Just a quickie for Norm Frampton’s photo prompt, Thursday Doors. I’m looking for suggestions on what this might be all about. It’s been there for weeks.
Guesses?
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August 25, 2017 at 8:50 pm
We do this here in Appalachia. In the summer we get really bad drain flies (gnats) we take a plastic bag fill it with water add a few pennies and hang it over the kitchen sink. Believe it or not, it works. I heard it makes the bugs think it’s a bird (predator) eye. Restaurants and stores do it too here. I think that might be what this is in the picture.
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August 25, 2017 at 9:20 pm
What does it do? I’m having a horrible time with fruit/drain flies at the moment.
By the way, I checked today and the one in the picture does have a coin in it. 🙂
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August 25, 2017 at 4:23 pm
I don’t have a clue but Hugh’s answer looks the most likely! 🙂
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August 26, 2017 at 11:36 pm
Yep, I agree. Weird, isn’t it? 😛
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August 25, 2017 at 8:54 am
If you haven’t seen anyone going in or out, maybe it’s a human repellent, put up by the bugs. Seems to work 🙂
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August 25, 2017 at 9:21 pm
Haha! Well I haven’t gone in, so, yeah. 😉 🙂
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August 25, 2017 at 8:08 am
Okay well that is weird. If it is a bug repellent, then this is the first time I’ve heard of it.
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August 25, 2017 at 9:21 pm
Me too!!
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August 25, 2017 at 6:34 am
I had heard of this before – apparently a fly repellent – bags of water with four pennies. I have no idea if it works.
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August 25, 2017 at 9:22 pm
If it works on my fruit flies, I’ll let you know!
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August 25, 2017 at 6:30 am
Here’s the answer, Linda. Does the bag have any coins in it?
http://www.wideopencountry.com/seen-plastic-bags-hanging-from-your-neighbors-porch-heres-what-that-means/
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August 25, 2017 at 9:25 pm
Wow! I wonder if it would keep the mosquitoes out. Thanks for this, Hugh! 🙂
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August 24, 2017 at 9:45 pm
a good luck charm, a blessing on the house, ward off evil spirits. …. any idea of the ethnic background of the inhabitants?
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August 24, 2017 at 10:39 pm
Not a clue. I haven’t seen anyone go in or out. Good ideas though. You could be right. 🙂
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August 24, 2017 at 11:37 pm
If you haven’t seen anyone go in or out… sounds like a ghosty to me…
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August 25, 2017 at 9:26 pm
Ooooh, could be! Though it seems to have more to do with bugs, according to the other comments. Interesting stuff!
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