I was wondering. Why do they say "You get more flies with honey then with vinegar?"
I mean sure honey is sweeter and stickier, but I find it usually just attracts ants.
(Nothing much seems to like vinegar, it is the pariah of condiments)
what I find really attracts flies is rotting meat. Then the buggers swarm.
So that makes me think, if this is a social commentary, then are people more attracted to the gruesome and macabre then the sweet and innocent? Looking in the newspapers sometimes I think so.
And if it's not a social commentary then two questions:-
1. Why am I the first to see this inconsistency?
2. Who wants flies anyway? What the heck can you use them for?
TAROT OF THE DAY - Queen of Pentacles
* What I think it means - Gosh second royal card in two days! As to what it means... Well it looks like an awfully snobby woman, so maybe someone who's not interested in attracting flies or entomology in general?
* What it actually means - A beautiful woman who has grace and influence, has interests in charity but can be somewhat bossy.
* How it might relate to my day - I still think it's some busy britches who'd look down on my impressive putrid meat theory...
Hmmm...I think it just means that you can catch them to smack with a fly swatter. It's that whole keep your friends close and your enemies closer thing.
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