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November 6, 2006

[jingles all the way] ^{9:54 PM}

Someone, and I'm not saying who (but his name does not start with a "K") left a door open. Later that day, I thought I saw something dart across the floor when I entered the living room.

We have acquired a mouse, which we have affectionately named Mr. Jingles (after The Green Mile).

Some of you are probably going "ew" and "ick" at this, but you don't know how cute Mr. Jingles is in his fleeting appearances. Yes, we know he's unsanitary, but he's proven to be a fun little experiment.

Over the past few days Mr. Jingles, who is apparently an expert climber, has taken residence in the closet that houses our printers (yes, plural). We most often see him sitting behind the wireless router, which is white and clear and flashes blue, green and red lights (a gay mouse). We've left some food for him to eat. He likes apples, doesn't touch carrots, and just 5 minutes ago when I walked into the kitchen to put away dishes he was sitting on the stove eating corn on the cob; with his hands on the cob and everything!

I called Boy, who having drinks with friends and told him, "Mr. Jingles was eating corn on the cob on the stove!"
"He was on the stove!?"
"Yes! He can climb! He's a super climber!"
"Neat!"
"But..."
"What?"
"He pooped on the stove."
"He pooped?!"

We were wondering when we'd first notice mouse-poop, and it was today. It's like little black grains of rice. I went and checked behind the router and it was there, too. Definitely his poop.

"As much as I like Mr. Jingles," I said, "he pooped in the kitchen."

You don't shit where you eat, and especially not where I eat, but I'm not angry. At this point in the conversation we both knew it was time for Operation Omega, which is finding a humane non-dangerous non-lethal trap to get Mr. Jingles and move him safely into the bushes outside.

Until then, I've left him a little piece of feta for his troubles.

And washed my hands thoroughly.

UPDATE: Mr. Jingles has devoured the feta! Its all gone!

mouse poop hehe cool, just wait till he meets ms.jingles and have TONS OF Jr jingles. lol

see you later geeks. and tell "mr.K" not to leave the door open again. lol

Posted by: carlos at November 7, 2006 3:26 PM

I strongly vote against glue traps. While they may catch your mouse, they'll also kill him and they might get guts all over your apartment. There are numerous live-catching mousetraps on the market that do the job in a humane manner.

Posted by: Josh at November 8, 2006 9:03 AM

My cat Puff caught a mouse in my house, but didn't know what to do with it. I caught the lil feller in my hands and carried outside (it wasn't hurt). Afterwards Puff was very, very, very mad I had taken his living toy away.

Posted by: homer at November 8, 2006 11:43 AM

November 6, 2006

[jingles all the way] 9:54 PM

[jingles all the way] ^{9:54 PM}