# Is that a mouse in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 3, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794 "2005-01-03T05:13:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/1 "2005-01-03T05:13:58Z")

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[Wild untamed trouser rodent causes motor vehicle accident.](http://www.news24.com/News24/Backpage/AnimalAntics/0,,2-1343-1348_1641159,00.html) Geico reptile declined comment. 😃

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**Author:** ![MsPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@MsPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsPrufrock)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/2 "2005-01-03T05:17:51Z")

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Gah! :eek:

That’s all I have to say…Gah!!! :eek:

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**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/3 "2005-01-03T05:19:14Z")

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The guy has my props for being able to catch a mouse in his pants. I have three of the little buggers in a 10 gallon glass aquarium and it takes me a good ten minutes to catch any one of them, even though they’re fairly tame.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/4 "2005-01-03T15:36:34Z")

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\<Dean from the Iron Giant\>  
I’d like to apologize to everybody in advance for this!

!!Unzip!!

\</DFTIG\>

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/5 "2005-01-03T17:23:20Z")

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_asdfjk_

_flail_ Mouse up the pants mouse up the pants gaaaah! _runs around shrieking like a little girl_

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/6 "2005-01-03T20:06:33Z")

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_Trouser Rodents_

BAND NAME!

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-mouse-in-your-pants-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/282794/7 "2005-01-03T20:31:42Z")

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_Rodents, rodents, rodents, rodents…  
SNAKE! A SNAKE! OOOH! IT’S A SNAKE!_ 😉