# Fairy Tale Come True--Magical Mouse Cleanup

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairy-tale-come-true-magical-mouse-cleanup/995785>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairy-tale-come-true-magical-mouse-cleanup/995785 "2024-01-08T19:13:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairy-tale-come-true-magical-mouse-cleanup/995785/1 "2024-01-08T19:13:14Z")

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A mouse that tidys-up a workbench.  
They wrote fairy tales about this.  
News article, with video link.  
[LINK](https://www.newser.com/story/344785/mouse-caught-tidying-up-mans-workbench.html)

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairy-tale-come-true-magical-mouse-cleanup/995785/2 "2024-01-08T19:54:47Z")

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duplicate thread topic (although I like Bosda’s title better 🪄 🐁 )

> [@The hidden crisis of OCD in mice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-crisis-of-ocd-in-mice/995742):
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> The British Isles appears to have an issue with mice that obsessively tidy up human property without needing princesses to sing to them. I wonder if this behavior helped create any folklore about various “little people”?

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairy-tale-come-true-magical-mouse-cleanup/995785/3 "2024-01-08T22:12:55Z")

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Existing thread here.

> [@The hidden crisis of OCD in mice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hidden-crisis-of-ocd-in-mice/995742):
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> The British Isles appears to have an issue with mice that obsessively tidy up human property without needing princesses to sing to them. I wonder if this behavior helped create any folklore about various “little people”?

Therefore, this is closed.

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairy-tale-come-true-magical-mouse-cleanup/995785/4 "2024-01-08T22:13:02Z")

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