Something to know, and a word of advice

Something to know:
We have a fly catcher, also known as fly paper, also known as a fly ribbon, hanging in our tiny little laundry room here in the apartment. You know, those sticky things you hang from your ceiling. Flies are attracted to them, fly into them, get stuck in the sticky goo, and die there after a long, torturous, and fruitless struggle to break free. I think they're great tools to use against these annoying house pests. However, something to know, and something for a southerner to keep in mind, is that gnats are not attracted to this fly ribbon. So it's been hanging in our tiny laundry room, right by the door and in front of where I keep my Swiffer Wet Jet, broom, iron, and laundry detergent since we moved in. A naked and useless sticky ribbon I have ducked below and maneuvered around for months. Silliness, I know.


A word of advice:
Don't go reaching for your Swiffer Wet Jet and broom to do house work on a rainy Thursday afternoon with this playing through the computer speakers without watching where you're reaching first. I stuck my arm--from thumb to elbow--directly onto that useless, annoying, and empty fly ribbon. Like hot, wet gum from the asphalt to your shoe, this thing had tiny stringy stickies that stretched for about 3 inches before they broke! Anyone know what gets fly ribbon sticky off your skin? Well, I still don't. From thumb to elbow, my arm is still a bit tacky to the touch. And after plenty of time spent scrubbing at the bathroom sink with an old rag and nail polish remover, all I got was lint stuck in the stick, an irritated streak of skin, and a stinky arm!