tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post5026402680101498373..comments2015-11-25T03:40:23.762-08:00Comments on Christmas in July: Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd ragevicmarcamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-36119445090266084572009-02-28T15:04:00.000-08:002009-02-28T15:04:00.000-08:00Cockroaches and rats pretty much only exist becaus...Cockroaches and rats pretty much only exist because we exist. In fact, in the truly fascinating book, The World Without Us, author Alan Weisman, theorizing what would happen to the world if we all suddenly died out, points out that cockroaches and rats would probably be the first things to go, since they have evolved to live off of us. Personally, I think they'd outsurvive fluffy little dogs.vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-14183507088856831922009-02-14T11:04:00.000-08:002009-02-14T11:04:00.000-08:00Isn't that why we got Lily in the first place? I'...Isn't that why we got Lily in the first place? I've heard that not all cats are mousers, so it might end up being more trouble than it's worth. <BR/><BR/>Now I am thrououghly creeped out by the cockroaches (I live in a 14-story building. I can't even imagine how many cockroaches it contains), but, unlike mice, they're quiet and they don't bite or scratch. <BR/><BR/>I was looking for some more reasons why cockroaches are okay, but then I read that they can survive for a few weeks after being decapitated and for some reason that really creeped me out and I have decided to give up this debate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929614151322415697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-88295500242336876362009-02-14T07:54:00.000-08:002009-02-14T07:54:00.000-08:00Many people have suggested the cat route to me, an...Many people have suggested the cat route to me, and it is true that Lily, whom we lost in August, was a great mouser. I have not given up on the idea. In fact if anyone reading this has experience bringing cats into a house with dogs, I'd like to know how that worked. I keep picturing a frightened but surly hate-filled cat. My experiences have only been to bring dogs into a cat's house.vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-37761598660629593212009-02-12T20:07:00.000-08:002009-02-12T20:07:00.000-08:00I hate to say it, but you need a Lily replacement....I hate to say it, but you need a Lily replacement. A good mouser would surely take care of your problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-52925784007896051172009-02-12T19:58:00.000-08:002009-02-12T19:58:00.000-08:00By the time this is all over, I think I may think ...By the time this is all over, I think I may think differently, but I would take mice over cockroaches. There are only so many mice my walls can hold, but thousands of cockroaches can live in a house. I would not bother with humane traps for cockroaches.vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-49680273737345816402009-02-12T12:10:00.000-08:002009-02-12T12:10:00.000-08:00Well, your initial reaction was about the same as ...Well, your initial reaction was about the same as mine would have been. In fact, a couple months before the cockroach infestation in my last apartment, I found one in the bathroom, killed it, and went about my business and didn't think about it again until a few weeks later when they were suddenly everywhere.<BR/><BR/>The similarity ends there because I didn't bother with humane traps (I am sure that such things exist, but I do not want to know about them).<BR/><BR/>As far as infestations go, I would definitely prefer cockroaches to mice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929614151322415697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-11054825520742344172009-02-10T22:29:00.000-08:002009-02-10T22:29:00.000-08:00Well, you, of course, are correct, and as my liter...Well, you, of course, are correct, and as my literacy coach you'll like the story of the title. I was thinking about battle quotes and the first thing I thought of was "Once more unto the breach." I looked it up to make sure I had it right, but then I got carried away reading the speech (which was new to me), and was a little late for my carpool because of that. Because it was that good. And it was actually chock full of appropriate quotes, but I thought the one I chose for the title was the most fitting.<BR/><BR/>I see that your Bachelor Mouse is a bit of a classy fellow. Mine is more the type of mouse you could share a pint with at the Pub. Yours might share some of his good Scotch Whiskey with a visitor.vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-73599018180562227122009-02-10T22:08:00.000-08:002009-02-10T22:08:00.000-08:00Well, one is familiar, of course. But I didn't thi...Well, one is familiar, of course. But I didn't think the one was you. . . .<BR/><BR/>I like to think of the mice peering closer at the chocolate, calling each other over to make fun of you -- look! Miss Fancy has Whitman's in the house! -- and then getting so close that their little necks get snapped. You could be the Cousin Bette of the mouse world.<BR/><BR/>A little hound's-tooth vest would be lovely. I think I was picturing more of a smoking jacket and a leather chair in a book-lined nookery, though.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-31677682836635875432009-02-10T20:35:00.000-08:002009-02-10T20:35:00.000-08:00Please, PJ! One is familiar with Henry V. Having...Please, PJ! One is familiar with Henry V. <BR/><BR/>Having eaten an entire two ounce bar of the very same chocolate out of my closet, they likely would turn up their whiskered little noses at the Whitman's sampler. Even though I don't like killing them, I must have a little revenge in my heart because there is something kind of satisfying in knowing that they are dying in going after the very same chocolate that constituted the last straw for me.<BR/><BR/>Don't you think the Bachelor Mouse would also be wearing a little houndstooth vest, too?vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325036834994625495.post-89595931696280135762009-02-10T20:18:00.000-08:002009-02-10T20:18:00.000-08:00I had two thoughts: were the hell did she get that...I had two thoughts: were the hell did she get that title? And she used *Sharffenberger*? I think a Whitman's sampler would have been more than adequate for the purpose. Maybe your taking this Ferry Building thing a little too far? I have some six-year-old parmigiano regiano you could use next time. . .<BR/><BR/>Also, I laughed at the thought of you and the Bachelor Mouse. I imagine him smoking a little pipe and reading the London Times.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.com