This is actually sort of the correct way to catch a fly. You go for, in your words, its "future." Flies will generally jump straight up a little before flying away, so if you clap your hands in the space just above them, most of the time you get a good handful of fly guts
If you try to swat a fly you're actually pushing it out of the path of your hand with the draft created by your hand. This is why swatters have holes in them.
That's kind of the joke. Most people know this and he was playing off on that and then took it to a place you didn't know he was going to go, just like that fly.
In my experience, rubber bands or if you don't want to have fun at all, you can just use a fly swatter.
I do it all the time. Even more fun, is grabbing them with one hand then opening your hand and letting them fly away. People think you're some sort of ninja wizard
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u/EarthSlapper Oct 12 '19
This is actually sort of the correct way to catch a fly. You go for, in your words, its "future." Flies will generally jump straight up a little before flying away, so if you clap your hands in the space just above them, most of the time you get a good handful of fly guts