22383 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:10:42 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=56264#post-162454 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:30:59 +0000 Rowly 162454@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>........ </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-34248 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:36:57 +0000 Gerontius 34248@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Gary,</p> <p>Have you thought about changing the sofa</p> <p>Nice one Mr.Scroat,sounds very rewarding but a bit beyond my capabilities. I just give mine a quick scratch when no one's looking but might try that approach next time. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-34208 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:46:51 +0000 Scroat 34208@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I took my Apple Mighty Mouse to pieces yesterday to clean the scroll ball. Now works a treat. Very fiddly but ultimately rewarding. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33438 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:37:00 +0000 Mr.3374 33438@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've found that others wander in as well, Dr.Mop. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33437 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:08:42 +0000 Doctor Moptop 33437@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've tried leaving the door open. Neither teenager has taken the hint. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33364 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:49:53 +0000 Scroat 33364@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Suggest chocolate as best bait. Less messy than peanut butter. Our cats bring them in alive and then they escape into the house, which seems to defeat the object of having cats as a deterrent. However they do manage to find their way out if you can leave a door open. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33352 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:59:28 +0000 Gary Stanton 33352@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like the polonium idea but don't know anyone in the Russian secret services. </p> <p>Remember - all solutions need to involve minimum damage to the mouse because that's the kind of sweet-hearted guy I am. </p> <p>There are two cats in the vicinity, one called Mia and one we refer to as the "BTS cat" for reasons I won't go into. </p> <p>In the event that we capture it , I'll probably just give it a fucking good talking to before letting it out somewhere near the M53 on the way to work. From there it can take its chances with the buzzards and kestrels. </p> <p>Still no catch .. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33336 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:08:05 +0000 IABP 33336@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>polonium-210 injected into brie </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33334 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:53:48 +0000 simonjmr 33334@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You need a ramp with cheese at the end - leave this out for a few days.</p> <p>On the five day attach a razor blade to the end of the ramp and remove the cheese, the mouse will run up leand over the razor blade looking for the cheese. As the cheese is not their little mousey will shake his head thinking where's the cheese! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33321 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:48:24 +0000 IABP 33321@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Have you thought about you and the mouse going to Relate to talk through your differences? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33320 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:32:57 +0000 wallster 33320@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Right, this is what you do.</p> <p>You will need:</p> <p>1 x Empty plastic container (something like a large margarine tub)<br /> 1 x cocktail stick<br /> 1 x piece of cotton or thread (approx 8-10cm)<br /> 1 x cornflake<br /> 1 x 12" single of Duran Duran's 'Hungry like the wolf'</p> <p>Ok, take your cocktail stick and carefully poke a small hole near one edge of the cornflake.</p> <p>Tie one end of your piece of thread to the cornflake being careful not to break through the edge as it's probably quite brittle.</p> <p>Tie the other end of the thread to the cocktail stick.</p> <p>Carefully prop up one end of the margarine tub on the cocktail stick and leave the cornflake carefully positioned in the space underneath the tub.</p> <p>Make sure all other foodstuffs are tucked away so that the cornflake is the only delicious comestible available in the vicinity.</p> <p>When Mr Mouse comes along he will sniff out the cornflake, and will start to nibble at it, causing the cockail stick to fall and bring down the margarine tub, effectively trapping him underneath.</p> <p>In the morning, simply slip the 12" single under the tub, remove to a safe distance and release the mouse into the wild.</p> <p>I have done this and it works a treat. Best of luck. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33315 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:03:03 +0000 IABP 33315@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I thought moles are to be zipped into bag and dropped into a bath. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33310 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:47:02 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 33310@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>No, no, wait - that's for moles. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33307 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:21:42 +0000 MrChigleysAunt 33307@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>What you want is a ruddy great 12 bore. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33288 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:27:01 +0000 The All New Jeni B 33288@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Sheesh Al, have you never heard of the Volunteer Fox Fire Brigade?! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33286 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:10:12 +0000 Doctor Moptop 33286@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Has anyone suggested that you get a cat? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33241 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:53:32 +0000 FormerlyAlOPecia 33241@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When we had rats in the garden I couldn't be bothered to do anything, so I convinced Mrs O'Pecia that they were escaped Norwegian Hamsters.</p> <p>The fox dragging the pond pump out every night was a bloody nuisance though, no idea what he was up to. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008&page=2#post-33221 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:51:50 +0000 sauce 33221@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And Rick, I've just snorted coffee all over my NEW computer keyboard. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33220 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:50:26 +0000 sauce 33220@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Love the idea of peanut butter-coated mouse treats for local foxes. Our's would enjoy them.</p> <p>We tried snap traps - yuk! And they don't always die at once; can hear them struggling and even dragging the trap under the eves - then poison (messy, not sure if they are immune and simply gorging) then live-catch (they nibbled their way IN and ate the bait).</p> <p>So we invested in a battery-operated zap trap that electrocutes the wee buggers: instant, mess-free and about as painless as might be. Peanut butter or choclate or cheese all work. First week we caught one or two each day. Thereafter it slowed down. </p> <p>As they'd bloody-well destroyed most of the stuff stored in our attic and garage (no food, so it was just cosiness that tempted them to set up a city), including turning a 7m2 windsurfer sail into a cut-out doily effect, I don't feel too bad about their demise. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33203 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:35:05 +0000 rickwestwell 33203@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Why don't you send them an angry private message? That'll do the trick. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33202 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:34:58 +0000 Gary Stanton 33202@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Today we found mouse shit under the Ikea sofa. I'm taking it to a lab to have it carbon-dated. </p> <p>Still raining. </p> <p>No mice.</p> <p>I hate this country. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33179 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:26:30 +0000 malgor 33179@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You could try... <em><strong>NEGOTIATING</strong></em> with them. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33178 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:03:42 +0000 Mr.3374 33178@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I found that mice LOVE chunky kit-kats, so use that as bait, and release them far, far away (c) Slade.</p> <p>Otherwise, install that wood effect flooring, and watch the feckers try to get a grip to run off, easy to pick up and add to boiling water...... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33175 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:57:00 +0000 brownpaperreporter 33175@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ok £15 but not a penny more </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33171 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:38:17 +0000 Doctor Moptop 33171@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Little Nippers. I tried humane traps. Little bastards ate the bait and left thank you notes. They nibbled their way through MY Dorset Muesli and ignored the Aldi Value Flakes.</p> <p>I also tried miaowing at them... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33169 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:33:36 +0000 brownpaperreporter 33169@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You can borrow my cats for a tenner </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33168 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:29:57 +0000 IABP 33168@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>decided against snap traps when a friend found only the mouse's skin in the trap... found the body later in the boiler cupboard ewwwwwwwww. </blockquote></p> <p>No Fair </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33167 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:26:57 +0000 Sinnick 33167@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Don't give them a name, leave them a nonny mouse. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33145 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:14:52 +0000 Chip Paper 33145@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>decided against snap traps when a friend found only the mouse's skin in the trap... found the body later in the boiler cupboard ewwwwwwwww. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12008#post-33143 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:10:54 +0000 Des Custard 33143@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Give them a name beginning with 'Ramble' </p>