The only good mouse is a dead mouse

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,647
edited September 2009 in The Clubhouse
It's that time of year again when the night time temps drop and those furry little effers are looking for a warm place to procreate, namely my house. Yep, I'm sitting here looking across at my in progress HT room and I see a little dark lump under a piece of furniture in there. ****, a effing mouse! I quick jump up and grab the industrial/contractor Shop Vac that makes dust bunnies quiver from across the room. The poor **** never had a chance. Must have traveled thru the hose at 100 mph, hit the baffle with a loud thud. I took a peek inside......it isn't long for this world. :D
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited September 2009
    LOL!! Step Away From The Speakers!!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    Those things are a PITA. We've got two cats though, and they do a pretty good job keeping the house free of mice.

    You just have to deal with them proudly presenting you with their trophy afterwords...lol
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited September 2009
    Yeah, we have 2 as well, but I'd have to teach them I think lol. We live on the top floor of a condo building in the suburbs, and if a mouse actually made it all the way up here (doubtful) I would just toss it off the balcony, sans chute.
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited September 2009
    That's the kicker, I've got a cat who is an excellent hunter....kills anything that moves outside the house, yet seems to think that anything inside the house must live here. I went upstairs, found her sleeping in the living room, woke her **** up and had a talk about the situation. We'll see if it did any good. :mad:

    BTW, checked the mouse again for vital signs and I'm pleased to report there are none.
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    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited September 2009
    I'm tellin PETA :rolleyes:
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited September 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    That's the kicker, I've got a cat who is an excellent hunter....kills anything that moves outside the house, yet seems to think that anything inside the house must live here. I went upstairs, found her sleeping in the living room, woke her **** up and had a talk about the situation. We'll see if it did any good. :mad:

    BTW, checked the mouse again for vital signs and I'm pleased to report there are none.

    Pics?:D I hate those ****!
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited September 2009
    Just made me laugh out loud.:D

    Last week I heard a rustling in the washer/dryer closet in my apt. when I came home for lunch. Turns out one of the little critters had made a home in my dryer vent hose and was making a meal (!?!) out of it. And it was one of those aluminum ones. The thick kind! Since it was already full of holes, I stepped on one end and pulled the dryer out enough to pinch the other, then wadded it and perhaps some offspring up inside. Tossed it in the dumpster and put a cage around the outside vent. Hopefully I won't have to do that again.
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited September 2009
    The only good mice are made by Logitech! :D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited September 2009
    Too funny F1.
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    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited September 2009
    Never thought about the shop vac approach. Very entertaining!

    In the fall a few years ago we caught 14 mice in the span of a few months. Yuck. Mouse sh@t everywhere. I found a hole in the wall of the garage that the **** were coming in and stuffed it with steel wool. Haven't had a mouse since.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited September 2009
    I love the fact that you have an industrial vac available at the flip of a switch.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited September 2009
    Thats awesome F1. Last year my 11 y/o Son trapped a mouse in our fireplace, it has the glass doors on the front so it can be closed when not in use, well once he trapped this mouse in their he decided to put my wife's 4 lb Chihuahua in their with the mouse.:eek: My wife called me at work and said the dog was in one corner crapping himself while the mouse just sat their eyeing his new friend. We got the dog out unharmed and I put a few sticky traps in with a little peanut butter on them problem solved.:)
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  • TouchOfEvil
    TouchOfEvil Posts: 967
    edited September 2009
    Good job on the mouse, i have a family that moved in over the last week. I put down traps as i saw one bolt across the room and go into my pantry the other day. In two nights i got 5 babies. Hopefully not too many more and i gotta get the mom, i believe she is in my attic.:(
    My dog tried to catch one...she took off running only to realize they fit under doors and she can't stop on hardwood floor very easy lol.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited September 2009
    xj4094dg wrote: »
    Pics?

    I took one just for you. It'll be a few days before I get to the film shop, but I'll post it once I do.


    I adapted an idea from something I saw at the castles along the Rhine in Germany. They would cut off the head of an enemy, thief, etc., then stick it on a spike in a huge metal basket, which hung out over the wall for all to see. This was done to warn others of the fate that awaits those that offend the lord of the castle. In this case, me. So, I sharpened one end of a stick, impaled the mouse on it and placed the stick in the ground by the garage door as I'm positive this is were they come in when it's open. :D
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    President of Club Polk

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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited September 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Dedicated to Jesse's mouse.

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    Excellent. I haven't seen that in years.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,142
    edited September 2009
    Lock the doors and leave the cat inside. Don't feed the cat for a week. Problem solved. ;)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    I'm sitting here looking across at my in progress HT room

    :eek::eek::eek:

    Never thought I'd hear this ;)
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited September 2009
    shopvac, brilliant!!
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited September 2009
    Ok so why does my Cat kill anything in the house, but yours does nothing?

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,142
    edited September 2009
    No, I can guarantee you that won't happen.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    No, I can guarantee you that won't happen.

    Ditto!!!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek:

    Never thought I'd hear this ;)

    hehehehe Ricardo.

    He's been "working" on it for three years.......he went to Lowe's and taped some of those paint sample cards to the wall, that is it........of course in vampire time I think 3 years is like eight seconds or something like that......

    Now the mouse community knows...

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,142
    edited September 2009
    I would almost venture to say that those paint sample cards are still there, taped to the wall....
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2009
    you seen them too Tom........he has been considering HT since his visit's to Doro's and to the Reel Time Theater..........I suppose that he can actually visualize one in the house is a very giant step, actually, without giving up to much, ole F1 certainly enjoys a good flick and I have noticed the races sound pretty good.

    Still not going to help that mouse though, hope the little critter was not related to Mighty!!!

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