Killing Flies... with Pants

I finally found a reliable method for killing flies: Take a pair of pants. Hold one end of them. Flick the other end at the fly. Pants are long enough to reach even flies on ceilings and wide enough so your aim doesn't have to be perfect. Don't worry, the pants usually stun the fly rather than smashing it, so you don't have to worry about fly guts staining your pants.

This technique led to a rather awkward situation with my boss when I tried to kill a fly in my office and the only pants I could find were the pair I was wearing.