dr. skud fly swatter

Yeah well... it is an *Alessi* flyswatter. I bought my original bright purple one in Italy, probably 20 years ago and I loved him. All that time he sat a windowsill in the kitchen so the light illuminated his face. Some of my friends said he was creepy, but I thought he was cool (a potential theme in my life that we are not going to go into in a product review...). But alas, a couple of weeks ago my original guy shattered while protecting me from a huge-a** spider. I guess all that sun weakened him - to be honest, he was never that flexible to begin with. So the part that NOBODY understands (even me) is that I wanted to pay $30 to replace him. A flyswatter. (On the other hand, don't you wish it was always that easy?) Don't ask me why - something about the creepy/cool thing. I searched high and low and the only place I found him was hive. They only had one color - grey, which makes the new guy perhaps even creepier... but still very cool. Now New Grey Guy sits on the windowsill in my home office, keeping me safe from COVID germs (No, that was a joke. Vaccinations are the only thing that does that.). Because of his lack of flexibility, he will not be used for swatting insects however, even big-a** spiders. (the four stars instead of five...) So I am doing a product review on a $30 flyswatter that I do not intend to use to swat flies. I guess it's not so much a product review as a commentary on fond memories and the importance of surrounding yourself with things you love to look at - and if you actually use them for their intended purpose, all the better.

Love it and also thrilled I found this as mine of over 30 yrs broke and was purchased in St. Louis, Mo - elated to have it back and I got one for a friend too!!!!