Friday, April 30, 2004

Baby Fly

Yesterday morning as I was about to get out of the shower, I noticed a flying insect hovering my head. Since I hate insects, flying or otherwise, I decided to put it out of its misery.

I swung my arms frantically hoping to strike it down. Unfortunately, the sneaky little vermin was far too quick for me. I was at the verge of quitting, when suddenly Frankie the Fly decides to take a break on my shower curtain. I was about to bring down my Thundering Hand of Death upon Frankie when I realised that this was no ordinary fly. It was tiny - less than half the size of your garden variety housefly.

Then it occurred to me - Frankie was a baby fly!

And suddenly a flood of emotions came upon me. Poor little guy. Uncle James' Thundering Hand of Death must have scared the little fella. He's just a baby. And just like that, I let him go. I had him, and I let him go. He was a vermin, for goodness sake! And I let him go. I could kick myself.

I tell you, fatherhood does the weirdest things to you. Heh!
Posted by ThatJames at 2:39 AM

15 comments:

  1. annuApril 30, 2004 at 10:20 AM

    Awww.....

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  2. kurang_asamApril 30, 2004 at 11:21 AM

    Is this a "do unto others "thingie?
    salvation for a baby fly, and in 2 months or so you have more baby flies. Grandpa james by then. :lol:

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  3. SSApril 30, 2004 at 12:11 PM

    Cut to a few years from now:
    Baby is working on his Ph.D thesis. A tiger jumps out of the bath tub! Baby tries valiantly to defend himself using Papa James' patent-pending Thundering Hand of Death but tiger is too smart and evades the blow! Just then, Super Fly comes in and flies into the tiger's nostril straight to the heart where it punctures it! Tiger disintegrates and Baby is saved! Super Fly says, "Many years ago your father showed me mercy. Now I'm honoured to repay the debt of life your father gave me! Up, up and away!!....
    Note-to-self: Stop drinking coffee. Forever.

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  4. raZZbeRRyApril 30, 2004 at 3:32 PM

    I can't eat "baby bananas" because it seems like I'm killing a baby something. It has always been that way, though it may be weird.

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  5. LeeApril 30, 2004 at 6:11 PM

    Yes, since motherhood I can't read about children suffering without bursting into tears. Once I was having lunch and I caught sight of some nasty headlines involving a baby and I jsut cried and cried, with my head down on the table. When I finally looked up there was a big pool of blood where I'd had a nosebleed (Was pregnant with Ekath, my second boy, at the time).

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  6. Sir7April 30, 2004 at 8:47 PM

    just like that...? sympathy for a fly, albeit a baby fly?
    interesting... :)

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  7. SaraMay 1, 2004 at 12:18 AM

    I would have swat that fly till kingdom come if it was me. :lol: I can't stand 'em!

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  8. petertanMay 4, 2004 at 11:25 AM

    Wait till baby fly grows bigger, lands on your food and messes it up and makes you purge seven times a day. Will still have the mercy not to swat the next one?

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  9. jamesMay 4, 2004 at 6:45 PM

    Hahah! Somehow I don't think this should have been an "awww..." moment, annu! :)
    Yes, this is gonna come back and haunt me, KA!
    SS, your brains belong in Hollywood alongside Quentin Tarantino! :lol:
    I dunno bout baby bananas, RaZZ, but baby carrots are delicious! :)
    Ewww!!! You cried blood, Lee? Hehhh!!
    I know, I know, Sir7.... It's all warped. And yes, it will come back to haunt me.
    I dunno what came over me Sara, but it will never come over me again! :)
    OK OK. No more mercy for flies, Peter! :)

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  10. kurang_asamMay 4, 2004 at 7:41 PM

    glad to see you are back, no second guess what your next blog post is going to be ;)
    Enjoyed yourself? Everything went well? did Mae get pampered enough by room service and you? :lol:

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  11. ZsarinaMay 5, 2004 at 5:21 PM

    You big softie..I would have killed it. My mothering instincts do not extend to insects and creepy crawlies.......Kalau baby lipas, lagi mampus dia...:-)

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  12. meeshMay 6, 2004 at 7:59 PM

    Hahahahah! I loved the Tarantino comment! So the kata pepatah type moment

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  13. jamesMay 8, 2004 at 1:42 AM

    You read my mind, KA!
    No worries there Zsarina. I have no love for baby lipas. :lol:
    Is Tarantino the coolest or what, meesh! :)

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  14. ZsarinaMay 10, 2004 at 4:02 PM

    Tarantino WAS cool..but the dialogue by Bill in Kill Bill 2 could have put me to sleep...

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  15. jamesMay 11, 2004 at 11:53 AM

    :lol:
    Yes Zsarina, there are a lot of ppl out there who don't care too much for Tarantino's "dialogue-driven" script. But me, I love it!

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