What is a blue *rsed fly?

[lankeela]

Have just used the phrase 'running round like a blue *rsed fly and it got me wondering - is there such a thing? And if so does it run round?

[ChuckFickens]

It's just your common bluebottle fly.

[joggerjayne]

Isn't it the Australian name for a bluebottle ?

[ChuckFickens]

one blue arsed fly
http://natureofstory....586073_660933b4c0.jpg

[joggerjayne]

Well, it's certainly got a blue arse!

[jno]

probably one of these

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-fly

[andy-hughes]

The original polite phrase was "I'm running around like a blue-bottomed bluebottle ..."

so this is just a slightly more condensed version of the same phrase!

[Jonathan-Joe]

We used to sing of the Blue Tail(ed) Fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ardNXjE-_I Is "*rsed" a vulgar version of the name?

[JonnyBoy12]

No, J.J. the Ozzies call a bluebottle a blowfly. Hope this helps.

[lankeela]

Amazing! So they do exist!

[wildwood]

I always believed it to come from the way a bluebottle fly hovers in a zigzag motion a lot before settling to land on something.

[douglas9401]

The front of a young George Michael's jeans?