You know, I've used the same dresser pretty much all my life. My parents
bought it for me when I was very young and it was built in the late 1960's.
It's nothing fancy, just a manufactured colonial style dresser that's held
up well over the years. The thing I've never understood is why there are
all those dark speckles in the light finish.
I've been reading Jeff Jewitt's book on finishing and just read the part
on "fly specking". It's a method used to fake damage in a finish. Ahhh,
that's what it's called.
After contemplating this for a few minutes, I finally put two and two
together. Those dark specks look just like the ones the flies leave on the
windows in my shop! I know, most of you are probably thinking "well duh!"
but here's the situation. Are those specks crap or puke? I'm no insect
specialist, but I've always understood that flies often puke when they land.
They also have to crap *somewhere*.
Did the manufacturer of my dresser try to imitate fly puke or crap in
the finish???? This sounds asinine! Does anyone have any insight as to the
real nature of "fly specking"? --dave
In article <GKvVd.71631$wc.34639@trnddc07>, Peter Shull
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Flies have a disgusting way of feeding. They can't eat solid food since
> their spongy mouthparts are too soft to break up food. So, they soften the
> victual by spitting on it. The saliva melts the piece of food. They sop it
> up like a sponge into their digestive tract. Since the food is already
> liquefied, flies digest nutrients fast and soon expel fecal material.
>
> There you have it the two sources of flyspecks saliva and fecal matter.
> As the fly eats, it scatters spit. Soon after eating, it eliminates waste.
"That's not a fly, it's a ladybug."
"Damn, I wish my eyes were as good as yours."
Gerry
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 02:46:05 GMT, Dave Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Did the manufacturer of my dresser try to imitate fly puke or crap in
> the finish???? This sounds asinine! Does anyone have any insight as to the
> real nature of "fly specking"?
Even more amazing, is when you see printed fake wood with that effect.
I just don't get it; I'm one of those people that think that wood should
look like, you know, _wood_, and if you want a red wood when you're done,
you should start with a red wood; if you want a dark wood when you're
done, start with a dark wood, that sort of thing.
On 4 Mar 2005 13:31:00 -0800, foggytown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hold on. Nobody is getting the point at all, here! The real question
> is: how did the manufacturer get flies to puke/crap on command on the
> dresser?
We _have_ been talking about that. Cher, Aaron Neville, Whitney Houston...
> Focus, people . . . FOCUS!
Indeed.
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 01:26:21 -0500, Silvan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We _have_ been talking about that. Cher, Aaron Neville, Whitney
>> Houston...
>
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(snip)
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> love yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
(snip)
> UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuUUUUuuuuUUUUUuuuUUUUuuuUUUUuuUUUUUuuu
Bastard. That's gonna take beer to get out of my head.
> Instant fly puke.
Let's not get into an "earworm" fight; nobody wins that battle. Ever.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
"NorthIdahoWWer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ok, so now the question is WHY would someone imitate that on furniture?
>
> >
> > Houseflies are messy eaters.
> > Jim Kalisch, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
> > There you have it - the two sources of flyspecks - saliva and fecal
> matter.
> > As the fly eats, it scatters spit. Soon after eating, it eliminates
waste.
> >
Buddy Matlosz wrote:
> You can see this on a revoltingly grand scale in the movie "The Fly" - not
> the original, but the remake starring Jeff Goldblum. He sits down in front
> of a box of donuts, hurls all over it, then slurps up the resulting mess.
> The look on Geena Davis' face as she observes this scene is priceless.
Izzat why they split up?
Dave in Fairfax
--
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Dave Hinz wrote:
> On 4 Mar 2005 13:31:00 -0800, foggytown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hold on. Nobody is getting the point at all, here! The real question
>> is: how did the manufacturer get flies to puke/crap on command on the
>> dresser?
>
> We _have_ been talking about that. Cher, Aaron Neville, Whitney
> Houston...
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--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
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Prolly both?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2004-08-27-wonderquest_x.htm
Houseflies are messy eaters.
Jim Kalisch, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Q: What are the little black dots that flies leave behind all over the
surfaces in my house? (Alison, Lissewege, Belgium)
A: Flies have a disgusting way of feeding. They can't eat solid food since
their spongy mouthparts are too soft to break up food. So, they soften the
victual by spitting on it. The saliva melts the piece of food. They sop it
up like a sponge into their digestive tract. Since the food is already
liquefied, flies digest nutrients fast and soon expel fecal material.
There you have it the two sources of flyspecks saliva and fecal matter.
As the fly eats, it scatters spit. Soon after eating, it eliminates waste.
Additional reading:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/fly.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Jackson" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:46 PM
Subject: WTF?! Fly Puke???
> You know, I've used the same dresser pretty much all my life. My
parents
> bought it for me when I was very young and it was built in the late
1960's.
> It's nothing fancy, just a manufactured colonial style dresser that's held
> up well over the years. The thing I've never understood is why there
are
> all those dark speckles in the light finish.
> I've been reading Jeff Jewitt's book on finishing and just read the
part
> on "fly specking". It's a method used to fake damage in a finish. Ahhh,
> that's what it's called.
> After contemplating this for a few minutes, I finally put two and two
> together. Those dark specks look just like the ones the flies leave on
the
> windows in my shop! I know, most of you are probably thinking "well duh!"
> but here's the situation. Are those specks crap or puke? I'm no insect
> specialist, but I've always understood that flies often puke when they
land.
> They also have to crap *somewhere*.
> Did the manufacturer of my dresser try to imitate fly puke or crap in
> the finish???? This sounds asinine! Does anyone have any insight as to
the
> real nature of "fly specking"? --dave
>
>
Ok, so now the question is WHY would someone imitate that on furniture?
>
> Houseflies are messy eaters.
> Jim Kalisch, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
>
> Q: What are the little black dots that flies leave behind all over the
> surfaces in my house? (Alison, Lissewege, Belgium)
>
> A: Flies have a disgusting way of feeding. They can't eat solid food since
> their spongy mouthparts are too soft to break up food. So, they soften the
> victual by spitting on it. The saliva melts the piece of food. They sop it
> up like a sponge into their digestive tract. Since the food is already
> liquefied, flies digest nutrients fast and soon expel fecal material.
>
> There you have it - the two sources of flyspecks - saliva and fecal
matter.
> As the fly eats, it scatters spit. Soon after eating, it eliminates waste.
>
> Additional reading:
> http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4th/kkhp/1insects/fly.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Jackson" <[email protected]>
> Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:46 PM
> Subject: WTF?! Fly Puke???
>
>
> > You know, I've used the same dresser pretty much all my life. My
> parents
> > bought it for me when I was very young and it was built in the late
> 1960's.
> > It's nothing fancy, just a manufactured colonial style dresser that's
held
> > up well over the years. The thing I've never understood is why there
> are
> > all those dark speckles in the light finish.
> > I've been reading Jeff Jewitt's book on finishing and just read the
> part
> > on "fly specking". It's a method used to fake damage in a finish.
Ahhh,
> > that's what it's called.
> > After contemplating this for a few minutes, I finally put two and
two
> > together. Those dark specks look just like the ones the flies leave on
> the
> > windows in my shop! I know, most of you are probably thinking "well
duh!"
> > but here's the situation. Are those specks crap or puke? I'm no insect
> > specialist, but I've always understood that flies often puke when they
> land.
> > They also have to crap *somewhere*.
> > Did the manufacturer of my dresser try to imitate fly puke or crap
in
> > the finish???? This sounds asinine! Does anyone have any insight as to
> the
> > real nature of "fly specking"? --dave
> >
> >
>
>
Airsick?
"Dave Jackson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I'm no insect
> specialist, but I've always understood that flies often puke when they
land.
"Dave Jackson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You know, I've used the same dresser pretty much all my life. My
parents
> bought it for me when I was very young and it was built in the late
1960's.
> It's nothing fancy, just a manufactured colonial style dresser that's held
> up well over the years. The thing I've never understood is why there
are
> all those dark speckles in the light finish.
> I've been reading Jeff Jewitt's book on finishing and just read the
part
> on "fly specking". It's a method used to fake damage in a finish. Ahhh,
> that's what it's called.
> After contemplating this for a few minutes, I finally put two and two
> together. Those dark specks look just like the ones the flies leave on
the
> windows in my shop! I know, most of you are probably thinking "well duh!"
> but here's the situation. Are those specks crap or puke? I'm no insect
> specialist, but I've always understood that flies often puke when they
land.
> They also have to crap *somewhere*.
> Did the manufacturer of my dresser try to imitate fly puke or crap in
> the finish???? This sounds asinine! Does anyone have any insight as to
the
> real nature of "fly specking"? --dave
>
>
I was under the impression that the specks were there to imitate pecan.
I could be wrong though, I think it was something I read somewhere a long
time ago.
Jim
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 02:46:05 GMT, Dave Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Did the manufacturer of my dresser try to imitate fly puke or crap in
> > the finish???? This sounds asinine! Does anyone have any insight as to
> > the
> > real nature of "fly specking"?
>
> Even more amazing, is when you see printed fake wood with that effect.
> I just don't get it; I'm one of those people that think that wood should
> look like, you know, _wood_, and if you want a red wood when you're done,
> you should start with a red wood; if you want a dark wood when you're
> done, start with a dark wood, that sort of thing.
>
Maybe it is my hydroponic lettuce again, but I was always under the
impression that the 'specks' were supposed to imitate worm holes.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that the 'chewed by bugs look' is what they are
after. Flyshit has little appeal to the trompe d'oeil artist. Worm
holes, on the other hand, can be intriguing. (Wrong forum to be
discussing travel to other dimensions and all that rot.)
When faced with flyshit on your melamine, you will find out that laquer
thinner barely touches (removes) it. Same with denatured (Methyl
Hydrate) alcohol...but if you use water, it wipes right up!
Betcha Martha didn't know that.
0¿0
Rob---> who thinks the word 'barfridge' looks funny.
"Peter Shull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:GKvVd.71631$wc.34639@trnddc07...
> Prolly both?
>
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2004-08-27-wonderquest_x.htm
>
> Houseflies are messy eaters.
> Jim Kalisch, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
>
> Q: What are the little black dots that flies leave behind all over the
> surfaces in my house? (Alison, Lissewege, Belgium)
>
> A: Flies have a disgusting way of feeding. They can't eat solid food since
> their spongy mouthparts are too soft to break up food. So, they soften the
> victual by spitting on it. The saliva melts the piece of food. They sop it
> up like a sponge into their digestive tract. Since the food is already
> liquefied, flies digest nutrients fast and soon expel fecal material.
>
You can see this on a revoltingly grand scale in the movie "The Fly" - not
the original, but the remake starring Jeff Goldblum. He sits down in front
of a box of donuts, hurls all over it, then slurps up the resulting mess.
The look on Geena Davis' face as she observes this scene is priceless.
B.
Interesting. By any chance did this scene take place in a furniture factory?
"Buddy Matlosz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Peter Shull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:GKvVd.71631$wc.34639@trnddc07...
> > Prolly both?
> >
>
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2004-08-27-wonderquest_x.htm
> >
> > Houseflies are messy eaters.
> > Jim Kalisch, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
> >
> > Q: What are the little black dots that flies leave behind all over the
> > surfaces in my house? (Alison, Lissewege, Belgium)
> >
> > A: Flies have a disgusting way of feeding. They can't eat solid food
since
> > their spongy mouthparts are too soft to break up food. So, they soften
the
> > victual by spitting on it. The saliva melts the piece of food. They sop
it
> > up like a sponge into their digestive tract. Since the food is already
> > liquefied, flies digest nutrients fast and soon expel fecal material.
> >
> You can see this on a revoltingly grand scale in the movie "The Fly" - not
> the original, but the remake starring Jeff Goldblum. He sits down in front
> of a box of donuts, hurls all over it, then slurps up the resulting mess.
> The look on Geena Davis' face as she observes this scene is priceless.
>
> B.
>
>