# A mouse in the house

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-in-the-house/835545>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-in-the-house/835545 "2019-06-15T06:22:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-in-the-house/835545/21 "2019-08-14T15:00:45Z")

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Do you get off on that? Highlight of your day? As far as I’m concerned it is absolutely sickening, and you sound deranged.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-in-the-house/835545/22 "2019-08-14T15:20:56Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> If you say it with a Canadian accent, is it a moose in the hoose that wants to get oot?

Reminds me of the Sylvester cartoon where Sylvester lives in a Scottish lighthouse as Hippety Hopper, the baby kangaroo, washes up on the rocks.

“SYLVESTER! THE CRAZY MOOSE IS LOOSE IN THE HOOSE!”

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MHAa0oNMu9I/hqdefault.jpg "Lighthouse Mouse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHAa0oNMu9I)

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-in-the-house/835545/23 "2019-08-14T15:33:37Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> No, there’s only one hole, and it’s too small for a mouse.

There are fewer holes too small for a mouse than you might think. Just saying.

Leet the Apex Predator[sup]TM[/sup] is better than a cat, because he doesn’t play with the mouse. It’s just pounce-crunchcrunch-swallow-burp-next? I used to worry that it would upset his digestion, but nope. Nummy crunchy goodness, plus the realization that he is being Good Dog and getting rid of That Which Scares Mrs. **Shodan**. Everyone is happy, except the mouse.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mouse-in-the-house/835545/24 "2019-08-14T18:51:23Z")

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Every house can get mice, I’ve known people with brand-new expensive houses that got mice within 6 months. Just be happy you’ve got a good mouser. Otherwise once you see signs of a mouse keep mousetraps set in areas where you’ve seen mouse poop and check them every week or two.

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