Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[Sarah]

Again, count yourself lucky (as far as the obit is concerned; that your acquaintance killed herself is awful).  I know it's up to the families to say what they want; I know my irritation is better directed at them than at the institution.  And I know that it's unkind of me to feel irritated since these people are going through hell and doing what they must to get through it.  Yet irritated I remain.

[Sarah]

Pardon my language, but you do realize that they will shit in the food they are sampling, right? Down at the bottom of the box, where you may not notice until after you've eaten that cous cous? And that you can't take a step without crushing small forms of animal life?

What's your point?  That I shouldn't be squeamish about killing mice?  If so, how helpful.  I would never have thought of that. 

(WARNING:  This morning brought the first nasty snow/slush event of the season, along with a power outage that made all my winter anxieties wake up.  As a result, I am short-tempered.  Apologies.)

[dave from knoxville]

Pardon my language, but you do realize that they will shit in the food they are sampling, right? Down at the bottom of the box, where you may not notice until after you've eaten that cous cous? And that you can't take a step without crushing small forms of animal life?

What's your point?  That I shouldn't be squeamish about killing mice?  If so, how helpful.  I would never have thought of that. 

(WARNING:  This morning brought the first nasty snow/slush event of the season, along with a power outage that made all my winter anxieties wake up.  As a result, I am short-tempered.  Apologies.)

I love you, mouse apologist or no. They are like blood hounds; not matter how far away you take them, they will return to your abode and bring buddies. Haven't you seen Pattonatoowie?

[Big Plastic Head]

Pardon my language, but you do realize that they will shit in the food they are sampling, right? Down at the bottom of the box, where you may not notice until after you've eaten that cous cous? And that you can't take a step without crushing small forms of animal life?

What's your point?  That I shouldn't be squeamish about killing mice?  If so, how helpful.  I would never have thought of that. 

(WARNING:  This morning brought the first nasty snow/slush event of the season, along with a power outage that made all my winter anxieties wake up.  As a result, I am short-tempered.  Apologies.)

I love you, mouse apologist or no. They are like blood hounds; not matter how far away you take them, they will return to your abode and bring buddies. Haven't you seen Pattonatoowie?

I caught/killed three mice yesterday in our storage/studio space and am going to buy more traps today. The next door neighbor piles up his garbage uncovered for months before taking it to the dump which isn't helping the rodent situation. I HATE killing the things, I really do but they just aren't good to have around. I really want to get a barn cat to do this nasty business.

[mahgeetah]

I caught/killed three mice yesterday in our storage/studio space and am going to buy more traps today. The next door neighbor piles up his garbage uncovered for months before taking it to the dump which isn't helping the rodent situation. I HATE killing the things, I really do but they just aren't good to have around. I really want to get a barn cat to do this nasty business.

In my experience, this has been the most effective anti-mouse measure.

[Christina]

I caught/killed three mice yesterday in our storage/studio space and am going to buy more traps today. The next door neighbor piles up his garbage uncovered for months before taking it to the dump which isn't helping the rodent situation. I HATE killing the things, I really do but they just aren't good to have around. I really want to get a barn cat to do this nasty business.

In my experience, this has been the most effective anti-mouse measure.

10 gajillion NYC bodega owners can't be wrong...

[Sarah]

My cat does what she can.  Baited joint compound containers pick up the slack.  As long as there are only a couple/few mice in my house, I can indulge myself and avoid killing them.  If I die of a mouse-related illness, so be it.  Gotta go somehow, right?

[Steve of Bloomington]

There are also always barn owls.

[Sarah]

Just what I need:  owls in the house.  Maybe I should get a few snakes, too?

[Pidgeon]

I would rent an iguana. Let it disappear for a few days inside the walls and then the house will be free of pests.

[Sarah]

Don't they need warmth?  I keep my house pretty cold, and it would be even chillier in the walls. 

I do like the idea of owls swooping through my house as snakes slither and coil on the floor and an iguana or two clatters around in the walls.  Cozy.

[cavorting with nudists]

Sarah, wouldn't your cat like a colleague/friend or two?

[Sarah]

If you mean a cat, no.  Indeed, she's very happy right now because her brother is still walkabout (for the last three years he's taken off for months at a time, preferring to live rough as long as the weather allows).  She's going to be furious when he comes home for the winter and might well murder me if I dared introduce another feline into the household.

Hey, it's just a mouse or two.  Those who are infested deserve sympathy, not I.

[cavorting with nudists]

Yeah, I meant a cat.  Oh well, if she's happy.

[Mark in Helsinki]

Owls.

Sure, they're fine at the zoo or featured in anti pollution public service ads, but real ones are fucking scary.

You're just walking along a dark trail late at night and then they *whoosh* by -- invisibly -- their sharp talons just nearly touching your juicy head.

*shudder*