# Are you bird or mouse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bird-or-mouse/171219>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 25, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bird-or-mouse/171219 "2003-04-25T23:40:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![chigger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@chigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chigger)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bird-or-mouse/171219/1 "2003-04-25T23:40:58Z")

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I heard this the other day:

“The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.”

Now I realize that ‘early’ does not necessarily equal ‘first’, but I think in this context it does.

So, are you bird or mouse? (Cats stay out of it.)

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bird-or-mouse/171219/2 "2003-04-26T00:01:20Z")

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Yes.