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Further Uses for the Electronic Bug Zapper

By: Owen Jones

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I don’t know whether you have ever used a handheld, indoor bug zapper, but I think that they are wonderful. I’m talking about the handheld type that looks like a child’s plastic, toy tennis racquet. They come in two basic forms. I rather the rechargeable bug zapper, because batteries end up up costing more than the indoor bug zapper itself, although you could always buy rechargeable batteries, but then they are pricey too.

My wife and I like to pass time in the garden. We meet friends there, eat there and generally lounge about outside, as do most people around here, when they are not working. What's more, it’s far cooler outdoors than indoors. A comfy chair, a few snacks, a chilled drink and a book or a companion and life does not get much better. In fact, it’s heavenly.

That is until about six or seven o’clock when the first squadron of mosquitoes have judged that the sun’s rays have lost enough strength that they will not evaporate and they come out searching for blood. Some evenings are worse than others, of course. Usually, the mosquitoes are pretty tolerable, particularly seeing as I have discovered the indoor bug zapper. (I don’t know why it is referred to as an ‘indoor bug zapper’, it is just as functional outdoors as in).

It’s not that I like to slaughter things, but I find it hard to have sympathy for mosquitoes. Nevertheless, I do get a certain amount of pleasure from seeing and hearing mosquitoes and other bugs literally blow up with a flash and a spark as they come into connection with the electric and ground wires of the indoor bug zapper. These electric bug zappers can pack quite a charge, particularly if the batteries are new or the pack is fully charged.

The other day, I found a novel use for my handheld, indoor bug zapper. I’ll tell you how it came about. I was in the garden, as usual, and my bug zapper was close at hand as the first wave of mosquitoes was due. I had my book in one hand and the bug zapper on my lap, when my wife asked me to go to the store for her. No problem, so, I set off on the five minute walk.

I was half-way there when I realized that I had the indoor bug zapper in my hand, but it was not worth taking it home and beginning the trip again. Anyway, on my return trip, I had my small bag of groceries in one hand and the indoor bug zapper in the other, when a local tyrant of a dog came running out of a garden straight for me. This has happened often and, although he has never bitten me yet, it is somewhat scary. He stood there glaring at me with teeth bared and his ‘pack’ of sundry local friends came out to surround me and join in.

I don’t really know what the best tactic is in this position. I have tried holding my ground, but the intimidation just goes on and I have tried to keep walking, but he gets worryingly nearby at times. This time, I all of a sudden lashed out with the indoor bug zapper and just caught him on the snout. Well, I’m not sure if it hurt him, it did not seem to too much, but it gave him a very nasty shock in more ways than one, I can tell you! He jumped about four feet into the air as if he were on a pogo stick and then fled for all he was worth with all his pals behind him. It was very gratifying after six months of annoyance from this dog.

Nevertheless, I don’t take my indoor bug zapper all over the place with me, but I will in future, if any more local dogs trouble me. I know it works a treat. I have seen that one since, but he keeps well away from me and doesn’t utter a peep. I believe I would take my indoor bug zapper with me, if I were wandering in an strange part of town or the park nonetheless.

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