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**Rain Man** · 10-25-2020, 06:24 PM

My dining room has a little sitting area, and I was sitting there the other night in a big comfy upholstered chair. The light was off in the main part of the dining room, and suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw a dark flash run by on the floor. It was either a mouse or a spider that was so large and fast that I'd have to move and burn the house down.

I went into full wartime mode and tried to hunt it down, but it disappeared. My concern was that when I saw it, it was headed directly for a large floor vent and that's the only place it could have gone.

I told the wife, but there was little we could do without knowing what type of Predator had invaded our world.

Well, tonight the wife was sitting in a different chair in the sitting area, and suddenly a mouse flashed by on the floor. She sounded the alarm and we went into high alert. She said that it had run underneath the large comfy upholstered chair. I got my bazooka and a bayonet and looked under the chair and once again the mouse was nowhere to be found.

She had been watching the whole time and said that it didn't come out from under the chair, so with great trepidation I drew a conclusion. If it didn't leave and it's not under the chair, then...

I flipped the chair on its side, and sure enough there were three holes that were chewed into the bottom of the lining.

It's in the chair! The call is coming from the chair!

We immediately dragged the chair out onto the back porch, despite the fact that it's an expensive chair and it's snowing and Von Miller lives in our city.

So what do I do now? We've got a mouse living in our chair, and we can't guarantee that it's one mouse. It's possible that there's a different mouse living in the ductwork and we can't guarantee that it's one mouse. But then again, all of this could just be one mouse. It's been warm and just got cold, so it's possible that an outside mouse somehow got in temporarily.

How do you get mice out of a house, and how do you get mice out of a chair? This is not the type of chair that you just throw away. This chair is the chair of royalty. I've called an exterminator, but is there anything else I can do?

The thing that worries me is that I saw a mouse last year in our kitchen. We bought a bunch of traps and put them out, but never caught anything. However, we never saw any mice other than the one time. But now I'm wondering if the mouse/mice has been in our house the whole time, watching us and waiting for its chance to attack.

CarlosCarson27 · 10-27-2020, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Okay, I've got this guy coming in tomorrow. I'm going to keep my hands clean and look the other way.

That's one of those movies where the tension was felt.
Too real to my senses.Dude just bothered me.. but the ending was kind of weak lol

KsBubba · 10-27-2020, 06:28 PM

Mouse traps - two american cheese - two crunchy peanut butter

I have drilled a hole in a mouse trap and tied a string to drop in a vent. Sucessfully

Also... I ain't above catching a mouse outside and sacrificing it in a trap to please the wife. Nobody sleeps until we kill the damn mouse.

displacedinMN · 10-27-2020, 06:37 PM

I have had a few say "sticky traps are so inhumane"

Then don't invade my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Otter · 10-27-2020, 06:45 PM

**Rain Man** · 10-27-2020, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by CarlosCarson88

That's one of those movies where the tension was felt.
Too real to my senses.Dude just bothered me.. but the ending was kind of weak lol

Then you shouldn't taken the money.

**Rain Man** · 10-27-2020, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Otter

Someone in my neighborhood has one of those. He takes it outside on a leash and sits with it, so I see it sometimes. Believe me, that is one gorgeous cat.

**Rain Man** · 10-27-2020, 08:59 PM

Okay, I've got a bombshell. Sit down, everyone.

Are you sitting down?

I'll wait.

Okay, you're sitting down?

I went into the office today, and my wife also went to the office. She got home before me, walked in, and was met by a sight. On the dining room rug, right in the middle of the room, was a dying mouse. She dragged the rug outside and the mouse passed peacefully within minutes in the peaceful back yard environment of its birth.

We have no traps set in the house right now, and there's nothing poison in the house. The mouse assassin isn't coming until tomorrow.

So what happened?

I'm thinking through the scenarios, and it's obvious. We had two long-time cats who passed away several years ago, and they were in charge of home security. Clearly, their ghostly spirits saw our crisis and they burst through the astral plane to eliminate the threat. In the manner of cats, they then presented it to us as a display of their prowess.

Good kitties! Good kitties!

stumppy · 10-27-2020, 09:12 PM

Could be that.....or something bigger and meaner than a mouse moved in and evicted your previous tenant.

**Rain Man** · 10-27-2020, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by stumppy

Could be that.....or something bigger and meaner than a mouse moved in and evicted your previous tenant.

That's an interesting theory, but I'm pretty sure that my spirit cats would chase that thing out.

eDave · 10-27-2020, 09:58 PM

You got bears.

**Rain Man** · 10-27-2020, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You got bears.

I wonder what eats bears.

**Buehler445** · 10-27-2020, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You got bears.

**srvy** · 10-27-2020, 11:19 PM

Maybe the Misses secretly bought and put out poison.

CarlosCarson27 · 10-27-2020, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Then you shouldn't taken the money.

What? Don't look at me

Coogs · 10-28-2020, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Okay, I've got a bombshell. Sit down, everyone.

Are you sitting down?

I'll wait.

Okay, you're sitting down?

I went into the office today, and my wife also went to the office. She got home before me, walked in, and was met by a sight. On the dining room rug, right in the middle of the room, was a dying mouse. She dragged the rug outside and the mouse passed peacefully within minutes in the peaceful back yard environment of its birth.

We have no traps set in the house right now, and there's nothing poison in the house. The mouse assassin isn't coming until tomorrow.

So what happened?

I'm thinking through the scenarios, and it's obvious. We had two long-time cats who passed away several years ago, and they were in charge of home security. Clearly, their ghostly spirits saw our crisis and they burst through the astral plane to eliminate the threat. In the manner of cats, they then presented it to us as a display of their prowess.

Good kitties! Good kitties!

So is this the mouse that was living in your chair that is now on your back porch? And now this same mouse is not dead, but dying, in the middle of your living room floor? Somethings not quite adding up here. Sorry, not buying the ghost cat thing.

10-25-2020, 06:24 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3278491 VARSITY	Man versus mouse. I seek your alliance in this war. My dining room has a little sitting area, and I was sitting there the other night in a big comfy upholstered chair. The light was off in the main part of the dining room, and suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw a dark flash run by on the floor. It was either a mouse or a spider that was so large and fast that I'd have to move and burn the house down. I went into full wartime mode and tried to hunt it down, but it disappeared. My concern was that when I saw it, it was headed directly for a large floor vent and that's the only place it could have gone. I told the wife, but there was little we could do without knowing what type of Predator had invaded our world. Well, tonight the wife was sitting in a different chair in the sitting area, and suddenly a mouse flashed by on the floor. She sounded the alarm and we went into high alert. She said that it had run underneath the large comfy upholstered chair. I got my bazooka and a bayonet and looked under the chair and once again the mouse was nowhere to be found. She had been watching the whole time and said that it didn't come out from under the chair, so with great trepidation I drew a conclusion. If it didn't leave and it's not under the chair, then... I flipped the chair on its side, and sure enough there were three holes that were chewed into the bottom of the lining. It's in the chair! The call is coming from the chair! We immediately dragged the chair out onto the back porch, despite the fact that it's an expensive chair and it's snowing and Von Miller lives in our city. So what do I do now? We've got a mouse living in our chair, and we can't guarantee that it's one mouse. It's possible that there's a different mouse living in the ductwork and we can't guarantee that it's one mouse. But then again, all of this could just be one mouse. It's been warm and just got cold, so it's possible that an outside mouse somehow got in temporarily. How do you get mice out of a house, and how do you get mice out of a chair? This is not the type of chair that you just throw away. This chair is the chair of royalty. I've called an exterminator, but is there anything else I can do? The thing that worries me is that I saw a mouse last year in our kitchen. We bought a bunch of traps and put them out, but never caught anything. However, we never saw any mice other than the one time. But now I'm wondering if the mouse/mice has been in our house the whole time, watching us and waiting for its chance to attack.
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10-27-2020, 06:28 PM	#107
KsBubba Starter Join Date: Dec 2015 Casino cash: $9940400	Mouse traps - two american cheese - two crunchy peanut butter I have drilled a hole in a mouse trap and tied a string to drop in a vent. Sucessfully Also... I ain't above catching a mouse outside and sacrificing it in a trap to please the wife. Nobody sleeps until we kill the damn mouse.
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10-27-2020, 06:37 PM	#108
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10-27-2020, 08:59 PM	#112
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3278491 VARSITY	Okay, I've got a bombshell. Sit down, everyone. Are you sitting down? I'll wait. Okay, you're sitting down? I went into the office today, and my wife also went to the office. She got home before me, walked in, and was met by a sight. On the dining room rug, right in the middle of the room, was a dying mouse. She dragged the rug outside and the mouse passed peacefully within minutes in the peaceful back yard environment of its birth. We have no traps set in the house right now, and there's nothing poison in the house. The mouse assassin isn't coming until tomorrow. So what happened? I'm thinking through the scenarios, and it's obvious. We had two long-time cats who passed away several years ago, and they were in charge of home security. Clearly, their ghostly spirits saw our crisis and they burst through the astral plane to eliminate the threat. In the manner of cats, they then presented it to us as a display of their prowess. Good kitties! Good kitties! __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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10-27-2020, 11:19 PM	#118
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $1631250	Maybe the Misses secretly bought and put out poison. __________________ "The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy."
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