80-Year-Old Woman Dedicates Her Life to Swatting Flies

Hi ya! How the heck are you today? Not bothered by flies, eh? Good. More on that in a  sec... meanwhile, fill your mug and nudge a virtual treat onto your plate! Now, where was I...oh yeah, flies...

When 80-year-old Ruan Tang had retired, around 14 years ago, she wanted to spend her time doing something useful for her community. And when she realized how much the flies were bothering people during the summer, she decided to do something about it. Tang is now a woman on a mission – to swat as many pesky flies as possible.

“I decided that killing flies was the best way for me to be useful – and I’ve been doing it now every day since,” she said. Tang, who belongs to the Changmingsixiang Community in eastern China’s Hangzhou City, has made it her full-time hobby – for the past 14 years she has spent eight hours a day, seven days a week, killing flies.

Now I think that is a worthy way to spend one's retirement, don't you? A noble cause indeed. Every dead fly represents a potential million considering that the average lifespan of the common housefly is 4-6 weeks (including breeding the next generation). 

Keep at it, Ruan, and may you have a long life!

See ya, eh! Gotta go buy a fly swatter!

Bob