In article >, Blair P.
Houghton > wrote:

> Nope. I'm sticking with Stilton.
>
> HE CAME BACK!
>
> Or his little sister did.
>
> Shoulda known.

Ayup. No such thing as "a mouse." "-)

> I heard and saw one on the kitchen counter tonight.
>
> Set the traps out with a fingernail of stilton in each,
> and about an hour later--clack! Rattlerattle...
>
> He's so owned.
>
> I dropped him out past the back fence again, this time with
> a flashlight so I could see him split for the culvert.

Score one for Mousey's diversionary tactics. :-)

> Tomorrow I'm definitely getting a proper coverplate for the broken
> cleanout on the outside of the kitchen wall. I'm pretty sure that's
> their ingress.
>
> --Blair
> "Anyone rented Mouse Hunt lately?"

Blair, I hope you'll keep this tail, er, tale, going. It's very
entertaining.
--
-Barb
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