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Coworked Attacked By Mouthless Bug
Paul, the same coworker who made The Great Baja Mess, gave me quite a laugh today. Right now, it's Fishfly Season where I live, so the buildings, streets, lamp posts and trees are given a fresh coat of bugs. They come once a year for one month to feed the birds and fish. These bugs are dumb. The live for one day, have no mouth, can't bite, eat, poop, protect itself, anything. The exist to be eaten. Most people either tolerate them or dislike them. Some, however, FEAR them. I don't know why. Their only abilities include flying and landing on things. Seriously, you flick them off and they fall to the ground, twitching.
So Paul was taking out the trash. This includes taking the can out the "one way" back door ment only for deliveries and trash take out, dragging it to the dumpsters, sorting trash from cardboard, taking the can back to the door and walking inside to open the door and retrieve the can. While Paul was walking back inside, I noted a fishfly stuck to his collar.
Me: Hey, Paul! You got a fishfly on you!
Paul: No I don't.
Me: Yes, you do. It's right there on your neck.
Paul: No, I don't. Seriously, stop it Kisa.
He keeps walking to the back, I follow him.
Me: PAUL! I'm NOT kidding! There's one, right here*points on my own collar* on the back of your collar!
Paul's eyes get saucer-wide. He freezes, and gently brings his hand up to the wrong side of his collar. He gently feels around, then gets frantic, tearing at his collar and shirt. I see it fly off. Suddenly, he TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF!!!
Paul: Did I get it??!!!
Me: Ummm....lemme see.....yes.
Paul: Then where is it!!!!
Me: *looks around and spots it on the door* Right there. *flicks it in the head, killing it* There. I didn't know you were so scared of them.
Paul: I'm NOT scared!!! I just don't like them!!!
Right...that's why you ripped off your shirt to get it off of you
Tezzie walks back.
Tezzie: What's going on.....Paul, where's your shirt?
Me: He got attacked by a fishfly
Paul is a big, tough lookin guy, so it was SO funny to see his get so freaked out over a totally harmless bug on his collar
Here is a fishfly for those who have never seen them.
So Paul was taking out the trash. This includes taking the can out the "one way" back door ment only for deliveries and trash take out, dragging it to the dumpsters, sorting trash from cardboard, taking the can back to the door and walking inside to open the door and retrieve the can. While Paul was walking back inside, I noted a fishfly stuck to his collar.
Me: Hey, Paul! You got a fishfly on you!
Paul: No I don't.
Me: Yes, you do. It's right there on your neck.
Paul: No, I don't. Seriously, stop it Kisa.
He keeps walking to the back, I follow him.
Me: PAUL! I'm NOT kidding! There's one, right here*points on my own collar* on the back of your collar!
Paul's eyes get saucer-wide. He freezes, and gently brings his hand up to the wrong side of his collar. He gently feels around, then gets frantic, tearing at his collar and shirt. I see it fly off. Suddenly, he TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF!!!
Paul: Did I get it??!!!
Me: Ummm....lemme see.....yes.
Paul: Then where is it!!!!
Me: *looks around and spots it on the door* Right there. *flicks it in the head, killing it* There. I didn't know you were so scared of them.
Paul: I'm NOT scared!!! I just don't like them!!!
Right...that's why you ripped off your shirt to get it off of you
Tezzie walks back.
Tezzie: What's going on.....Paul, where's your shirt?
Me: He got attacked by a fishfly
Paul is a big, tough lookin guy, so it was SO funny to see his get so freaked out over a totally harmless bug on his collar
Here is a fishfly for those who have never seen them.
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It's that there Michigan talk! Apparently, we have accents too 
I'm not a bug person, but I don't mind mayflies simply because they are the dumbest, most harmless bug in existance. Like ugly butterflies 
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