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| "The Jolt" within easy reach no matter what time of night... |
Madagascar has mosquitoes - a motley collection of many mosquitoes. Tana, the capital city is inland and lies between 1300 and 1400m above sea level. Its climate is much more mild than the coastal areas, cyclones are not as vicious, but it hasn't escaped the bane of mosquitoes.
There are big, bloody ones (like I've never seen before), skinny ones, noisy ones, stealthy ones ... and for this reason I am most grateful for the little contraption that I discovered next to my bed at the guest house where I currently reside.
It's called "The Jolt", a tennis racket-like contraption that delivers a big enough "jolt" to absolutely fry the little critters. When I first saw the rackets, one on either side of the bed, I had images of way-out pre-sleep tennis games between exercise-deprived couples (yes, I think in pictures). But then, oh, then, one evening I took a wild swipe at an annoying buzzing bug and with a snap, crackle and pop all that was left was a acrid-smelling carcass on the carpet...
Praise be to the one who created "The Jolt". (To be said with appropriately serious, gravelly and religious-sounding accent)
PS... For those expecting a post about two inspirational ladies from Mongolia, sorry, it just didn't work out. Soon and very soon...
Mom and Dad have always talked about the mosquito nets they had to sleep under in Central America. Sounds like Mada needs to get some! You get them little suckers. (Now don't edit my grammar!)
ReplyDelete@laughwithusblog Oh no, believe me, we have mosquito nets but it's just so much hotter sleeping under one of them... I wouldn't think of editing your grammar - come on, hit me with the wildest Texan accent you can muster!
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