Oct 28 2009Don't Swat Me, Bro!: Ad-Carrying Flies
This is a video of some tradeshow in Germany where a company released flies with advertisements attached to them like those little planes at the beach. It's pretty awesome and really got me thinking about hiring mosquitoes to start promoting Geekologie. And by promoting Geekologie i mean flying a video camera into your sister's bedroom. I am a modern Don Draper!
Thanks to Harald, who still advertises in the newspaper. THE NEWSPAPER! What is this, the 40's? Geekologie is where it's at, son!
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Reader Comments
1. BRIGS - October 28, 2009 12:55 PM
FIRST
2. Closet Nerd - October 28, 2009 12:57 PM
I wonder how they got the ads to stick to the flies.
Pretty cool
3. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - October 28, 2009 12:57 PM
damn terrorists
4. BRIGS - October 28, 2009 12:58 PM
UBER FLIEZ
5. Hannukah Montana - October 28, 2009 1:01 PM
They used to do this in the 1500's. That's how the term "flyer" started.
Don't believe me? Check out yourgrandmas.monkey.net/coolaid.html
6. Pat - October 28, 2009 1:01 PM
@2 very small tweezers?
7. Dougle - October 28, 2009 1:02 PM
Oh my god i can't escape the ad-mongers!
8. Hannukah Montana - October 28, 2009 1:02 PM
@1
You're gay and stupid.
9. JADE - October 28, 2009 1:02 PM
Nice, disease speading advertisements.
*FAIL*
10. mm - October 28, 2009 1:04 PM
GROSS SHIT!
11. Dirty-Shizno - October 28, 2009 1:08 PM
i would put the jesus christ bail bonds ad on them...
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b33b5c5641/jesus-christ-bail-bonds
12. Closet Nerd - October 28, 2009 1:18 PM
They should've tied ads for 'fly swatters' to the flies.
13. Dan - October 28, 2009 1:23 PM
CRUEL
14. shellshell - October 28, 2009 1:35 PM
the world has gone mad!
15. Blastphemer - October 28, 2009 1:38 PM
Kinda reminds me of these guys: http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/theyre_good_for_something_dead.php
16. Patrick - October 28, 2009 1:48 PM
At the end of the video, it says that "no fly was harmed", and that the banners were attached with wax and fell off after a couple hours. Sorry, I know you had conjured up images of an old dude with a magnifying glass, roping in his flies...
17. Shawn - October 28, 2009 2:12 PM
PETA's about to have someones ass over this one...
18. E - October 28, 2009 2:21 PM
Stupid. They're just flies but it's cruel and abusive. And what's next, tattooing the foreheads of babies? It's just one more step away.
19. Jaded Icon - October 28, 2009 2:34 PM
@ 13 + 18
If you feel that strongly about it, why don't you adopt the worlds fly population? Don't just pay lip service! Also, while you at that, adopt all roaches too. Mmm kay?
20. Nik - October 28, 2009 2:59 PM
Quick someone call PETA! The flies look like they might have emotional trauma.
21. youdontnomie - October 28, 2009 3:13 PM
Last I heard flies were insects, not animals.
22. BRIGS - October 28, 2009 3:14 PM
@8
you're name is Hannukah Montana.
dumbass
23. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - October 28, 2009 3:21 PM
also not nearly as funny as stormtroopers 9/11
24. undoings - October 28, 2009 5:06 PM
I wanna know how did someone not slap one of the flies.
25. asdadasd - October 28, 2009 6:24 PM
That "some tradeshow in Germany" is the Frankfurt book fair, largest book fair in the world.
26. Heather - October 28, 2009 11:40 PM
That is the most disgusting thing ever.
Those things carry SO MANY DISEASES!
I would love to go with my electric bug zapper and KILL THEM ALL!
27. Ollie Williams (www.tylerwarsop.com) - October 29, 2009 9:18 AM
The common house fly can be caught and frozen, putting it into a sort of cryosleep state where the metabolism is slowed to almost non-life. Wax is then attached with the banner and the fly is allowed to "unthaw", returning to it's normal state.
Knowing is half the battle.
28. D - October 29, 2009 1:02 PM
Reminds me when I used to lifeguard in summer. There where yellow jackets everywhere so we caught them, put them in the freezer for a half hour and tied string to their legs. You had to be quick though, because they would wake up a minute or two once you took them out.
One time we took about 6 of them and pinned the string to the office bulletin board so there was a two foot perimeter around it of swarming yellow jackets.
29. someguy - October 29, 2009 7:36 PM
See... where're are animal rights activists? No where! because no one likes flies! also insects are SO animals, they're not plants are they? ARE THEY!?!?!?
also i'd still swat those bastards
30. JJtoob - October 30, 2009 2:10 AM
The next day everyone had pink eye.
31. azzy - October 30, 2009 3:02 PM
I can see why they are called GERMans... :))
32. 0r4ng3DL@mb - October 31, 2009 3:14 AM
...And they live in a country called "Doucheland"...
33. Someone Special - November 2, 2009 4:38 PM
so this is their new plan?? Get the double barrel shot gun!
34. Kije - November 16, 2009 6:57 PM
Time to grab the flamethrower... >_>