Well now, it wasn't such a good idea to put it down next to something you can't fit under, now was it, kitty? Even a mouse-brain should be able to figure out it ought to stay under there. Of course, I can't fit under there either...
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Dec 09, 2005 5:36:22 pm PST #787 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Gus - Dec 09, 2005 5:38:46 pm PST #788 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am struggling here. How might we succor a poor, injured mouse over the Web, when our best local observer can not locate the mouse?
The cat! The cat will be nigh the mouse. It is a certainty.
Emily - Dec 09, 2005 5:41:13 pm PST #789 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It's under the entertainment center. The cat is keeping close watch over it.
sumi - Dec 09, 2005 5:43:08 pm PST #790 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Can you nab the cat and say, lock it in the bathroom?
Thus giving the mousie a chance to escape?
sarameg - Dec 09, 2005 5:44:51 pm PST #791 of 10002
Emily, you sound an awful lot like me at various evenings.
Does Bastet bring her toys to your bed? I hope not.
Devi does.
Yes, I've woken up with dead mice.
Think of it as Darwin at work.
And if by some strange circumstance, the mouse survives, it will go back to its nest and tell the horror of your home.
Also? We really need to not name cats after dieties. It just doesn't end well for us.
Gus - Dec 09, 2005 5:49:03 pm PST #792 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
It's under the entertainment center. The cat is keeping close watch over it.
Aha! You must destroy your entertainment center, instantly.
You may explain this to any concerned parties as a command from your invisible Internet friends that had to be obeyed.
Trudy Booth - Dec 09, 2005 5:51:27 pm PST #793 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Is the mouse, um, visibly mamed? Because sometimes they bounce back from the 'disturbingly still' condition.
sarameg - Dec 09, 2005 5:53:24 pm PST #794 of 10002
Basically, what we are saying is if she doesn't bring toys to your bed, go to bed.
Otherwise...go to bed. And steel yourself.
Gus - Dec 09, 2005 5:53:59 pm PST #795 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Is the mouse, um, visibly mamed?
This entire conversation has been easier to parse than any given minute of dealing with a graphic artist.
Is the invisible mouse visibly maimed?
This question will be on the next SAT.
tommyrot - Dec 09, 2005 5:56:45 pm PST #796 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If the mouse is terminally wounded but not dead, well a friend of mine killed a mouse like this - he took a cheap Bic-type pen, removed the middle pen part, took a strong string and ran a loop of the string through the empty pen, so one end of the pen had a loop of string sticking out and the other end had the ends of the string sticking out. Then he put the mouse's head through the loop and pulled hard, breaking the neck.
Or, you could put mouse in a large container, along with a small bowl of vinigar on a plate. Then add baking soda to the bowl of vinigar, thus producing carbon dioxide, which will (hopefully) displace all the air in the large container.
Do folks think this last one would work?
Oh, freezing is supposed to be pretty painless, right?