fly trap
When I was about 6 or 7 I think, I captured a housefly under a thimble on the windowsill of my room (it was sluggish due to chilly weather rather than me being some sort of ninja thimble-wielder). I decided to keep it there and see how long it lived - then promptly forgot all about it. About 4 weeks later I saw the thimble and thought, oh my I guess it died - but when I lifted the thimble-prison it was still alive, and crawled weakly towards the sunshine which it had been deprived of for so much of it's short life. I felt so amazingly guilty that I nursed it back to health with sugary water until it gained enough strength to fly out of the window.
( oucheh I am have confused, Tue 29 Jul 2008, 18:18, 3 replies)

I like this story.
I tried the same thing once with a bottle cap and succeeded. Then my dad tried and chopped the fly in half. I felt pretty guilty about it too for having started it even though I hadn't performed the, er, dissection.
( IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Tue 29 Jul 2008, 20:04, closed)

But
I thought flies lived for about a day:/
(Freddles, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 0:07, closed)

Mayflies.
They live for a day. Get born, reproduce, die, profit.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 13:02, closed)