# Rat patrol (not the TV show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-patrol-not-the-tv-show/1031244 "2026-06-28T11:55:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-patrol-not-the-tv-show/1031244/41 "2026-06-29T18:30:02Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Seems like drowning is just about the _worst_ way to dispatch of them then. That just sounds slow and horrible. Back in the olden days, I worked at McDonald’s and there was a guy who would throw the garbage area rats into the used grease tank out there. I said it sounded like a hard way to go, and he said, “Nah, to them it’s like drowning in chocolate!” There’s no point to this anecdote, I was just reminded of it. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-patrol-not-the-tv-show/1031244/42 "2026-06-29T18:47:12Z")
OK, rats are not some kind of mindless automata; they are intelligent— think of a cat or a chimp or what have you, when contemplating torturing them to death versus even unleashing a rat terrier or shotgun or something quick. Seriously, I would just drive the 5 miles… but the root of the problem seems to be that there is some unsecured food supply at the neighbour’s, which you have to address otherwise it will not matter how many rats you personally dispatch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-patrol-not-the-tv-show/1031244.md?page=2)