The fruit flies can die, too

J-girl has been buying a lot of fruit from local vendors, and along with the fruit has come a massive invasion of fruit flies. Our house gets attacked by fruit flies every August. They start out in the kitchen where the fruit is, and then eventually end up in all of the bathrooms. One year we didn't get rid of them until April.

Instead of buying fruit fly traps or spraying poison, we have opted for a more high-tech approach. J-girl gets out the cannister vacuum and sucks them up. I have to admit that it's kind of addictive, hunting down the little pests and then sucking 'em right out of the air. It's not very practical, though, because it only reduces their numbers for the brief time it takes for the next batch to hatch out.

I've been wondering why we have such a problem with fruit flies and our neighbors don't. Last night I caught one of the little guys and took a close look at it. I nearly screamed in horror when I realized that it was the McCain variety of fruit fly. Being a democrat surrounded by republican neighbors, the fruit fly infestation finally made sense. They're not going away until I finally turn to the dark side and put McCain posters out on my lawn. They may even want me to make a donation to the republican party.

I refuse to be intimidated, though. I figure that they will all keel over and die if Obama wins the election. And if he doesn't, well, it won't matter anymore, because my neighbors will be a lot more difficult to live with than fruit flies.