Hands off ministers' flies, says bug man
"If anything needs fumigating it is the debating chamber. There seems to be a lot of pests there."
Featured commentBug man Ruud Kleinpaste says a ministerial infestation of vinegar flies should be left alone.
Fumigators have been called into parliament’s Bowen House to douse the 19th floor offices of Attorney-General Chris Finlayson and Revenue minister Peter Dunne, after tiny vinegar, or fruit, flies moved in.
Both ministers were said to be working from home today
Mr Finlayson’s press secretary Ben Thomas is left the building but told NBR ONLINE he noticed a few flies around the office last week.
But Newstalk ZB's bug man Mr Kleinpaste wonders why anyone would want to get rid of them – the little flies, that is.
"They're fabulous recyclers ... that's what they were born to do," he told NBR ONLINE.
Mr Kleinpaste says an infestation of vinegar flies is created by rotting fruit.
"Why fumigate? Just get rid of the source of the problem and they should go away."
Mr Thomas says he does not know how the flies got into the ministerial offices or whether they had been there long.
He says the infestation does not appear to have affected any other ministers’ offices.
The fumigation is expected to last all day and the ministers will be allowed back in their offices next week.
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Great, more excuses for fat, useless, pathetic, spineless, clueless idiots to not do their work.
Why throw out a rotten apple core when you can spend a few hundred dollars of tax payers money?
Seems like a waste of taxpayers money to me. If anything needs fumigating it is the debating chamber. There seems to be a lot of pests there.
I recon they are removing the wrong pest !
Considering who the denizens are in Bowen House, there should be no surprises as to the infestation of pests.
The exterminator needs to get rid of the most dangerous pests first, then what's left in the spray cannister, attend to the vinegar flies.
Chris Finlayson is named....for the only time in his life the talented guru Ruud has blundered. I witnessed the stench of deceit by that politician and Maggie Barry the North Shore cuckoo from Point Chev performing sleight of land at Devonport.