How best to swat a fly To outmaneuver a fly, you must strike faster than it can detect your approaching hand. With practice, you may improve at this, but flies have honed their escapes over ...

"It is best not to swat the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter," he said.

SWAT THE FLY! - I. By Robert Lewis Taylor. July 9, 1948. Save this story. Save this story. The New Yorker, July 17, 1948 P. 31. PROFILE of Dr ...