Man or a mouse??

slinky · 02-12-2006, 22:11

I was at work today. And after my break I made my way down stairs to find 10 women stood on chairs in the reception area.

I stood laughing at them and then pulled myself together enough to ask " what's wrong with you lot??"

Apparently 2 little mice had run from under the curtain chasing each other playfully. So all the women decided to jump for cover.

Me!! little me said " oh where are they??" so I sat on a chair very still for 5 minutes......then these 2 little cheeky buggers ran from under the curtain. My mum came down and asked what I was watching so I told her.......so me and mum were sat there watching these 2 little mice playing TIG with each other. ( Best bit of fun I have had all day) then one women in a sort of gasp said " OHHHH we will have to tell the handyman so he can lay traps to kill them" ..................oh yeah BITCH!! ya think so do ya.

About 1 month ago there was a little mouse that lived in the staff room.....so they put a trap down..............well lets just say, the trap isn't there any more but the mouse is still living

Do mice bother you?? or is it live and let live??

ANNE · 02-12-2006, 22:23

Ah... mice are sooo cute. Something similar happened to me in work a couple of months ago.
Went in work at 10.00 to find one of the girls stood on a chair in the kitchen and the other up on the work top.
Their faces were a picture. Talk about laugh. Me and my collegue eventually tracked this mouse down in the loo. It was only a baby field mouse. It just sat looking at us with this proper cheeky look.
Put it in a jug and let it go out side. How can anybody be scared of a cute baby mouse

slinky · 02-12-2006, 22:27

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Originally Posted by ANNE

Put it in a jug and let it go out side. How can anybody be scared of a cute baby mouse

Exactly I really don't see how anyone can kill these cheeky buggers. I don't like spiders..... but if there is someone there that will put it in a cup then put it outside rather than kill it, then I'm happy with that...............all I can say is.....I hope I see them mice at work again tomoz....they were well cute.

2 little black mice!!! but they were fast little buggers when they were playing together..

shillelagh · 02-12-2006, 22:30

They dont bother me - when i was a kid we had a mouse that got in and i was sat there watching it running around the living room. Mum & Dad came home and the mouse did a runner just as mum came in through the door and she screamed and rang the 'mouse man' (council) the next day! She hated them. What i dont like are rats - theyre too big and horrible!

slinky · 02-12-2006, 22:35

I wouldn't like a Rat running around in my house Jen!! But I can't say that they bother me!! I actually wanted one as a pet once before......but Ginger said " You can have a hamster and that's it" hahaha he isn't very fond of our fury friends you see.

But these were baby Field mice!! sooo playful.....and entertained me no end lol.....

Just don't think the others girls were too impressed

maccy · 02-12-2006, 22:43

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Originally Posted by slinky

Do mice bother you?? or is it live and let live??

not mice but there's a bloke at our work's and he;s a big fella ya should ov heard the noise he made when a rat passed him a work!

it made my day!!!!

shillelagh · 02-12-2006, 22:44

Neither would i - it was bad enough in my back garden! Mind you i was lying on a sunbed at the time and a rat ran underneath it!

slinky · 02-12-2006, 22:46

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Originally Posted by maccy

not mice but there's a bloke at our work's and he;s a big fella ya should ov heard the noise he made when a rat passed him a work!

it made my day!!!!

Hahaha that was probably the same as all the women I work with today!! and they were only little baby mice

maccy · 02-12-2006, 22:51

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Originally Posted by slinky

Hahaha that was probably the same as all the women I work with today!! and they were only little baby mice

funny is'nt it somat so small make's some people run for cover!!!

ANNE · 02-12-2006, 22:54

Tame rats are OK. I would have loved an albino one but Mick don't like furry critters.
It's spiders I'm scared of.
All those horrid scuttling legs. At mice are cute little things.

slinky · 02-12-2006, 22:57

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Originally Posted by ANNE

Tame rats are OK. I would have loved an albino one but Mick don't like furry critters.
It's spiders I'm scared of.
All those horrid scuttling legs. At mice are cute little things.

Anne that is exactly what I'm like!!!

Can't stand spiders.....ugly little things and if no-one is with me to catch them I don't think twice about squishing them.

But mice are adorable!!!!

Me and tinks had pet mice when we were kids ( til she killed mine )

I think that is why they don't bother me........I just find them cheeky but adorable.

WillowTheWhisp · 02-12-2006, 23:00

One mouse is all very well, two mice may not seem much worse but two mice very quickly become a great many more mice and I certainly wouldn't want them in the house poo-ing and piddling all over the place. Very unhygienic.

Pet ones are a different matter, they are caged and under control.

slinky · 02-12-2006, 23:01

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

One mouse is all very well, two mice may not seem much worse but two mce very quickly become a great many more mice and I certainly wouldn't want them in the house poo-ing and piddling all over the place. Very unhygienic.

And your point is??

I work in a nursing home!! what's the difference between a elderly person doing it and a mouse

Oh yeah I know!!! the elderly pee much more and it smells more...............I say rid the elderly.....keep the mice.

West Ender · 02-12-2006, 23:05

Behind my office car park are the backs of several Asian restaurants and take-aways. I would never consider eating in any of them as their back yards are full of rats.

OK, rats are carriers of diseases and when I had one living in my garage a couple of Winters ago I got the Council to dispose of it for health reasons (plus it ate great big holes in my wellies to line its nest). The rats near my office, though, are interesting to watch. I have stood still, many times, in the back alley and watched them. They are fascinating and, frankly, quite cute. Put bushy hairs on their tails and you've got squirrels. They play and fight, they forage for food in dustbins and they bring their babies out when the weather is warm.

At least 2 of my colleagues won't take the short-cut through the alley in case they see a rat. I don't know what they think the rats will do to them, when the rat smells a human, it runs for cover.

Mice are very similar. The problem is, if they take over a house they leave trails of poo everywhere and it's the hygene problem again. Otherwise they are, like rats, just animals trying to make a living.

ANNE · 02-12-2006, 23:09

I'm with you slinky. Give me mice any day.
Your lucky I couldn't get near enough to a spider to sqish it. Not has bad now with them has I was its when they start to scuttle with those horrid legs. Ugh.Ewww