Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wanginst.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!wanginst!vishniac
From: vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Mouse Slaughter
Message-ID: <1011@wanginst.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 08:20:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: wanginst.1011
Posted: Fri Aug 30 08:20:07 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 1-Sep-85 05:04:50 EDT
References: <612@bu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
Lines: 28

> 
> How's this for bizarre:
> 
> My former roommate and I, several years ago, discovered that mice
> were scurrying around the apartment at night. My roommate is
> allergic to all forms of furry animals, so we decided that Mickey
> and his pals had to go. Instead of buying the mean, neck-crushing
> variety of trap, we got the more humane(?) 'stick-em' kind, a 
> plastic tray filled with adhesive.
> 
> Well, after we got the thing baited right (peanut butter on crackers),
> we came into the kitchen early one morning to discover this little
> guy stuck in the middle of the trap...

You have to be careful with those sticky traps.  When I lived in Kenmore
Square (this will mean something to BU students), we had a lot of trouble
with wildlife in the apartment.  So, we invested in a few roach hotels.
Trouble was, we didn't seem to find many roaches in them.  At least, not
*complete* roaches.

So, if you ever need live food for your pet mouse...  Well, you get the
idea.

-- 
Ephraim Vishniac
  [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, harvard, linus, masscomp]!wanginst!vishniac
  vishniac%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay