That nifty little accessory

No matter how pretty you are, you are bound to look ridiculous in this one. Last evening I was watching highlights of the Commonwealth games and I pitied the players and athletes at their plight. Instead of smiling at the cameras after their victory, most of them were flicking away the DAMN flies! Yes, Melbourne has been taken over by flies. While we were in Melbourne in December, we were amazed at the number of flies that swarmed around us. He just could not tolerate it. Almost all his photographs have evidence of his exasperation – his face only visible in parts due to his hand coming in the way while shooing the flies away from his face; one or both his eyes closed; the frown…

Our hands ached in the evening from all shooing. And it didn’t help one bit that my Entomology class had taught me that every time a fly rests on something, it pukes and poops! Now, every time a fly accidentally brushes it ugly self to my lips, I feel like washing my lips with dettol or better yet chopping my lips off. Aaarrrhhhggg!!!

So anyways, we noticed that a lot of folks had these weird hats on during our trip to the 12 apostles. We smirked at people who wore these hats and wondered how their photographs would look like, with beautiful blue sea and apostles in the backdrop and these hideous things at the center. Soon, we realized who the REAL fools were. US!! The flies drove us nuts! It was a very similar experience to Tippi Hedren’s in “The Birds”. So, let this serve a warning to anyone planning on traveling to Melbourne - You are going to be pooped and puked on!