Who's pissing on your chips today?
 

Who?

No-one. today was good :)

illogical people at work

Oh there are people annoying me today, but they're not pissing on my chips. they really belong on the fly/ointment thread, but i'm too lazy to post there too

Fuckin' chipmunk somehow got into our room while we were sleeping. Woke us up when it crawled across our faces. I chased it out a window with a broom, but now I'm a little too wired to fall back asleep.

I think it's time to do something about all the chipmunks around here. And find out how it got in.

glatt, I hope it wasn't rabid.

We had a chipmunk get in our house once. They sure do get excited.

Well, it didn't bite either of us.

It seemed to be attracted to the light. Kept climbing into my bedside table lamp. I don't think chipmunks can see well in the dark. So I used a broom to chase it and a flashlight to light a path to the window. Seemed to work. It was tired by the time it crawled up the wall and out the window slowly.

Awww, I wish I had a chipmunk in my bedroom, they are sooooo cute

Kinky.

glatt, you really made me laugh. a chipmunk, huh? Are you sure?

People, don't be like glatt. Don't let an unannounced nocturnal chipmunk ruin your day. Look on the Bright Side! At least he didn't ask for three-fifty.

Gawddamn Loch Ness monsta always wantin' three-fifty.

An issue that, tellingly, McCain AND Obama are both silent on.

Chipmunk haz ur keyz

yer on a roll this morning Bri.

Did you get a good night's sleep? I got maybe 4 hours. 3 of them good.

And the chipmunk thing is weird. This neighborhood is not balanced ecologically. A year or two ago, we had dozens of bunny rabbits living in our neighborhood. Then some foxes took over for a while and the bunnies were gone, and now there's an explosion of chipmunks.

So how did the Chipmunks overpower the foxes.

Seriously, Glatt, be afraid. Be very afraid. Chipmunks that can defeat foxes can defeat YOU! And they know where you live!

And they have his keys.

And have no compuctions about walking all over you!

Mmmmm ...... piss flavoured chips .... aghghghhghgmmmmmmm

tw

i always thought it was "pissing in your cheerios". . .

You know that scene from Holy Grail where the killer bunny is jumping at the throats of the knights? The chipmunk was kinda like that, launching across the room from the top of the radiator, aiming for the flashlight in my one hand, when I first started chasing it around the bedroom with the broom. I had the door closed to keep it trapped in the one room. I chased it around and around the room, with all the windows open, just hoping it would eventually veer out one of the windows. Me in my boxers and undershirt all goosebumpy and spooked out but chasing it anyway. Took about 5 minutes and I really wore it down. It was dragging as it slowly climbed up the wall and out the window. Chipmunks don't have stamina.

My wife had stuffed the bathroom rug under the bottom of the bedroom door, and was waiting out in the safe hallway. The kids never woke up.

I wish I had a video of it. I'd post it here. I'm sure you'd all have a laugh.

I had a similar situation with a squirrel about 15 years ago - very funny glatt. Brought a reminiscent smile to my face.

Actually, it sounds as though you have rather robust chipmunks there in Virginia. :)

Today I meet with Evil English Prof to discuss my thesis---or, lackthereof. He shot me down. Denied. Wish me luck or I'll be harshin' his buzz or stonin' his bum or whatever it is we are doing today.

Scorching my groove? Yeah, that's it.

lol!

Reminds me of the mouse we finally "trapped" last night. It just drug the trap around the house by one leg. We both just stared at it like...what now? The trap was supposed to kill it. Previously it would just take the cheese and not set off the trap at all.

We ended up scooping it off a counter-top and placing it outside hoping a creature more vicious than we are would find a mouse dragging a trap around and kill it.


I fear the worst this morning, whatever is in here now is aggressive. It's been making lots of noises, and the trap is still on the other mouse's leg. I thought we only had one mouse........

Put the mouse in a rear naked choke. That should do it.

That's happened to me before with a mouse. The solution is easy. I have a metal coffee can I keep handy. You pick up the trap with the mouse in it, drop it in the can, put it in the freezer, and then the next day, you take the mouse-cycle out of the freezer and drop it in a plastic bag to be deposited in the outside trash can. It sounds harsh, but it's the easiest and most humane way to do it. The mouse gets cold, falls asleep, and never wakes up. It experiences discomfort, but not as much as if you tried to kill it with a blunt object or something. Plus, it's very easy.

Aaah haaah! Yes! I see......

Well that works. I've thought that might not be a bad way to go myself...If it's good enough for me....

Why didn't I think of that?

We catch our mice in a live trap, then release them in a park or cemetery.

A few weeks ago I went around the outside of the house and filled in all the little holes with caulk and putty (mice can get in some pretty small cracks). We've only had one mouse in the house since then.

This is something I have to do once or twice a year.

Hmmm...I'll have to look into this "live trap" thing too.

I've got to do the inspection of our house to see where we have gaps. But I have a feeling the chipmunk got in through an open door. I came back into our basement after mowing a couple weeks ago, and the door had been wide open the entire time. Then I found lots of teeth marks in a bar of soap down there. I caught two mice after, and assumed they were the culprits, but maybe it was the chipmunk.

There's no question we have openings somewhere, because every Fall, we catch half a dozen mice in the house. Problem is, we have poorly installed aluminum siding on this house, and there are many gaps in the siding. I've ignored the siding, because fixing it is a huge and expensive job, and not a necessary one. It was installed over the original stucco. So I assume the original stucco is keeping things water tight. Plus, the exterior walls are masonry, so they can't rot. But the siding is attached to furring strips, which are nailed into the stucco, so there is a gap between the siding and the stucco. Mice can get in there and run around looking for any openings into the house.

Not an ideal situation. But fixing it would be much more effort and cost than it's worth.

One word for all of you: cat.

It's actually easier to deal with 6 caught mice each year than cleaning out a litter box 52 times in that same year. Smells less too.

heeheee...will your dead mouse cuddle with you at night?

Now, what deters spiders? Maybe I should get an anteater? :blush:

lol! I thought of borrowing the neighbor's cat last night to take care of my little problem for me....The kitty was already in bed, too late!!!

We have seen what that cat does to mice.........

104 - once a week is not enough :headshake

I don't want Wild Kingdom going on in my home: I've heard that mice can smell cats and won't bother a home in which cats reside. I've never seen a mouse anywhere I've lived where I had my cats, and I've lived in some old places where you might expect mice.

Bats however, those fuckers don't care if you have a saber-toothed tiger in your house, and the cats think they're fun. :shudder:

That's why I borrow the cat and invite it over every once in awhile. To deter mice. My neighbor who owns the cat has mice as well. We are both on the war path with mice right now. These mice are getting aggressive.(large field=field mice=pest outbreak during the fall)

I am allergic to cats and can not own one.

I had mice in an old apartment once. I'm not even really afraid of them, but when one runs across the kitchen floor I will freak out like a girl!

They don't freak me out. I think it's gross and I want them gone. Now killing them freaks me out. Don' wanna.

When they screw with my puppy's food bowl, well, that really pisses me off. (not just gross anymore)

The truth is, they piss me off, they are gross, but they are really cute when you get a good look. They have just gone too far. I hear one now...further illustrating my point. It is at my puppies dish again and it should learn from the example that was made of it's little friend/family member last night.....and the two others that accidentely drowned in the sink.

Mice are actually life threatening. They sometimes chew the insulation off wires and burn houses down and kill people. In some areas they carry life threatening illness.

I have no qualms about choosing me over them.

It's a lot harder to clean up after a life-threatening illness than it is to clean a litter box 52 times a year. Smells worse, too.

:)

Just messin' with ya, glatt.

Why, you....

I oughtta..

Who you callin' a you-eye-otta?

Yes. They are nasty. When nasty vermon hang around my puppy and it's dish, it's war.

WAR!!

;)

We just recently went thru this.... starting with isn't "it" kinda cute, to catching/releasing outside, to "the motherfuckers are shitting in my kitchen, stomp on their heads!!!"

We ended up with traps that squashed and then electrocuted the bastards. All better now. :)

lol

I'm known for being a pushover animal lover type, but my mantra is "if the fuckers are in MY house uninvited, and not paying rent, sorry, they have to go...KILL IT."

HG was invited, I guess. :p

Once time dead not enough?

I've never had a mouse not die from the trap. But I do have a foolproof baiting method.

Smear a small strip of cloth with a small amount of peanut butter - just enough to coat it. Wedge the cloth into the bait side of the trap. It's got to be in tight. Set the trap. Place by a wall wherever you've found droppings. The mice pull on the cloth, trying to get some of what they smell.

I did have one negative repercussion from trapping last year. I put one up in the suspended ceiling in the basement. That weekend I went off to visit relatives and Mrs. dar and the kids stayed home.

You guessed it. Mouse must've died Friday night and they had no idea why the basement smelled so bad. :eek:

The only reason I don't use poison.

Me too, Glatt. I want to be able to remove the 'remains'.

Calm down Zenny. he said an explosion of chipmunks; obviously a suicide fox took a lot of the community out.

Update: Yes, I totally killed a mouse yesterday. The landlord bought sticky pads, and I just felt so bad for it...Those sticky pads work. Yes they do. Too well maybe. It would have died on it's own, but seeing what the sticky pad did to it, I had to put it out of it's misery immediately. That sucked so bad. I guess killing mice gets easier after awhile. But I don't see myself getting used to it. Screw the landlord, I think I'll get live traps. I don't want to have to do that again.

literally

At our conference friday I got fritos in my box lunch instead of REAL chips but the sandwich was great.

( fritos is the only corn product I don't care for. Anyone notice that dog's feet smell like them?)

LOL!

"...while your husband runs around with an oven mitt and a badminton racquet screaming like a woman..."


Good times.;)

No that's my house. And my husband.

Taking a sip of the coke I just poured in the cup and seeing scummy stuff on the bottom of the glass as Im swallowing!!!!

Thats what I get for letting teenage boys do the dishes.

Meeting over-running.
I'm sat here unable to go to lunch until they're out.

Okay, I've already eaten, but I have things I want to sort out damnit.
I think I might take a whole hour today, just to console myself.

bats, rabies, rabies postexposure prophylaxis, ~$1000/shot * 5 shots, plus accompanying health care expenses (~$10,000). Saber tooth tiger would be cheaper to keep.

??? What's this?

BigV, I'd just skip it. I'm sure you'll be fine.