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From: ee161bep@sdcc3.UUCP (Paul Van de Graaf)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Mouse Execution.
Message-ID: <2976@sdcc3.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 02:20:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 02:20:41 1985
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Reply-To: ee161bep@sdcc3.UUCP (Paul Van de Graaf)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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In article <2966@sdcc3.UUCP> I wrote:

>Death to slugs and other vermin!  Reminds me of the time I chased a mouse
>into the garbage disposal.  Yep, without a thought I hit the switch and that 
>little mousie was hamburger!  Made interesting crunching sounds.  Anyone have
>any other confessions as to their cruelty to God's little creatures.
>
> Paul van de Graaf		sdcsvax!sdcc3!ee161bep		U. C. San Diego

I have received more than my share of hate mail in response to this posting.
Rather than respond by mail to all my fans, I bring my grievences here, to our
forum:  "The Stupid People's Court!"

On the evening of the mouse execution, I heard a mouse scratching and gnawing at
some boxes in the cupboard immediately above my kitchen sink.  As we had a
profound mouse problem at the time (4 traps, each filled for 3 days straight!),
I decided to investigate.  Within I found a dirty foul-smelling mouse chewing
through a box of crackers.  When it saw me, it hid behind some boxes.  I pulled
the boxes away, and the mouse (knowing it had no-where to hide) lept into the
sink and down into the garbage disposal.  Being fed-up with piles of mouse
droppings in the cupboards, and unsure of what the mouse would do to my
plumbing, I did the sensible thing-- I flipped the switch.

In my defense, I must say that killing a mouse in a disposal, while being
bizzarre, is no more cruel than using an ordinary trap.  In fact I heard none of
the usual scratching and squeeking which usually accompanies the death of a
mouse in a normal trap.  Also, I have never in my life salted a slug.  I once
stepped on a rather large slug while BAREFOOT!  If I had know about salting
slugs at the time, I might have considered it.  Since then I take to wearing
shoes when walking on wet grass, and have not had a problem with slugs since.

What's Usenet coming to anyway, a haven for militant animal rights groups?
I await Judge "Wop-em-up-side-da-head's" verdict.

Paul van de Graaf 	sdcsvax!sdcc3!ee161bep		U. C. San Diego