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by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 21st, 2009
You turn into one. Don't you know that?
by SkyClad on May 6th, 2009
This too shall pass.
by suzycue on May 6th, 2009
You cough and splutter...sometimes you can hack it out..othertimes you swallow it. I know an old wman who swallowed a fly...I don't know why....
by Dmitri on May 6th, 2009
It will probably die inside of you. You could get sick if the fly was carrying a disease. However, the chances of the fly you inhaled carrying a disease are slim to none.
Best case scenario, you get a bit of protein off of it, for insects are good for that!
by -NUNYA-- on November 21st, 2009
It will go right though you and PLOP into the toilet! +5 MarkMetty!
by CosmicWunderkind on November 25th, 2009
Well if its a housefly and you swallow the green stuff you get a disgusting taste ..otherwise dont worry about it..just try not to do it all the time.
by Millenium - The Mysterious M. . . GONE! on November 25th, 2009
First. . . .it'll tickle your tummy while the digestive juices marinate it! Then it will pass through your body like. . . . .erm. . . . .protein! Then. . . . . .STOP INHALING THEM!
by Prunesquallor on November 25th, 2009
It's ok for you, but not too good for the fly.
by Nada Normal on November 25th, 2009
then you must swallow a spider & things just keep getting worss
by TERRYTUKER on November 25th, 2009
it gets stuck in your lungs and in a few days you start to cough up maggots
by iwnit on November 25th, 2009
1) pray you're not a fish!
;-)
2) "When you're speaking, all kinds of things might happen to you that would affect what you say. If somebody interrupts me, or I inhale a fly, or forget what I was going to say, or whatever, I might find myself having said something like:
This is the
and then never finishing the sentence. In principle, we could declare that since I said it, "This is the" must be an English sentence that we want our grammar to account for (maybe with a footnote to the effect that it's only grammatical if you inhale a fly after saying it). But it seems more reasonable to say that our grammar should only produce complete sentences, and that this grammar interacts with facts about real life in a way that sometimes produces utterances like "this is the". This is the distinction between competence (what the grammar would produce in a perfect world) and performance (actual linguistic behavior, the result of the grammar interacting with interruptions, limited memory, fatigue, inhaled flies, etc.)."
Source and further information:
http://norvin.dlp.mit.edu/~norvin/24.902/syntaxversus.html
3) "Not to forget Australia's famous explorer Ernest Giles, who wrote in his field book in 23 April 1876: "The flies at the camp today were, if possible, even more numerous than before. They infest the whole air; they seem to be circumambient; we can't help eating, drinking, and breathing flies; they go down our throats in spite of our teeth, and we wear them all over our bodies; they creep up one's clothes and die, and others go after them to see what they die of. The instant I inhale a fly it acts as an emetic. And if Nature abhors a vacuum, she, or at least my nature, abhors these wretches more, for the moment I swallow one a vacuum is instantly produced. Their bodies are full of poisonous matter, and they have a most disgusting flavour, though they taste sweet. They also cause great pains and discomfort to our eyes, which are always full of them.""
Source and further information:
http://viacorp.com/flybook/fulltext.html
4) "Jain monks go to inordinate lengths to avoid killing any living creature, sweeping the ground in front of them in order to avoid killing insects, and even wearing a face mask to avoid inhaling the smallest fly."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion
5) "Subject: re: Can you inhale a fly into the lung? post id: 1991067
I have swallowed many flies. It is an occupational hazard for outdoor workers in fly infested areas. It is annoying, but the reflexes kick in quick and you cough up a muscous covered fly in under 30 seconds."
Source and further information:
http://www2b.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/archives/archive100/newposts/1988/topic1988472.shtm
by Andrew on November 25th, 2009
you get buzzed.
by Anonymous on November 25th, 2009
You cough it back up?
by L. Taylor on November 25th, 2009
Probably choke for a few seconds or so.
by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on November 21st, 2009
If your lucky it will make a clean shot down your esophogus and not leave a leg or eye behind on the inside of your cheek or under your toughue.
by -Icy- on November 21st, 2009
you breed maggot babies for eternity
by anguilla on November 21st, 2009
Here's the story of an old lady who swallowed a fly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Nmy44clgw
by Ray Del Sol on November 21st, 2009
It will be the end of the world. Dont worry!
by Timjon on May 6th, 2009
you get a sudden burst of protein
by SABOTEUR on November 21st, 2009
You turn into Vincent Price.
by Miss Lili on November 21st, 2009
Nothing serious, it'll be digested.
by RubyReds on November 25th, 2009
You scream, you wave your arms as if you are turning into one, you stop breathing and turn blue, you choke, you spit, you go totally crazy and the people around you think "This is it, she has totally lost it, time for her white jacket with buckles"...... +
by Carl_07 on November 25th, 2009
Nothing, it just stuggles to fly in your throat, but it dies quicker if you flush it down with a glass of water, lol
by Kat on November 21st, 2009
The poor fly. At least, you will survive.
by norm on November 21st, 2009
The fly die!
by StupidGirl on November 21st, 2009
You get fly-lungs.
by Ethan_P6128 on December 18th, 2010
Well i watched drag me to hell and a fly went in her nose and mouth and the next day it was in her belly buzzing around living inside ps i want to do that
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