# A message from a fly **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490 "2020-10-08T13:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/1 "2020-10-08T13:19:03Z")
[“Fly: symbol of rot, wasting away, decay, death, melancholia”](http://www.historyofpainters.com/insect.htm) Yes, of course this is inspired by the VP debate last night! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/2 "2020-10-08T13:21:34Z")
I take it as evidence that Pence really is a zombie, just well-tailored and well-made up. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/3 "2020-10-08T15:56:23Z")
Biden-Harris: “There Ain’t No Flies on Us!” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/4 "2020-10-08T17:49:32Z")
Didn’t we just have a thread around here on why flies land on people? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/5 "2020-10-08T19:30:47Z")
I expected to hear a really tiny voice, “Help me! Help me!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/6 "2020-10-08T19:44:07Z")
Evidently there’s a movement to try to get Jeff Goldblum to play The Fly on Pence’s Head for Saturday Night Live. I don’t know if either SNL or Goldblum are interested, but lots of fans are. > **[Twitter Bugs Out, Wants Jeff Goldblum To Play Mike Pence's Fly On 'SNL'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeff-goldblum-fly-mike-pence-snl_n_5f7f22ddc5b6a9322e247a31)** > > The actor, who starred in the 1986 horror film "The Fly," has "gotta play the fly on SNL, right?" one user wrote. David/Al Hedison, who really did say "Help me! Help Me! in the 1957 version of _The Fly_ unfortunately died last year, so you couldn’t get him to do it. (Goldblum, in David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of _The Fly_, didn’t say the line) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/7 "2020-10-08T21:51:03Z")
I think the fly was trying to give an excuse for someone to smack Pence in the head. SMACK!! “Oh, sorry, there was a fly.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/8 "2020-10-08T21:54:01Z")
The Biden campaign was selling flyswatters as a fundraising gimmick but I just read that they’re all sold out already! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/9 "2020-10-09T19:18:36Z")
Maybe this was a late appearance of _The Collinsport Fly_ from _Dark Shadows_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-U83owgUQFE/hqdefault.jpg "Dark Shadows - The Collinsport Fly") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U83owgUQFE) > **[Collinsport Fly](https://darkshadows.fandom.com/wiki/Collinsport_Fly)** > > The Collinsport Fly made frequent appearances around town, usually doing its best to annoy the town's residents at the most inconvenient and dramatic times. 7, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 53, 58, 291, 352, 359, 373, 464, 519, 558, 561, 575, 694, 732,... [https://twitter.com/peskybug](https://twitter.com/peskybug) It reportedly had a weakness for vampires and dramatic moments ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/10 "2020-10-11T03:04:20Z")
Anybody who was raised on a farm knows that if you spew bullshit long enough, you attract flies. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/11 "2020-10-12T18:55:50Z")
So SNL _did_ do the Jeff Goldblum “Fly” thing in their Cold Opening, but they didn’t get Jeff Goldblum. They had Jim Carrey channeling Goldblum (and used a clip from the 1986 _The Fly_.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-a-fly/922490/12 "2020-10-12T19:02:59Z")
I was impressed at by how quickly they assembled that ersatz telepod.