Natural homemade way to get rid of fruit flies

Regardless of the cleanliness of your house, fruit flies are bound to make their way inside from time to time. A little fresh fruit ripening in a bowl looks nice one day, then the next, fruit flies are found near the fruit or flying around the kitchen. While they may seem impossible to prevent, fruit flies are easy to get rid of with items you have around the house. The ingredients are safe to use and inexpensive as well.

Step 1

Fill a small clear jar or disposable plastic cup halfway with apple cider vinegar. You may add a little water to the vinegar, if desired, to prevent wasting vinegar.

Step 2

Squirt three or four drops of liquid dish soap into the vinegar. Do not stir or mix the soap and vinegar.

Step 3

Place the jar or cup in the area where you've seen fruit flies. If they've been spotted all over the kitchen, place the jar on a counter or table near areas where you've kept fruit. The jar can also be placed near the sink if you've seen fruit flies near the drain. Remove any ripening fruit from the kitchen and put it in the refrigerator.

Step 4

Check the jar frequently. You should see fruit flies that have drowned in the vinegar and soap solution. At the end of the day or the next morning, dump the old vinegar solution down the drain and refill the jar with more vinegar and soap.

Step 5

Repeat Step 4 until no more fruit flies are found. It may take two or three days to capture all the fruit flies. When no more flies are caught, dump the liquid down the drain and wash or dispose of your jar or cup.

Special Notes:

Apple cider vinegar works far better than regular vinegar for this technique.

Some variations include covering the jar with a funnel or with plastic wrap with holes poked in it, but this technique works best without any covering.

Warnings

Do not leave rotting or partially eaten fruit in your indoor trash cans, especially during summer months. Fruit flies and other pests will be attracted to the scent. Either throw old produce in the outdoor trash or freeze it until your trash goes out for removal.

Lebron jokes around with Cavs bench. Why?

At last night's Cavs vs Heat game, Lebron James was frequently seen hanging out near the Cavs' bench, looking like he was having fun. this was enough to steam Charles Barkley, who felt it wasn't very professional. Lebron handled himself well though, although it really seems he was out to show off to his former fanbase. Whatevs Lebron.

Hats off to Cleveland fans though, who didn't stalk him or throw stuff at him the way other rabid fans may do.

Does Google Instant Know What You're Thinking?

Google, the most popular search engine on the internet, recently released Google Instant -- a speedier way to find what you may potentially be looking for. Type in a word or two in google.com's search box and suggestions will appear as you type. The suggestions are often hilarious and supposedly based on trends. Does Google know what you want? Here's a sampling:

Typing in "why" pulls up "why is the sky blue?" and "why is a raven like a writing desk?"

Typing in "who" results in "who won American Idol?"

"How come" nets "How come you don't call me?" (partial title of a Prince song) or "how come lyrics."

"Where can" brings up "where can I buy silly bandz" and "where can I watch free movies online."

"What if" once again goes the music route -- "What if" lyrics and "What if God was one of us."

"Why do" nets "why do cats purr?" and "Why do dogs eat grass?"

"How long" results in "how long does it take to boil corn?" and "how long does it take to get a passport?"

"What do I" turns into "What do I want to eat?"

Based on these results, it seems google users as a whole like music, free movies, silly bandz and for search engines to tell us what we want for dinner.

So does Google Instant know what its users are thinking? In this case, not at all.

Cleveland trashes Lebron

Cavs lovers know just what to do with a cardboard Lebron standup. (Perhaps alcohol was involved.. hmm.) More here: http://weirdeststuff.com/2010/07/cleveland-trashes-lebron/

which will do a better job for the oil spill cleanup: BP or goverment?

We came across a headline earlier hinting that people trust BP more than the government as far as getting the oil spill cleaned up. Interesting. what do u think?


(gross reference alert -- stop reading if you don't want to see the next part!)







maybe tampax should step in..just saying.

I think I'm going to change my name to vuvuzela

it just sounds nice (unlike the horns themselves which are the instrumental equivalant of Gilbert Gottfried's voice).

awesome and hilarious news site

As a lover of all things bizarre (as long as they are fun and not morbid), I love reading about odd news. It seems there's never a shortage of it either.. check out some of the posts here:
weirdest stuff

peace!