cake? 🙂
We don’t ever let them land on the last piece of cake!! So far I can only ‘dispatch’ them if they have landed, as on the window….then it is pow!