Just finished watching the Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story talking and moving picture show. Steve Coogan is so great, kind of mumbling and angry and baldly trying to pass off sullenness as modesty. It’s like a British form of martial arts. He was equally great in 24 Hour Party People and in the otherwise detestable Coffee and Cigarettes. If I were younger I would probably go through a phase of trying to imitate him. Quite possibly I already did without realizing it.
I cleaned up the previous post, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought (from a grammar and organizational point of view), though it was boring as hell. Japanned in Japan sent me the videos that I posted, and I forgot to mention it.
Why are recently spotted rats always suspected to be pregnant? After the discovery of rat turds early Sunday evening and the washing of the entire family in bleach, D. called the Vector Control (or Animal Control or maybe they are the same thing). They spotted a rat in our garage attic, and it might be pregnant. As if D. wasn’t freaked out enough. In sales we call something like the imminent appearance of a litter of rats a compelling event. We hope to have a rat update soon. Apparently pregnant rats have cravings for peanut butter, and we are using this fact against her.
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1 Roz Winter // Jul 27, 2006 at 10:53 am
When I had a similar problem, we found that the rodents were clever enough to lick the peanut butter off the trap without triggering the device. Mike came up with wrapping a wad of peanut butter in a piece (maybe 4 by 4 inches) of my old nylons with a nice juicy nut embedded in the center. Twist the nylon around the wad and put the free end in the trap hook. It makes it more probable that they will trigger the trap. (worked for us every time!) Roz
2 Mom // Aug 1, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Roll the rat in the peanut butter. Sprinkle generously with catnip. Find a large cat with a bad attitude towards rodents. Works every time.
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