# There once was an old lady who swallowed a fly...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-once-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly/187772>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-once-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly/187772 "2003-07-11T18:27:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-once-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly/187772/1 "2003-07-11T18:27:22Z")

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then [chased it with a fork](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030710/170/4n1m7.html)!

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**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-once-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly/187772/2 "2003-07-11T18:33:53Z")

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Nice fork.

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**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-once-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly/187772/3 "2003-07-11T18:40:06Z")

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Sure looks like a spork to me.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-once-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-fly/187772/4 "2003-07-11T18:57:31Z")

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Or a foon. Must have been seriously pissed at that fly. Imagine what she might have done if it got in her eye!