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They actually prefer bacon rind, or
chocolate..... so if you had an entrance
hole, that allowed in a slim mouse, the
overnight gorged specimen would not
be able to escape. An exercise wheel,
hooked up to a generator, would permit
the overweight prisoner to power up
some storage batteries and earn its
freedom as it slimmed down again.
Is that the general idea, or have I
gone too far? |
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mind you, I was thinking that he/she would be eating their way out of it. |
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not an edible mouse then ;) |
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Ah. I was thinking you were planning to pop the whole thing, mouse and all, in your mouth. (Or maybe feed it to your cat.) |
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no, you didn't - you know me better than that! |
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You didn't read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? |
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You could always flash-freeze it and drop it in your gin. |
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"Ah, I'll have a double gin with a frozen cheesy mouse in it, and put a good head on it, barman !" |
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It should be made of peanut brittle, incorporate a wheel and recharge a wireless computer mouse. |
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[xenzag] Meeshkies can fit into the slimmest of openings - it is quite amazing. I doubt you could put enough peanut butter in the "mouse hotel" to enbig it enough to cause your trap to be effective. |
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This reminds me. I saw a bird trying to abscond away with a giant moth a few days ago, in its mouth with which it could not fly to save its life, and I thought, bird trap (like the old monkey-banana trap)? I walked right up to it, albeit slowly, and it did flap-flap enough to get away from me temporarily, but it would not release its prize. I just knew if I really wanted crow for breakfast that morning, I was quick enough to at least convince it that the moth wasn't worth dying for. How does all of this relate to the idea at hand? Who knows? I just like to tell interesting stories about animals. |
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[globaltourniquet], once again i am reminded of how boring the wildlife is in England. Unless you live here too, that is, in which case wow. |
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wildlife is NOT boring in the UK, how dare you. |
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I saw a lesser spotted Oddie this lunchtime. |
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Just how big does a moth have to be to
prevent a crow from taking off? |
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You caught me. It was not a crow. I just liked the idea of wanting to actually eat crow for breakfast. It was more like a sparrow, but "If I really wanted sparrow..." just didn't have the same delightful feel. Sorry. |
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But how do you kill the mouse? |
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With kindness, apparently. |
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Just mail the mouse to someone, as if it
were a hamster. |
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You mean like a tiny mouse-sized suit of chainmail for a mouse ? Or plate armor, like an armadillo ? |
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Combat mice ? Mouse Jousting ? |
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"""Ah, I'll have a double gin with a frozen cheesy mouse in it, and put a good head on it, barman !"
8th of 7, Mar 18 2008"" |
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What do you do with the not-killed mouse? |
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... and baited with a refrigerator. |
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I envision a popsicle like treat, in the shape of a trapped mouse. |
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Our domestic assistant killed a mouse last
friday. It wasn't even living inside the
house: she saw it collecting leaves out on
the backyard and decided to kill him
anyways. |
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I love this amiable trap for innocent
creatures. How about a cruel trap for cruel
domestic assistants? ARRRGHHHHHH!!!! |
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The likelihood of the mouse staying all night to eat the cheese is small. Couple that with the fact that A) it'll just run away when you enter the room and B) even if it didn't run away, you'd have to catch/kill it yourself.... |
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And plus, a huge chunk of cheese left of the floor is a waste of good food, it's unsanitary, and for every mouse you 'catch' you're bound to attract a dozen roaches.... |
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the thing is doubleXY, it runs into the trap and has to eat its way out. |
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and do you realise there is no way out of the hb for you? |
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should I have put an apostrophe in *that* its? |
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Oh wow. Political correctness has reached the 1/2 B. |
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I've always been a bit partial to the term "the help". |
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As to the idea, rat pellets are eddible, shirley? |
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// rat pellets are eddible // |
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In theory, yes - the normal ones are, but if you get the Animal Rights ones, you find they're still highly toxic, but so hard the rats can't eat them........ |
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//Our domestic assistant killed a mouse
last friday. // |
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You should get a maid. She could have
another servant get rid of the mouse. |
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Perhaps a whipping boy in case either of
them offend you by accidentally killing it. |
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