# As God is my witness, I believed mice could fly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530 "2010-09-21T13:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/41 "2010-09-22T14:50:08Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > > [@Polycarp](#): > > > > When Lindsey read that, she gave your joke a Lohen grin. > > :threatens **Polycarp** and **tdn** with wet trout: Wouldn’t a wet mouse be more appropriate? **Wile E** , I have no idea what it was about, but then, there’s a lot of American references which just fly waaaaay over my head. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/42 "2010-09-22T14:58:37Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Wot is your name? > Sir Michael of Disney > > Wot is your quest? > To slay the viscous Brown snake of Guam Wot is the color of a mouse? Gray (SPLAT) no - red! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/43 "2010-09-22T15:19:52Z")
They need a modern day St. Patrick, who I am assured by reliable sources (my crazy dad), got rid of all the snakes in Ireland. Apparently they all moved to England and took over the government. or so his story goes. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/44 "2010-09-22T15:34:47Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > … > > **Wile E** , I have no idea what it was about, but then, there’s a lot of American references which just fly waaaaay over my head. I thought a biology geek might get it. Murine is the term used for the species of mice, it’s also an eye drop. Although, I think Visine is actually the one that advertises it will “get the red out”. Anyway … nice day we’re having. _whistles non-chalantly_ Move along folks, nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/45 "2010-09-22T16:34:52Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I thought a biology geek might get it. Murine is the term used for the species of mice, it’s also an eye drop. Although, I think Visine is actually the one that advertises it will “get the red out”. And are the Murine jokes tied in with the Lindsay Lohan jokes? Because I lost track. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/46 "2010-09-22T16:39:10Z")
> [@](#): > > And are the Murine jokes tied in with the Lindsay Lohan jokes? Because I lost track. Couldn’t be – the Lohan jokes came _after_ his. You can’t hold **Wile E** responsible for things that happen in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/47 "2010-09-22T17:18:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > And are the Murine jokes tied in with the Lindsay Lohan jokes? Because I lost track. > > Couldn’t be – the Lohan jokes came _after_ his. > You can’t hold **Wile E** responsible for things that happen in the future. Her. And thanks. I have no explanation for the Lohan jokes, I didn’t get those either. Unless it was some sort of mouse/pussy connection thing. I was ignoring that, just like everyone else ignored the murine thing. So, moving along … ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/48 "2010-09-22T17:46:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I have no explanation for the Lohan jokes Since there was a joke on _Die Fledermaus_, the reply was a joke on Wagner’s _Lohengrin_ > **[Lohengrin (opera)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin_%28opera%29)** > > Lohengrin (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced \[ˈloːənˌɡʁiːn\] in German), WWV 75, is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and its sequel Loheng... A bit of a stretch, but not unheard of in MPSIMS. Sorry about getting your sex wrong. But the coyote is clearly a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/49 "2010-09-23T03:26:49Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I have no explanation for the Lohan jokes, I didn’t get those either. Unless it was some sort of mouse/pussy connection thing. I was ignoring that, just like everyone else ignored the murine thing. > > So, moving along … For those who don’t know, eyedrops are supposedly good for beating drug tests. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/50 "2010-09-23T03:52:29Z")
99 dreams I have had, and every one a mouse balloon, and here I am just standing pretty, on this land that was SnakeCity… ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/51 "2010-09-23T03:52:49Z")
I think I’ve hurt myself laughing! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/52 "2010-09-23T04:05:23Z")
Husband has just relayed to me that the little symbol on the Tylenol tablets is plane shaped. COINCIDENCE? I think not 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/53 "2010-09-23T04:19:16Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > [@Wile\_E](#): > > > > I have no explanation for the Lohan jokes, I didn’t get those either. Unless it was some sort of mouse/pussy connection thing. I was ignoring that, just like everyone else ignored the murine thing. > > > > So, moving along … > > For those who don’t know, eyedrops are supposedly good for beating drug tests. And that brings us back to Lindsey Lohan! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/54 "2010-09-23T05:32:33Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > And that brings us back to Lindsey Lohan! Exactly. The plan’s all coming together. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530/55 "2010-09-24T18:05:39Z")
Would these cardboard contraptions make these mice “Meals on Pinwheels”? Meals on Wheels is an organization that delivers meals to people in need. Also, there was an old joke about mice on rollerskates and a cat who thought they were “Meals on Wheels”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-god-is-my-witness-i-believed-mice-could-fly/554530.md?page=2)