Fly Landing in Beer

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  1. wesbray

    wesbray Initiate (0) Feb 29, 2012 Canada (AB)

    Not sure if it's the Brussels air messing with my brain, but I wondered what everyone here does with beer when a fly lands in it? Personally, I am not in any way afraid of germs so I just carry on drinking but I have germaphobe friends who would drain pour the beer the second the fly landed in it. Thoughts?
     
    #1 wesbray, Jun 15, 2015
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  2. BeerBob

    BeerBob Initiate (0) May 30, 2002 Nebraska

    Call 911?
     
    #2 BeerBob, Jun 15, 2015
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  3. ryand14

    ryand14 Initiate (0) May 8, 2013 Michigan

    I wouldn't worry too much about the fly, it shouldn't drink too much
     
    #3 ryand14, Jun 15, 2015
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  4. Beef_Curtains

    Beef_Curtains Initiate (0) Oct 14, 2013 Ohio

    made the same thread a while back an it got deleted (not sure why) so beware
     
    #4 Beef_Curtains, Jun 15, 2015
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  5. patrickomatic

    patrickomatic Initiate (0) May 1, 2010 Maryland

    This is possibly the dumbest thread I've seen on BA
     
    #5 patrickomatic, Jun 15, 2015
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  6. offthelevel_bytheplumb

    offthelevel_bytheplumb Maven (1,277) Aug 19, 2013 Illinois

    Just drink the fly.
     
    #6 offthelevel_bytheplumb, Jun 15, 2015
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  7. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,097) Sep 1, 2004 New York
    Pooh-Bah

    surely dumb, but not by a mile. not even a kilometer.
     
    #7 billandsuz, Jun 15, 2015
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  8. SILVER

    SILVER Zealot (668) Jan 3, 2007 Florida

    That's what I was going to write if someone didn't post it first.
     
    #8 SILVER, Jun 15, 2015
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  9. SILVER

    SILVER Zealot (668) Jan 3, 2007 Florida

    So true.
     
    #9 SILVER, Jun 15, 2015
  10. glass_house

    glass_house Maven (1,325) Jan 10, 2014 Ohio

    I'm a guy who will pull a hair out of my dinner at a restaraunt and continue eating, so a fly wouldn't bother me in the least. If you're drinking out of a glass outdoors in the summer, it's pretty routine to have to fish out the ocassional gnat. There are much more hazardous things to worry about compared to an insect touching your alcohol.
     
    #10 glass_house, Jun 15, 2015
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  11. raffels

    raffels Initiate (0) Dec 12, 2009 West Virginia

    Toss the little guy a straw and a Cheerio for a life preserver :slight_smile:
     
    #11 raffels, Jun 15, 2015
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  12. rmank

    rmank Savant (1,117) Mar 26, 2012 South Carolina

    Top 3 three things I would do:
    1. Not care
    2. Drink the beer
    3. Not care
    4. ***BONUS*** Not create a thread about it
     
    #12 rmank, Jun 15, 2015
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  13. BeerBob

    BeerBob Initiate (0) May 30, 2002 Nebraska

    Actuality, I think BA should have a "Beer Humor" Thread category, This is fun for me and others as well.

    Beer, its whats for dinner!
     
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  14. lambpasty

    lambpasty Initiate (0) May 3, 2013 New Hampshire

    I would pour a small amount into the bottlecap and coerce the fly into his new personal beer jacuzzi where he can get hammered all on his own.
     
    #14 lambpasty, Jun 15, 2015
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  15. lambpasty

    lambpasty Initiate (0) May 3, 2013 New Hampshire

    If the beer is strong enough, it could be like a Mezcal worm :confused:
     
    #15 lambpasty, Jun 15, 2015
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  16. One1Asterisk

    One1Asterisk Initiate (0) Apr 8, 2014 Florida

    I once opened my fermentation bucket to find a (small) dead bug floating on top. I feared I'd just cracked the lid to 5 gallons of plague juice, but there were no signs of infection. Tasted great. I never told anyone who drank any, and they're all still alive. Stands to reason a fresh bug might not be much of a worry.
     
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  17. BrewlsRules

    BrewlsRules Initiate (0) Mar 24, 2015 Wisconsin

    Morrissey is more worried about the fly than your beer.
     
    #17 BrewlsRules, Jun 15, 2015
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  18. dennis3951

    dennis3951 Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2008 New Jersey

    Is the male or female fly?
     
    #18 dennis3951, Jun 15, 2015
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  19. BeerBob

    BeerBob Initiate (0) May 30, 2002 Nebraska

    Have no guilt...

    "Levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans"

    http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceReg...mation/SanitationTransportation/ucm056174.htm

    "Beer, it does a body good."
    -BeerBob
     
    #19 BeerBob, Jun 15, 2015
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  20. RblWthACoz

    RblWthACoz Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2006 Pennsylvania

    Ask the fly if he or she is on Untappd.
     
    #20 RblWthACoz, Jun 15, 2015
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