The Moral of the Fly There was a fly buzzing around a barn one day when she happened upon a pile of fresh cow manure. Due to the fact that it had been hours since her last meal, she flew down and began to eat. She ate and ate and ate. Finally, she decided she had eaten enough and tried to fly away. She Had eaten too much though, and could not get off the ground. As she Looked around wondering what to do now, she spotted a pitchfork leaning up Against the wall. She climbed to the top of the handle and jumped off, thinking that Once she got airborne, she would be able to take flight. Unfortunately she was wrong and dropped like a rock, splatting when she hit the floor. Dead. The moral to the story is: Never fly off the handle when you know you're full of shit.