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If you hate [flies], then Lorenzo Maggiore is your patron saint.
"I was a weird kid, I didn't like flies," says the 57-year-old from Los Angeles. "I used to put them in my Hot Wheels cars and send them down the track. They land on poo, and then they land on your food. Anything that does that, I'm not really interested in."
Maggiore is the artistic madman behind Bug-A-Salt, a $40 "gun" which uses table salt as buckshot to stun or kill bugs, especially flies. Salt makes the product safe to use around food, and it also doesn't blow the bug to bits. "That's another thing that's beautiful about it, it leaves them whole," he says. A lot of times, Bug-A-Salt doesn't actually kill the bug, it just gets it off your table.
I liked the Make magazine article on zapping mosquitos with lasers better, myself.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @10:51AM (2 children)
I smell a rejected aristarchus submission, rotting and crawling with maggots of the alt-right, hiding behind this Fine Summery of an even Fina Articole!
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @12:03PM
"Maggiore"? As in "Make America Maggiore Again"? No wonder. Maggots galore! Feeding of the diseased flesh of rotting societies just like corrupt and colluding Real Estate Developers.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @09:56PM
After reading the part about maggots, I originally thought your comment was in reference to how stale this news is
(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 26 2019, @10:58AM (8 children)
They're fun. Also safe to shoot someone in the leg with. Not sure they're worth $40 but if you catch one on sale like I did, by all means.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @11:13AM (4 children)
Shooting people in fleshy parts with rock salt has a long history in the "South". Particularly if they were stealing watermelon, fishing for catfish where they had no business fishing for cats. But usually it was loaded in 12-gauge shells, replacing the buckshot, unless y'all forgot.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 26 2019, @01:14PM
Yeah, that's not entirely relegated to history either. Personal experience there. This is just table salt though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday May 26 2019, @05:29PM (2 children)
Shooting coons (raccoons) with salt is my favorite kind of assault.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 27 2019, @05:01AM (1 child)
We caught a racoon in our trash one night and sprayed it with a water fire extinguisher (starting pressure ~100 psi or ~6-7 bar). It went up a nearby tree as high as it could go...but was still in reach of the water spray. So we kept hosing it down. I don't remember it messing with our trash after that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 27 2019, @02:58PM
Also useful for repelling illegal immigrants from borders
(Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Sunday May 26 2019, @11:20AM (2 children)
I heard that the things break really easily, so I lost interest in buying one. Or was that just salty Amazon reviewers?
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday May 26 2019, @01:15PM
Depends on how often you use them I guess. I haven't tried using up a whole pound of salt in a day. I get bored after like a teaspoon worth.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by DaTrueDave on Sunday May 26 2019, @03:59PM
I've had mine since the original Indiegogo purchase in 2012 and it's still going strong.
(Score: 4, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday May 26 2019, @12:23PM
Great gift for the Germophobe that has everything!!!
(Score: 3, Funny) by turgid on Sunday May 26 2019, @12:24PM
I saw adverts for this on TV last summer when I went to Florida. I was most amused, and realised that I really was in America at last.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Sunday May 26 2019, @01:01PM
Finally, a DNC approved alternative to shotguning ghosts with salt cartridges [fandom.com].
The new one is pretty tempting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T7Ez3_9fwQ [youtube.com]
45$ https://www.bugasalt.com/products/bug-a-salt-3-0-black-fly-edition [bugasalt.com]
compiling...
(Score: 3, Funny) by fustakrakich on Sunday May 26 2019, @04:49PM (2 children)
And edible! And pre-seasoned! All it needs now are a few drops of napalm to crispy fry them. Dip them in some wasabi, and yummy!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday May 26 2019, @05:31PM (1 child)
Not in my America, Zulu bug-eater. We eat things that bleed blood!
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday May 26 2019, @06:39PM
Mosquitoes are on the menu, Batman...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @09:35PM (4 children)
That zap a fly with electricity when it passes between two charged wire grids are quite common overseas. Wonder why they never caught on in the USA
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @09:57PM
Pickaninnies were sticking their fingers in and getting electrocuted. Too many lawsuits.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by martyb on Sunday May 26 2019, @10:38PM
Wit is intellect, dancing.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 26 2019, @11:20PM
They have caught on in certain areas. I bought one at a local WalMart and all the dollar stores have them. It's pretty satisfying to hear them sizzle when you get one.
(Score: 2) by Taibhsear on Wednesday May 29 2019, @08:59PM
I used to work at a science store that sold these. They were also pretty popular with the S&M crowd that would come in for "supplies."