Hulleye Comes By!

we all know about the electric fly swatter. the insects and bugs that we get down on our part of the planet are the deadliest in the world. the common housefly is said to be the most dangerous insect in the world as well. arguably, at least one in two houses have some form of a swatter in karachi. the only problem with this is that when the swatter is used, this research that shows that swatting a mosquito or a fly with one of these aerosolizes the viruses in its guts and shit-particles on its carapace over a radius of six feet.

However, the electronic zap did not destroy all the viruses that had attached to the insect’s body. As it turns out, microbes on the fly’s surface were far more dangerous than any they had ingested. Overall, approximately one virus out of every 4,000 on a fly’s surface was spread by electrocution, and virus was spread an average of 6 feet. Only about 1 in 1,000,000 of the viruses inside the fly were released upon electrocution, although they also spewed out as far as 6 feet, the study showed. “This is potentially significant since flies moving about on filth such as feces are most likely to become surface contaminated,” he said. Feces can carry a vast number of organisms that are harmful to human health, causing disorders ranging from the severe diarrhea of roatvirus infection to the crippling cramps of shigella infection.

one of the most common questions i get about firefly is “what is the show about?” and “if it was so good, why the heck was it cancelled”? here’s one of the best spoiler free reviews you can get of the show that i have read.

There are a few network scheduling and programming executives I’d like to meet, and politely ask why a few of my favourite shows have been cancelled or mismanaged over the years. Time and time again, shows which have obvious potential, and even mass-market appeal, if given half a chance would thrive and create something miles ahead of the current trend of reality TV and makeover specials. Firefly is one such show that was cut down in its infancy, loved by the geeks of the world (yes, that’s me), but scheduled and advertised so poorly it was always destined to failure in a world of 5 minute attention spans. Thankfully, it lives on via DVD (and a movie in September), all 13 episodes presented in the order they were meant to, in lovely widescreen, and shiny packaging.

By “politely ask”, I mean of course, “punch in the face”.

Firefly. It’s a the future, but you rustle cattle in your spaceship. Your spaceship in which you transport an intergalactic whore, help a possibly insane and dangerous girl and her doctor brother, and take whatever job you can to keep flying and keep away from the Alliance, the “Empire” of the Firefly ‘verse.

Read on.