# Hurk. That was a fly. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431 "2012-04-30T17:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/21 "2012-05-02T09:08:26Z")
Probably tmi defiantly disgusting fly story A couple of years ago I was working in my garden about 3 days before New years Eve. I had the misfortune to inhale a fly (a big Aussie blowfly). I coughed and spluttered and vomited and figured I had rid myself of the little bugger. Fast forward to New Years Day A friend had invited me for a trip on her houseboat, which was lovely - quite, scenic, restful. About an hour down the river I started to get a tickle in my throat, then a bit of a cough and then I was wracked with coughing. Something appeared in my mouth and I spat it into my hand… It was a blowfly. Covered in green goo and missing a wing. I hurled, I vomited, I chucked my guts out. An hour later I coughed up the missing wing. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/22 "2012-05-02T10:04:59Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > Probably tmi defiantly disgusting fly story > > A couple of years ago I was working in my garden about 3 days before New years Eve. I had the misfortune to inhale a fly (a big Aussie blowfly). I coughed and spluttered and vomited and figured I had rid myself of the little bugger. > > Fast forward to New Years Day > > A friend had invited me for a trip on her houseboat, which was lovely - quite, scenic, restful. About an hour down the river I started to get a tickle in my throat, then a bit of a cough and then I was wracked with coughing. Something appeared in my mouth and I spat it into my hand… > > It was a blowfly. Covered in green goo and missing a wing. > I hurled, I vomited, I chucked my guts out. > > An hour later I coughed up the missing wing. Well don’t keep us in suspense! Was the fly OK? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/23 "2012-05-02T20:26:29Z")
> [@InsomniaMama](#): > > I was one sexy woman! We can only hope InsomniaPapa had the good sense to say, “Have her washed and brought to my tent.” Good g-d, \*\*Rhiannon8404 \*\*(and you too, **madrabbitwoman** )! I may never out outside again. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/24 "2012-05-02T20:56:09Z")
A coworker of mine once inhaled a fly. It touched down on her upper lip, she gasped in disgust, and slurp!, up it went, live and wiggling, into her sinuses. She went to the emergency room to have it “vacuumed” out. What really made me feel sorry for her, later, was how we teased her about it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/25 "2012-05-02T20:59:36Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > We can only hope InsomniaPapa had the good sense to say, “Have her washed and brought to my tent.” > > Good g-d, \*\*Rhiannon8404 \*\*(and you too, **madrabbitwoman** )! I may never out outside again. OK, that quote about washing, was that from “Becket”? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/26 "2012-05-03T00:13:20Z")
The [1956 version of the _Ten Commandments_](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BatheHerAndBringHerToMe), so says google. I probably picked it up from any number of bad movie knock-offs. Pretty sure it’s not in _Becket_. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/27 "2012-05-03T03:26:53Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Well don’t keep us in suspense! Was the fly OK? The fly was well and truly and EX fly ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431/28 "2012-05-03T04:53:36Z")
Gone to join the choir invisible? Nailed to the perch? Pining for the fjords? Just resting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurk-that-was-a-fly/620431.md?page=1)