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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
I'm going to start this episode with a joke that was told to me by lifekit reporter Andy Tagle.
She heard it from somebody else.
Time flies like the wind.
Fruit flies like bananas.
You gotta cause fruit flies, they're attracted to bananas.
Okay, I had to tell you that joke because I have a fruit fly problem right now.
I mean, it's not like an infestation, but they are lurking in my kitchen.
I kill one and I think the problem is over.
And then more spring up.
You know the deal.
It's the summer.
Fresh fruit is ripening on my counter.
I haven't known what to do about it, so we called in the big guns.
Yeah.