Why are they so bloody annoying? My life in the last few days has become considerably more stressful due to being constantly tickled in the dark by these Daddy Long Legs (or Crane Flies if you want to be pedantic). This picture shows one of many bodies found in my house (click image to enlarge).

I was annoyed enough about them that I did some research to find out more. This is how the world sees them (collated from various sources):

“Gangly, weak and poor fliers, with a tendency to wobble during flight, and can be caught without much effort.”

Pathetic.

“Very easy to break off their legs even without direct contact.”

Losers.

“Some Crane Flies don’t even eat.”

Stupid.

“Die once they become adults.”

They get called names like lollygaggers, gallinippers, gollywhoppers and doizabizzlers. I call them annoying shits.

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Our front door is knackered. The lock’s been dodgy since we bought the house but it finally announced that it was refusing to work for us any longer and retired. This meant that we initially couldn’t close the door. I thought this was particularly unsafe and decided to hammer away at the door until we could close and lock the thing. Know we can’t get out. Bugger.

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I keep being stared at by an ugly cat. I just see him lurking around the front of my house or at the bottom of the garden with his big, bloodshot yellow eyes fixed on mine. What does he want?

I saw him last night and took this picture of him (click to enlarge). Wouldn’t you be scared?

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