4/5/2005: Toner mouse

Undertoad · 04-05-2005, 04:48 PM

Snopes says this one is unverified, but you gotta admit, it's not inconceivable. I've gone into offices in downtown areas where there were loads of mice, where going to the network wiring closet was an "iffy proposition". One guy in one place told me that they couldn't keep creamers around for their coffee, because the mice learned to chew through the top to get at the liquid inside. No word whether they required the true cream or whether the non-dairy creamer was sufficient.

My last workplace was infested with rats and weasels.

Elspode · 04-05-2005, 06:08 PM

I have mouse turds on my desk and in my desk drawers every day. I certainly isn't inconceivable that, if someone maybe dribbled a few crumbs in a printer, that a meece might be nosing around in it when it started printing.

jaguar · 04-05-2005, 06:13 PM

Friend of mine does admin for a school, this isn't quite as good but it's close:
HP RodentJet

BigV · 04-05-2005, 06:44 PM

Bzzzzzzztt!!

*sniff* *SHNIFF* whew!

Yah. Happens. Had this page of the cellar open when my copier tech was present. showed him. he said, oh yeah. And the old ones that had serious drivetrains, with chains and gears and big ol' (warm) power supplies, caught this poor beast's poor cousin and ground him into goo.

blech.

Worked fine after a serious decontamination.

wolf · 04-05-2005, 08:12 PM

Oh my gods!! To see such a thing so recently past my own mouse trauma! Eeek!!!

Oh, wait. I spent the last two days looking at powerpoint slides of radiation burns and bubonic plague.

Cute little mousie. Hi mousie.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2005, 09:44 PM

2 eyes. Optical mouse?

Cirocco · 04-05-2005, 10:22 PM

My wife and I live in a warehouse in Toronto. Mice are common, but rats are not. We saw one, and it seemed to be using our bathroom sink as a watering hole. Leaky faucet...my bad. So occasionally a mouse dies in a wall, gets stinky for a couple of days, and if it's a small one, goes away quickly. The staink started, and we hoped for a quick small stink. Lasted a few days, but was wafting so we figgured...better than full on stink. My wife one day looked at our dog Taco (little dog) and asked where the rat was. He went under the couch, and came back out again. Repeated it twice. Looked under the couch, and there was dead rat boy! About half the size of our dog. So probably 4-5 lb rat.

wolf · 04-05-2005, 11:21 PM

I would have shot it on a shovel ...

Trilby · 04-06-2005, 09:30 AM

Cirocco--looks like you and the wife enjoy the Breakfast of Champions!
My hats off to you.

mrnoodle · 04-06-2005, 09:32 AM

"our" fox came up on the deck this morning. We looked at each other through the sliding glass door for about 10 seconds. Couldn't get to a camera in time to share though.

as you were.

jaguar · 04-06-2005, 09:48 AM

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Oh, wait. I spent the last two days looking at powerpoint slides of radiation burns and bubonic plague.

They training what to do if the Terrorists Win or something?

Trilby · 04-06-2005, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

They training what to do if the Terrorists Win or something?

No...probably training wolf on what to do if crazy people win or something.

wolf · 04-06-2005, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

They training what to do if the Terrorists Win or something?

This is what I do in my spare time ...

xoxoxoBruce · 04-06-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

They training what to do if the Terrorists Win or something?

Because she had to spend two days looking at powerpoint slides of radiation burns and bubonic plague, they have won.

Troubleshooter · 04-06-2005, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Because she had to spend two days looking at powerpoint slides of radiation burns and bubonic plague, they have won.

Only a battle, not the war.

04-05-2005, 04:48 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/5/2005: Toner mouse Snopes says this one is unverified, but you gotta admit, it's not inconceivable. I've gone into offices in downtown areas where there were loads of mice, where going to the network wiring closet was an "iffy proposition". One guy in one place told me that they couldn't keep creamers around for their coffee, because the mice learned to chew through the top to get at the liquid inside. No word whether they required the true cream or whether the non-dairy creamer was sufficient. My last workplace was infested with rats and weasels.

04-05-2005, 06:08 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I have mouse turds on my desk and in my desk drawers every day. I certainly isn't inconceivable that, if someone maybe dribbled a few crumbs in a printer, that a meece might be nosing around in it when it started printing. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-05-2005, 06:13 PM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Friend of mine does admin for a school, this isn't quite as good but it's close: HP RodentJet __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 04-05-2005 at 06:16 PM.

04-05-2005, 06:44 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Bzzzzzzztt!! sniff SHNIFF whew! Yah. Happens. Had this page of the cellar open when my copier tech was present. showed him. he said, oh yeah. And the old ones that had serious drivetrains, with chains and gears and big ol' (warm) power supplies, caught this poor beast's poor cousin and ground him into goo. blech. Worked fine after a serious decontamination. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-05-2005, 08:12 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh my gods!! To see such a thing so recently past my own mouse trauma! Eeek!!! Oh, wait. I spent the last two days looking at powerpoint slides of radiation burns and bubonic plague. Cute little mousie. Hi mousie. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-05-2005, 09:44 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	2 eyes. Optical mouse? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-05-2005, 10:22 PM	#7
Cirocco Jotter of Notes Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11	Snoozing Rat My wife and I live in a warehouse in Toronto. Mice are common, but rats are not. We saw one, and it seemed to be using our bathroom sink as a watering hole. Leaky faucet...my bad. So occasionally a mouse dies in a wall, gets stinky for a couple of days, and if it's a small one, goes away quickly. The staink started, and we hoped for a quick small stink. Lasted a few days, but was wafting so we figgured...better than full on stink. My wife one day looked at our dog Taco (little dog) and asked where the rat was. He went under the couch, and came back out again. Repeated it twice. Looked under the couch, and there was dead rat boy! About half the size of our dog. So probably 4-5 lb rat. Attached Images Last edited by Cirocco; 04-06-2005 at 07:13 AM.

04-05-2005, 11:21 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I would have shot it on a shovel ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-06-2005, 09:30 AM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Cirocco--looks like you and the wife enjoy the Breakfast of Champions! My hats off to you. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

04-06-2005, 09:32 AM	#10
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	"our" fox came up on the deck this morning. We looked at each other through the sliding glass door for about 10 seconds. Couldn't get to a camera in time to share though. as you were. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

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