h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How about "Tony Curtis hanging from the evil tree"?



I think the pollyfilla doesn't cause the mice to starve. It causes them to die because they can't sh*t. I investigated this for rats (using plaster of paris) and decided it was a worse death than poison (although obviously better for the environment )

My method is the BEST and all you need are simple household objects.

C'mon evil tree blossom with a Tony Curtis name then you and all the other hootooers can benefit from my knowledge.

You deserve it, they deserve it and its the kindest way of killing the mice.

Ordinary wooden mouse trap but bait it with a little bit of Mars bar. The sticky filling means the chocolate can't be pinched without setting off the trap. Also site the trap at the edge of the room, near to where you think the timourous wee beastie is nesting or getting in. Don't stop when you get the first one, there will probably be more.

Another one was caught early this morning in a trap (a total of now 4 caught now), while I was still in a semiconscious state having not yet drunk my usual amounts of morning coffee. Took me a while to figure out what happened though – thought I being invaded or something (pinky and the brain...)

What is it with the Tony Curtis obsession? I stop visiting H2G2 for a few months and everything seems to have gone all planet of the apes on me. Is there something I should know? I still can’t remember who he is and I’m trying not to use a search engine for it.

So far they’re ignoring everything else and going just for the cheese but tonight I’ll introduce mars and perhaps things will change

Thanks
bye

Nah, Tony Curtis wasn't in Planet of the Apes (I don't think ). That was Roddy McDowell, and ... Charlton Heston or someone?


Re catching the mice - if it ain't broken....

Yeah, Charlton Heston. Never could stand that guy.

Me neither. I always found Roddy McDowell interesting though.

>> Is there something I should know? <<

Interesting choice of words there!

The short version...a researcher changed their nickname tag to include the phrase "my brain is owned by Tony Curtis", a phrase made popular (-ish ) by the BBC2 show "look Around You". Whilst on iCan (another DNA site), his nickname was moderated for "impersonating Tony Curtis".

Well, you know what H2G2 researchers are like...

A fuller version of the story can be found here: F25024?thread=597667 This also explains why everyone started calling themselves Tony Curtis. In a way. Sort of.

RTC

That's a cruel link to have given RF...

kea.

I live in a country area where mice are a continual problem and the best bait I have found is a smear of peanut butter - they come from miles around for it - but then perhaps that defeats the purpose.

actually poisin is the best. mice always look for water after they eat poisin so put a bowl of water near the poisin. they'll drink it and explode!

andit's the one on the left ya gotta worry about...

None were caught last night or this morning. The ones I've seen that have survived seem healthier, bigger and generally fitter than the ones I've... disposed of (I still feel guilty but I'm getting used to it now I think) - it almost seems like some Darwinian struggle where only the fittest mouse will survive.

A bit like that film 'The Cube'. I've created a vicious and sadistic maze of death, full of traps and devices, with the sole purpose of tormenting innocent creatures. Still... it's a good film. I'm not sure my exploits would be as entertaining though

As for the Tony Curtis thing, his identity still remains a mystery to me and not I’m not sure I should name myself after someone I can’t remember. Whatever happened to that other godlike figure... what was he called? Nighthoover? Did Tony Curtis kill him?

Bye
(still just the evil tree...)

Seems like everything is going to plan. The last mouse I caught was the biggest - the daddy of them all. His siblings or offerings went long before him.

However when confronted with the common or garden mousetrap, no mouse can survive. Their noses are their downfall!

Donald

Currently Tony Curtis is one of nighthoover's postulates or an icon, we're not entirely sure. Ditto for David Hasselhof who may or may not be nighthoover in the flesh, that is if he's proven as the true son of Bob. Just so you know.

Do you have Exlax, that chocolate laxative in Britain. I understand it works well on mice but you may never find the body.....

Are you now a moussassin?

RTC

I reserve the right to say that I may or might not be unless saying that can incriminate me in any way.....

Or perhaps a mouse murderer?

RTC

I prefer to catch them and then feed them cornflakes until they die. Does that make me a cereal killer?

There are two times previous when I've had to kill mice, though one of them was actually rats.

With the rats, they were scrounging through our compost bin.

We just dropped an extremely large trap into the bin. We didn't even have to bait it.

the rat climbed out of its hole and BOOM!!

the time before that with the mice, we waited till they were out of the whole (we knew for a fact that there were only 2 of 'em) and shut the hole with a calk gun, then we went at them with a mal (a giant sledgehammer thing)....'twas kind of like whackamole except a lot mor esatisfying

Giving them cast or such is just cruel. They will very much be in pain, as their intestines will start to expand and be ripped apart. Go with normal poison instead. Or preferably a snap trap.