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What should I do with the little guy?
No, not that little guy.
Working today, and the office is empty except for me. So it's a little unusual to see things moving when you know you should be the only one doing the moving. He's a little grey mouse, about two inches long and cute as heck. Now, in Manhattan it is illegal to release vermin into public areas, as we already have an infestation problem of epic proportions. I've got him in a tupperware container with water, and I'm going to give him some popcorn in a little bit. But what next? I do have a couple two gallon fishtanks lying around somewhere... Ideas everyone?
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Beware the Mad Irish
Location: Wish I was on the N17...
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2C ketchup
1/2 C vinegar 1/2 C worcestire 1/2 C sugar 4 tsp Liquid Smoke Bring above ingredients to a boil and stir slowly until sugar dissolves. This BBQ sauce make a great baste for briskett, pork, and other meats of your choice. Has anyone tried hampster on a stick ![]()
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Junkie
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![]() Nice idea, but you'd have to round up a few more of the little buggers to make a square meal. ![]() |
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Psycho
Location: Mostly standing in a blue semi-circle
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Jolt's idea is pretty good. He would probably die in transport though. I say keep him, it may be fate he ended up in your office when you were the only one there.
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Junkie
Location: San Diego, CA.
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1) buy a Ratzapper
2) Put ratzapper in with mouse 3) Turn off all the lights 4) Turn RatZapper on 5) Hope for a cool lightshow Or if thats not to your liking, take him down the hall to a co-workers office ( or another business) and let it be their problem
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Like John Goodman, but not.
Location: SFBA, California
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I'm sure you guys know more about wild/domestic issues than I do, but I think you're silly for distinguishing between a wild mouse and a storebought mouse like you would a wild lion brought in to the zoo and a zoo-born lion.
Cause you just never know when that mouse is gonna turn on you and eat you're entire family. ![]() |
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Psycho
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Make a maze with little electric shock pads.
Then have the little vermin run through it. ![]()
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Once upon a time...
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1) take him to a vet and get him cleaned up and keep him
2) drive out to grassland and let him go
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Poo-tee-weet?
Location: The Woodlands, TX
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if he is already more then a couple months old he will be very hard to get to become human friendly... and harder to train to any degree...
its best to get em when their young...
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Cosmically Curious
Location: Chicago, IL
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Junkie
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Take him to a park, release him, and contribute to keeping some of the more predatorial avian critters fed. If we kept all the cute stuff in nature alive the ecosystem would collapse, don't feel bad!
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Location: Canada
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Athough - I'd personally vote for #1 We have a "rodent" problem in our office as well. So there was this whole "food nazi" email that came out and nobody is allowed to eat at their desks anymore.. *sigh*
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I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot!
Location: Upper Michigan
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Crazy
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First: prepare for mayhem. introduce yourself as bookmaker.
Second: Give the mouse ten different sorts of cheese to choose from, placed on an equal line. Limburger, cheddar, emmenthaler, Gauda, Gruyere, Brie, Camenbert, mozarella, mascarpone and danish blue. Sorts may vary with availability. Third: Be sure everyone has placed their bets. Then set the mouse loose. First cheese he picks wins SHIPLOADS OF MONEY. i'll put $5 on the mozarella, for the obvious alliteration-related reasons. (i'd say put the mouse loose in some nice green open area after feeding him) |
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Junkie
Location: Connecticut
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I wouldn't domesticate a mouse any more than I would a sparrow or a bat caught in the house. I guarantee there are MANY more mice than you see (and possible other rodents/pests as well). DON'T leave things to eat and drink, and the animal (and all of his friends and family) will go back where he belongs -- out of sight
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Thats MR. Muffin Face now
Location: Everywhere work sends me
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Too bad you dont have an office cat
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Psycho
Location: the hills of aquafina.
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If you're a long way from grasslands, at least release him in a secluded part of your local park. Not some area with high foot/hiker/biker/rollerblader traffic. Quote:
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Fly em straight!
Location: Above and Beyond
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You know that cute receptionist at your office? Well, for shits and giggles, wait for her to go to lunch, then slip the mouse into her top desk drawer. Have a camera ready for her return.
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Oh dear God he breeded
Location: Arizona
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One rock+one canvas sack+one lake= one problem solved.
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