# Mrs Mouse

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853 "2009-07-22T13:42:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/1 "2009-07-22T13:42:12Z")

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Mrs. Mouse was worried. Here she was all pregnant and no place in her small home to raise her babies. “I know”, thought Mrs. Mouse., “ I’ll climb up onto the deck at BubbaDog’s house and see if there is a suitable home for my brood.”

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        Mrs. Mouse climbed the deck and sure enough there was a beautiful hi-rise apt standing there just for her. Mrs. Mouse immediately got busy carrying bits of grass mulch and paper up the inner chamber and into the main suite of the hi-rise apt. She was so proud of its metallic shine and ever so proud that it bore the name “WEBER”. 

        But not all was well. The landlord, Bubbadog, was a very strict manager. He disapproved of Mrs. Mouse’s decorating design and completely removed her happy nest. Not once, not twice, not thrice, but FOUR TIMES! Mrs. Mouse was growing irritated with Bubbadog. It was bad enough that he destroyed her nest. THEN he started leaving his cardboard trays everywhere that had the stickiest goo on them. Mrs. Mouse avoided them in disgust. 

        Then one day Mrs. Mouse’s opinion of Bubbadog changed. Why she could believe neither her eyes nor her nose! Bubba was capitulating! He had set out a nice big glob of peanut butter for Mrs. Mouse.  

        As Mrs. Mouse began munching on the peanut butter she said to herself, “This is going to be the best-SNAP! gwrgkkkk aaaaaakkkkt” 

                                                                                THE END
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/2 "2009-07-22T15:11:36Z")

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You left her babies _orphans_?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/3 "2009-07-22T15:13:13Z")

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Man, see if _I_ ever rent from you!

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**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/4 "2009-07-22T15:20:45Z")

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For a second, I thought you poisoned the Peanut butter and I was trying to figure out what sort of poison causes the -SNAP- noise- I was thinking maybe she convulsed and snapped her neck? Hmmm… Where is Bubba getting these sorts of crazy poisons?

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/5 "2009-07-22T15:57:43Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> You left her babies _orphans_?

Alas, the little guys never made it into the world.

[QUOTE=Sunspace]  
Man, see if I ever rent from you!  
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It was just a misunderstanding. We had a communication problem. I think I finally got my point across though.

[QUOTE=Ro0sh]  
For a second, I thought you poisoned the Peanut butter and I was trying to figure out what sort of poison causes the -SNAP- noise- I was thinking maybe she convulsed and snapped her neck? Hmmm… Where is Bubba getting these sorts of crazy poisons?  
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Poisons are too indiscriminant. Too many pets and critters around that might possibly be harmed. My first attempts failed at convincing Mrs. Mouse to head for the wooded area behind my house. But with her hijacking my grill, well one should never get in the way of a Bubbadog ribeye dinner. She left me no choice but to take it to defcon level 3!

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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/6 "2009-07-22T15:58:07Z")

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That was a terrible story!

😃

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/7 "2014-05-21T18:37:55Z")

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I resurrect my Zombie due to a continuance of the story. This tale is more graphic than the last in that, unfortunately, little baby meeces were involved.

It is almost 5 years later and Mrs. Mouse’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-niece had found herself a nice little Weber to live in.

Bubbadog had plans to refit the Weber with new burners/flavorizer bars/grates and warmer baskets as well as some very juicy ribeyes to sear that evening.

Bubbadog opened the grill cover…  
Upon discovering the g-g-g-g-g-niece, Bubbadog let out his mighty war whoop which sounds something like a 6 year old girl shrieking in terror. Much stick whacking and war whoops occurred.

When the dust settled Mrs. g-g-g-g-(you get it) somehow managed to flee (I suspect with mortal internal injuries) with most of the kiddee meeces sans two who fell victim to the war whoops.

Bubbadog doesn’t like to see any animal suffer and regrets not quickly dispatching g-g-g-g-g-. But there just wasn’t any easy way out of this one.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/8 "2014-05-21T19:07:35Z")

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> [@BubbaDog](#):
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> Bubbadog let out his mighty war whoop which sounds something like a 6 year old girl shrieking in terror. Much stick whacking and war whoops occurred.
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> When the dust settled Mrs. g-g-g-g-(you get it) somehow managed to flee (I suspect with mortal internal injuries) with most of the kiddee meeces sans two who fell victim to the war whoops.

So if I have a mouse, instead of traps, clubs, &/or an exterminator, I’ll should invite the local 1st grade class over???

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/9 "2014-05-21T19:38:36Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> So if I have a mouse, instead of traps, clubs, &/or an exterminator, I’ll should invite the local 1st grade class over???

They would do a much better job of it than I did. but that’s not saying much at all.

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**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/10 "2014-05-21T19:43:45Z")

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Long ago, there was a Click’n’Clack column where a writer found out the hard way that a mama mouse had moved into his car’s fan assembly and started a family.

He didn’t find out when he started the car. He found out when, the next day, the smell hit. IIRC, he was something of a shade tree mechanic and was able to clean a lot of the bits out, but the mouse family had been evenly distributed through most of the ventilation system. I think the Click’n’Clack brothers recommended replacing whatever could be replaced and steam cleaning the remainder.

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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/11 "2014-05-21T20:01:39Z")

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> [@BubbaDog](#):
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> Bubbadog had plans to refit the Weber with new burners/flavorizer bars/grates and warmer baskets as well as some very juicy ribeyes to sear that evening.

**BubbaDog** really needs to consider the advantages of juicy mouses instead of ribeyes. I mean, they’re already prepped for the grill!

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/12 "2014-05-22T12:56:32Z")

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> [@phouka](#):
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> Long ago, there was a Click’n’Clack column where a writer found out the hard way that a mama mouse had moved into his car’s fan assembly and started a family.
> 
> He didn’t find out when he started the car. He found out when, the next day, the smell hit. IIRC, he was something of a shade tree mechanic and was able to clean a lot of the bits out, but the mouse family had been evenly distributed through most of the ventilation system. I think the Click’n’Clack brothers recommended replacing whatever could be replaced and steam cleaning the remainder.

This happened to me. A mouse I was bringing home for my python escaped. I could not find him and thought he’d run out through the open doors. The next day, I got in the car to go to work, started it and immediately turned on the AC fan because it was freaking mid June and burning hot. Imagine the sound of a mouse in a fan. I knew right away and was seriously grossed out. But real fun was the smell of a dead mouse inside a car in midsummer. For a couple of weeks.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/13 "2014-05-22T13:19:52Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> **BubbaDog** really needs to consider the advantages of juicy mouses instead of ribeyes. I mean, they’re already prepped for the grill!

…Now you’re cooking with gas…!

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/14 "2014-05-22T19:27:34Z")

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You could avoid all of this if you’d just quit getting the meeses pregnant…

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/15 "2014-05-22T23:14:18Z")

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cut up some taters, carrots and onions and make a kabob.

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/16 "2014-05-23T17:25:29Z")

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_murderer_

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/17 "2014-06-09T18:11:56Z")

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Good Threadspotting title, [Musicat](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). “Meeses to pieces.” 😃 Heh, heh, heh.

Random neurological misfire: I bet “Meeses Pieces” would totally fail at candy sales. Even in a colorful crisp-sugar shell, mouse butter would be much less popular than peanut butter.

I should probably talk to a doctor about those neurological misfires.☹

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/18 "2014-06-10T18:20:39Z")

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What? No one has Godwinized this thread yet?

Where is Godwin when you need him?

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**Author:** ![Joe\_the\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Joe\_the\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_the_Rat)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/19 "2014-06-11T13:24:31Z")

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Frankly, I’m surprised that nobody said “Bad things happen when you get up in his grill.”

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**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:** [June 11, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-mouse/503853/20 "2014-06-11T15:40:11Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> What? No one has Godwinized this thread yet?
> 
> Where is Godwin when you need him?

Not even a Mauswitz joke?