Raid Spray- Kill those wasps!!

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...I'll start this review by declaring my huge fear of wasps! They really do scare me so much- not really sure why as I have only been stung once as a child and I don't really remember it hurting that much, but nevertheless I am petrified of the tiny little fliers! So I bought this product as my defence against them as I can't handle a swatter as I have to get too close to them. And this product has proved pretty effective. You simply just hold down the top button and it sprays out some chemical which is toxic to the insects (including gross moths too- yes I do enjoy killing insects!) and kills me them =] It does take around 5-10 seconds for a wasp to be effected by the spray, it appears to stop them from flying to start with and they will fall to the ground and then after a while they will die and you can just pick them up with a tissue...

treesaregreenandtall 10.10.2009 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Johnson Wax Raid Fly and Wasp Killer

Deconstructing Frank in The Wasp Factory

Advantages: Dark, thought provoking page turner - exceedingly well written
Disadvantages: Dark. Very dark. Disturbing. Scenes of animal and child cruelty

...Seventeen year old Frank is a killer. He kills birds, mice and other small animals. Fortunately, he doesn't kill people any more - it was just a passing phase, when he killed Blythe, Paul and Esmeralda (not all at once, mind you). Frank's brother Eric is also deeply unhinged, with a penchant for burning dogs, and his father isn't entirely playing with a full deck either. The Wasp Factory is a strange book. The plot, such as it is, follows Frank on his isolated Scottish Island as he prepares for the imminent arrival of his half-brother Eric, who has escaped from a secure mental institution. However, that's not really the main point of this rather short novel (I read it in around a day). The book is narrated by Frank, who is a deeply unreliable narrator. Indeed, every 'fact' we learn should be treated with suspicion, since everyone has...

mattygroves 31.08.2009 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

Attack of the killer flies!!!!!!

Advantages: Works almost instantaneously
Disadvantages: Not so good for those with pets

...One summer I had a much-needed use for an insect killer, and this is how the (rather gross) story goes. I had moved into my first house but had no previous domestication and decided to attempt making a roast chicken-it wasn?t to bad, but it got worse-as the bin was full I simply put in a carrier bag a threw it next to bin-wish I had the power of hindsight now! Weeks later I noticed that flies appearing everywhere and pupating fly chrysalis everywhere on the floor-upon further inspection I found a rotting chicken behind the bin supporting a family of maggots-GROSS! So how am I going to get rid of those awful flies that had emerged from my rather bad cooking experience (and lack of home domestication!)? I tried hitting them with a newspaper but I wasn?t quick enough so down the shops to get some insect killer? APPERANCE The product...

frizz69 03.03.2004 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Johnson Wax Raid Fly and Wasp Killer

The Wasps- ARISTOPHANES

Advantages: Quite easy to understand for a modern audience
Disadvantages: may require some athenian legal system knowledge

...Wasps was performed in 422 BC at the Lenaia and won second prize. Wasps are basically about Cleon's control over the Athenian jury system. In the play Wasps the two main characters are Procleon and Anticleon, father and son. Procleon has an obsession with sitting on juries and Anticleon his son, wants to cure his addiction and tries locking im his house, but Procleon tries to escape many times, one of which he pretends he is going to sell his donkey at the market but hides underneath the donkey, like Odysseus under the Cyclops's ram, we would expect Anticleon to recognise this straight away, but the joke is delayed to fit in the joke about Odysseus this is an example of incongruity. The father and son have a debate (the agon) and Anticleon decides to set up a court in their house and have a trial about a dog who has stolen Sicilian...

louisacrompton 02.01.2007 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Review of The Wasps - Aristophanes

The Wasp Factory!

Advantages: Great gothic horror
Disadvantages: Bit short

...It was released in 1984 - author - Iain Banks It is in first person perspective, it is a narrative told by seventeen-year-old Frank Cauldhame, describing his childhood and all that remains of it. Frank observes many religious rituals of his own invention. As the novel develops, his brother's escape from a mental hospital and impending return lead on to a violent ending and a twist that undermines all that Frank believed about himself. The eponymous Wasp Factory is a clock face salvaged from the local dump. Behind each numeral is a trap, which leads to a different ritual death (for example burning, crushing, or drowning in Frank's own urine) for the wasp that Frank puts into the hole at the centre. He uses the death "chosen" by the wasp to divine the future. There are also the Sacrifice Poles, upon which hang the bodies and heads...

damob123 15.08.2007 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks

Wasps for tea?

Advantages: Answer lots of your unanswered questions
Disadvantages: Leaves you asking a whole lot more

..."does anything eat wasps? along with the next obvious question "why would they bother?" I then saw the New Scientist logo in the top left hand corner, and very nearly put the book back, thinking that it would be too scientific for me. However, I turned the book over and read the blurb on the back. The very next question that this book posed was "How long can I live on beer alone?" and within minutes I was in the queue to buy this book! ~~ About the Book ~~ In the introduction the book explains that these are the best questions from the last eleven years of the Last Word column. It also provides a link to the magazine so that you can ask your own questions or indeed answer someone else's. www.newscientist.com/lastword.ns This book is divided into 8 sections: 1 Our bodies 2 Plants and animals 3 Domestic Science 4 Our universe...

ciaomeister1 19.03.2006 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Does Anything Eat Wasps? And 101 Other Questions - New Scientist

Just give them a squirt

Advantages: Kills flying insects within minutes
Disadvantages: Is intoxicating and harmful to pets and humans

...SOME PEOPLE MAY BE OFFENDED BY THIS REVIEW, SO I APOLIGISE IN ADVANCE IF THIS DOES. Every year we are swarmed upon by flying insects. They eat our food then regurgitate it back out, lay their eggs in undesirable places and really annoy you when they buzz around your head. So what do you do about this problem, buy a squatter. Not a bad idea if you want to spend all day chasing one individual fly around the house. How about a sticky fly pad, You could have one of these dangling down from the ceiling so you can get your hair stuck on a fly graveyard or you could simply eliminate a room of flies with on squirt of an aerosol. Well I know what method I prefer to use, aerosol. It's quick, mess free and you don't actually have to come into contact with the dirty little critters. That is why I bought COMBAT Fly & Wasp Killer. Just one...

Kingkarliii 28.10.2006 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Combat Fly & Wasp Killer

F-F-F-F-.....Flipping Flies!

Advantages: It kills the little darlings - eventually
Disadvantages: Contains noxious chemicals which are bad for us and our environment

...credentials, which if you are over cynical might be read in the light of their PR image, nevertheless do suggest the company has some environmental credentials. Unfortunately I could not discover a word about cutting back on the use of aerosols or research into more natural methods of insect culling. The Product - Raid Fly and Wasp Killer The front of the can looks like a still from a horror move for flies and wasps! Against the blue back drop two insects are struggling in a yellow flash above the words ? Kills Bugs Dead?. On the back of the can are two large statutory yellow stamps, one marked ? Extremely Inflammable ? the other, ? Dangerous to the Environment? In addition to the usual ones about caution with fire and naked flames, there is also a long list of warnings:- - Do not inhale - Do not contaminate food stuffs - Remove...

suesie 07.06.2007 (23.06.2007) · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Review of Johnson Wax Raid Fly and Wasp Killer

wasps are great

Advantages: great sport and team
Disadvantages: World Cup and 6 Nations - Made the start of the season terrible

...It was 4 years ago i got given some tickets for a Lonodon wasps game and i have been a great follower since. I never thought that i would follow rugby, i used to watch the world cup but that was just because it was country. Now after i have been to Twickenham to see England play twice i am hooked. After the rocky start to the season with most of the London wasp players being called away for the Rugby World Cup unfortunatley for them all of the 2nd team were called to play to replace the likes of Simon Shaw, Phil Vickery, Paul Sackey, Raphel Ibanez are but to name a few. Then as if matters could not then get any worse once again some of the players were called up again by their country for the 6 nations. Luckily for Wasps they still battle through in High Wycombe at Adams Park to try to hold, then over the past five games they...

jo_field26 20.04.2008 · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of London Wasps

The Killers - Hot Fuss

Advantages: Generally low price, reached number one in album charts in 2004,
Disadvantages: Songs get more boring towards the end (but that's only in my opinion)

...The Killers, Hot Fuss A little bit about the album The album was released in June 2004. It reached number one in the album charts in the UK, and in Australia. It is the first album The Killers released. The album cover front is light blue and on the middle of the front it says 'the killers' in big white letters. 'the' is in small letters on top of the 'k'. Underneath this it says in smaller, spaced out, dark blue capitals it says 'H O T F U S S'. At the bottom there is a picture of the tops of some blue sky scraper buildings with lights on them. - As you can see in the picture (just to make sure you have the right one). The disc itself is dark red. Who are The Killers? The Killers are an indie-rock band originated in Las Vegas. The members are: * Brandon Flowers (singer, keyboard) * David Keuning (Guitars...

Ruby.xo 27.06.2009 (23.07.2009) · Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Review of Hot Fuss - Killers (The)