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Mice and fluttermice
Sep. 20th, 2005 09:23 pmWe've started the annual rodent wars with a bang. On Sunday my mum saw a mouse run over the worktops in the kitchen. Bleach, mousetraps, chocolate. Then another one peered out from behind the Aga. (Someone must have left a door open recently).
Then after we came back from evening church my dad said, 'Look at the huge moth in the hall!', and we looked, and it was a bat. It sort of twitched when we put the light on, and we flapped at it ineffectually. Then it lay down on the floor and squeaked at us in a distressing manner. I've never heard one at such close quarters before; I can well believe they're ultrasonic. Eventually my dad got it onto a flattened-out cereal packet and got it to go out the front door.
Bat, mice...all we need now are the squirrels.
The results of my toilet roll poll turned out at 84% over the roll, 12% under, and 4% without a holder. I'm glad that I'm in the majority group. In public toilets they always seem to put it under in those plastic boxes and it's impossible to get any off without a degree in engineering.
Then after we came back from evening church my dad said, 'Look at the huge moth in the hall!', and we looked, and it was a bat. It sort of twitched when we put the light on, and we flapped at it ineffectually. Then it lay down on the floor and squeaked at us in a distressing manner. I've never heard one at such close quarters before; I can well believe they're ultrasonic. Eventually my dad got it onto a flattened-out cereal packet and got it to go out the front door.
Bat, mice...all we need now are the squirrels.
The results of my toilet roll poll turned out at 84% over the roll, 12% under, and 4% without a holder. I'm glad that I'm in the majority group. In public toilets they always seem to put it under in those plastic boxes and it's impossible to get any off without a degree in engineering.
