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April 28, 2014

FUN GAL

Chinese pensioner who has spent eight hours a day, seven days a week for the past 14 years swatting bugs... and kills up to 1,000 a day

(Thanks to DaninTustin)

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Has anyone tried to tip her for her service? I can think of better ways to provide service for fellow citizens and get aerobic exercise.

Humph. Let her try with chopsticks.

NO FRIES! with That!

I thought the only thing you could kill in an "environmentally friendly" way was people.

One housefly can lay 9,000 eggs. The surviving young breed within two weeks, producing possibly hundreds of thousands more flies, which breed into millions and gazillions more. I'm sure she's getting good exercise, but having hardly any effect on the fly population.

Help me....

I bet she was popular during the Four Pests Campaign of 1958: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign

Plus they're an excellent source of protein. I wonder if they're exporting them?

I guess everyone needs a hobby.

Texas grannies do this with buckshot.

From Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be A Redneck If... calendar:

You claim a 98% hit rate with a flyswatter.

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