Hanging Sticky Flypaper Ribbons

The Most exciting thing to find in an instruction manual.

When hanging sticky fly paper ribbons
Be sure to hang them high enough
To avoid contact with people or animals.

The manual then includes two photographs:

The first:
A picture of a young woman with her hair in curlers
As she goes out to do chores in the barn before
Getting ready for the school dance...

The second:
The after picture as the young woman has
Sticky fly paper stuck
In her hair and wrapped around her fists
As she glares at the camera

Behind her a cow's tail is still stuck to a sticky fly paper
She missed in her fury to remove them all.

Word Count = 106
Line Count = 15.


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Sticky Flypaper

"The best location for a sticky ribbon or glue roll is where it can hang freely - so, not against a wall. Hanging freely, you'll capture flies coming from all directions. Door openings are a favourite location. Sticky flypaper is also an effective way to monitor an insect control "

This is based on a true story:
My grandfather once hung them in the barn at the tail end of each cows stall. When my aunt went out to do her chores before going to a school dance, she got tangled in all the ribbons. She was furious!