And I Thought They Used Chopsticks

Last summer, at my favourite retailer, my mother found a fly swatter that executes insects by electrical charge (and stings a human pretty badly if he is senseless enough to touch the business end). At the time, I thought it was just a novelty, but with Beijing's mosquito season in full swing, the hotel staff has launched a Shock and Awe campaign against the pests. The industrial version of the swatter has a double-layered electrical grid and an oversized raquet head. When caught by an inside-out forehand, the bug is killed and cremated. It is a weapon for the jihad of mosquito wars.