{"id":5293,"date":"2018-05-21T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2018-05-22T21:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T09:57:27","slug":"professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I was an amateur swat-a-holic<\/a>. This year I’ve moved my game up a notch or two. Behold my professional-level fly swat.<\/p>\n

\"Fly<\/a>

Pictured in as-new condition prior to entering battle<\/p><\/div>\n

I found it in New World on Willis Street<\/a> during last year’s winter\u00a0Wellington trip<\/a>. It was languishing on a shelf, on special for $2 (I guess there’s not much call for a fly swat in a Wellington winter). Imagine my excitement in finding the instrument of death some of The Readership referred to after my post on\u00a0The Great Northland Fly Plague of 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those of you in step with interior design trends will sympathise when I tell you the only two colours available were fluorescent yellow or fluorescent green. Picture me reluctantly setting aside my ambition to create the restrained neutral-with-an-industrial-vibe decor featured in all the recent\u00a0shelter magazines<\/a>, and buying the fluro yellow one. Such are the sacrifices one must make.<\/p>\n

\"Natural<\/a>

The people who own this kitchen probably wouldn’t buy a fluro yellow plastic fly swat<\/p><\/div>\n

Mind you, given that my previous swatting implement was a rolled up Supercheap Auto flyer I probably can’t afford to get too precious about aesthetics.<\/p>\n

Thankfully the advantages of this new model outweigh the brutal colour. It boasts minimal drag, a flexible handle to add flick to those delicate edge-of-the-fruit-bowl shots, it’s fully washable and has little fringy bits on the front to sweep up the corpses. After a full and busy fly season, during which it sustained minor damage to one corner after a particularly enthusiastic swipe, it is still dispatching those nasty little visitors.<\/p>\n

\"yellow<\/a>

For those who requested an after-battle shot.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two dollars well spent I say! Anyone else upgraded their anti-vermin arsenal recently?<\/p>\n

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