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    • CommentAuthoryhouniey
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    My husband has decided to use the 98 mouse traps he bought to trim our Christmas tree.Oh well,it will be different.
    • CommentAuthorCharlotte
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    You must get a picture and post on the Facebook group. That will be one worth seeing. Kind of like the 'old days' where you decorate with whatever is on hand.
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      CommentAuthorfolly*
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    yhouniey, sounds like an "alrighty, then" decision.
    • CommentAuthorAdmin
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    Sounds like you've learned the "don't argue with someone with AD" lesson very well.

    joang
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    At least it will stop the cats from pawing at the tinsel.................and it must be painful to set then and not have them go off when you hang them....
    • CommentAuthorZibby*
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    Where's our frugal thread; I think this is an excellent "alrighty then" moment. Perhaps a tiny red bow on each. Yes, a picture is a must. (smile) :)
    • CommentAuthorJanet
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    Absolutely we must see a picture!
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    Sounds beautiful!
    • CommentAuthorDianeT*
    • CommentTimeDec 8th 2009
     
    On the positive side, you shouldn't have any problems with mice!
    • CommentAuthormary22033
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009 edited
     
    "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse..."
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    Love it, love it! Please post picture!
    • CommentAuthorPatL
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    Thanks for sharing. I needed a good laugh. Can't wait to see the picture.
    • CommentAuthorjoyce43*
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    I hope he didn't put cheese on each one or you might have more than you bargained for. Can you picture the mice going after the cheese and the cats going after the mice? Then you can't forget the dogs going after the cats that are going after the mice who are going after the cheese. This could be a very active Christmas for you.
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      CommentAuthorbuzzelena
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    joyce, I am picturing your scenario in my mind. Hilarious!
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      CommentAuthorJeanetteB
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009 edited
     
    Most original Christmas tree idea I've heard yet this year!
    I was just talking to my Mom in Ohio and she has a mouse in the kitchen. He seems fat and slow and she's afraid he was somebody's pet and has escaped. She's looking for her mousetraps and is blaming my brother (who does everything for her) for throwing them out (she always blames us for throwing her stuff out but she knows we mean well). I told her to borrow a mousetrap from the neighbors so that's what she's planning to do.

    I should have read this first. I could have told her to buy several new ones because they can double as Christmas tree decorations.
    • CommentAuthormarygail
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    thank you for the laugh i can just see that tree now, please post picture
    • CommentAuthorZibby*
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    Do we have someone w/talent to sketch the illustration for the upcoming children's book: The Christmas of 98s. "Picture the mice going after the cheese and the cats going after the mice? Then you can't forget the dogs going after the cats that are going after the mice who are going after the cheese."
    • CommentAuthorWeejun*
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    Now I'm worrying about the poor fat, slow mouse in Jeanette's Mom's kitchen <grin>
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    could that fat slow mouse in the Jeanette's mom's kitchen really be someone's pet guennie pig that escaped? sorry for the spelling.
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      CommentAuthorJeanetteB
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2009
     
    Well, apparently the neighbors didn't have any mouse traps either because she didn't set any, but she hasn't seen the mouse for a couple days now so she's hoping it went back outside. For two days she saw it all the time, and she put all the crackers and other food that usually sits on a countertop into her car for safekeeping.
    • CommentAuthorJanet
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2009
     
    Yes, Jeanette, but does she have a Christmas tree up? It could be hiding in there.
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      CommentAuthorJeanetteB
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2009
     
    Yes, she has an artificial one.
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    hmmmm, one second thought maybe it is a Christmas mouse = chrismouse????????????
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    My guess is that the mouse is now in the car....with all the crackers and other food.
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      CommentAuthorSusan L*
    • CommentTimeDec 10th 2009
     
    OMG, I'm laughing so hard, I may pee my pants! Someone get me some depends for Chismouse please!!!!
    • CommentAuthoryhouniey
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2009
     
    The mouse traps are already baited with PLASTIC cheese,like a mouse wouldn't know the difference. They were made in good oldLancaster County,PA.Our mice won't even go for real cheese.
    • CommentAuthorjoyce43*
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2009
     
    Try peanut butter, I've heard they like that.
    • CommentAuthorCharlotte
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2009
     
    Peanut Butter, butter or margarine are all great for catching mice. they like the 'fats' in them I guess. I always had good luck with the peanut butter.
    • CommentAuthorcarosi*
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2009
     
    If the mouse is in the car, don't worry about the bait. He'll happily settle for the wiring. The coating on it is made with a vegetable oil. <grin>