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Old May 11th, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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is it good to be a fly?

a guy in the factory called me a fly this morning - is that good or bad.

this is a travel forum I know - so have you ever had a fly on the airplane?

thanks amigos
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 07:36 AM
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lol peeky, this is totally travel related--flys travel and, yes, I've seen them on airplanes. I don't know whether or not being called a fly is good or bad but I cannot wait to see where this thread takes us!
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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I am going to take a guess and say it means you are like a bothersome fly and you will not go away. Just a guess.....
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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Yes it's good to be a fly!

I fly!

Fly on the wall!

Fly around!

Bar fly! (Kal!)

Butterfly!

 
Old May 11th, 2006 | 08:00 AM
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One slang meaning: to be no fool, to know a thing or two.
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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You fly, man!

So the consensus is - its good?!

On the other hand if a fly gets on a plane here and gets off the plane in Spain - he would be in for a cultural shock.

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Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:00 AM
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OK..let's get down to the real significance of this post: just how hot is this stud who called you a fly?????
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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Would the fly arriving in Spain need a passport?
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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In NY I heard gofers/people who were not important-job wise called flies.."
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:20 AM
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"a guy in the factory called me a fly this morning - is that good or bad."

Never heard of it. I've only heard of a fly on the wall. You should ask the guy in the factory what it means.
 
Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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Amusing - he was insulting my job? He is the janitor! A lovely man - buff, tuff and off the cuff - tall dark handsome ladies man - leaves a trail of drooling women in the factory.

You fly, man, igottatellya, you fly!!

On the other hand - would the Spanish flies welcome the American fly? Would he live throught the initiation?



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Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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Would the American fly be able to communicate in Spain? Does s/he know how to buzz in Spanish?
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 09:57 AM
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Spanish fly has a completely different meaning.
 
Old May 11th, 2006 | 10:10 AM
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oooo you are right - I forgot - well there goes another of my threads.

One of you Fodorites must be hip - why am I a fly.

I don't have bug eyes
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 10:16 AM
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There's some song with "fly mother" in it that used to come up in our exercise classes...step or body pump. Are you a mother peeky? Maybe it's a really in-shape Mom...and he just shortened it to fly, dropping the mother part, you and he being buff, tuff and off the cuff together?
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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Peekyfly!

Peefly?

Muffinfly!

***smoochfly***
 
Old May 11th, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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No flies on her!
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 10:27 AM
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Peeky, are you sure you didn't just
misunderstand him. You thought he said
"You're a fly" but what he really
said was "You are an incredibly hot
babe."
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Yes that must have been it - because it is so so true!!

Now I remember fly girls on TV years ago - they were bouncy
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Old May 11th, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Jennifer Lopez was a Fly Girl.
So, I'd vote "yes". It would be good to be a fly - or at least to have her booty.
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