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Trap #9 |
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Man Vs Mouse Intro
© 2000 Paul Perkins |
I never expected to be outwitted this long by a mouse. Now I know how Wile E. Coyote feels. I decided to go back to the tried and true mouse traps. No more live traps. The mouse will die.
I went to the local supermarket and bought packages and packages of traps. I didn't use a shopping cart, so I had all the traps piled in my arms. When I got to the cash register I got a lot of odd stares. The girl working the register looked at me really funny, but she didn't say anything. My guess is that she assumed that if I needed thirty mouse traps, I wasn't someone she wanted to talk to.
I feared these traps. Traps make me nervous. I got snapped during Trap #6, and was determined to spare my fingers this time. In fact, I was so worried that I set my beer down and didn't pick it back up until I had all the traps set. A trap did spring when I set it down. It set off five other traps, which scared the piss out of me. I ended up setting the traps, then sliding them into place with a stick. I even used a long stick with a spoon taped to it to add the bait. I wasn't getting near those traps!
In the name of fairness, I decided not to bait the spring mechanisms on the traps. However, one bad step and SNAP! The mouse would have to tiptoe through the minefield to get to the food. |
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