Lisa Cuddy Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I spent a decent amount of viewing time thinking "she really does look like Lydia from Breaking Bad" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I killed a mouse this morning. We had set some traps last night as my wife had spotted a mouse running around. Came into the kitchen this morning and spotted a mouse lying beside the trap. Excellent, I think, the trap has clearly done its job. I then go to bag it and bin it when it starts moving and I am a bit taken aback. Then starts a bit of thinking about how to humanely put it out of its misery. Do I just put it in the wheelie bin and let it die, clearly in pain and unable to move? Do I take it outside and let the local cats finish it off? Do I end its suffering by smothering it with a pillow? In the end I smashed it with a brick and now I feel terrible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, endieinreekie said: I killed a mouse this morning. We had set some traps last night as my wife had spotted a mouse running around. Came into the kitchen this morning and spotted a mouse lying beside the trap. Excellent, I think, the trap has clearly done its job. I then go to bag it and bin it when it starts moving and I am a bit taken aback. Then starts a bit of thinking about how to humanely put it out of its misery. Do I just put it in the wheelie bin and let it die, clearly in pain and unable to move? Do I take it outside and let the local cats finish it off? Do I end its suffering by smothering it with a pillow? In the end I smashed it with a brick and now I feel terrible. Don't feel terrible, smashing it with a brick was the right course of action. Of course you will now have nightmares about a giant mouse breaking into your house and killing you with a brick in your bed, but that's a small price to pay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 You did the decent thing, endieinreekie. Just don't go telling everyone about it. I had a great aunt who lived in rural #Perthshire, and loved to regale me with her tales of putting run-over cats out of their misery by stabbing them through the heid with sharp sticks. Seemed to happen so often that I think she was just grabbing perfectly healthy strays 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 1 minute ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: You did the decent thing, endieinreekie. Just don't go telling everyone about it. I had a great aunt who lived in rural #Perthshire, and loved to regale me with her tales of putting run-over cats out of their misery by stabbing them through the heid with sharp sticks. Seemed to happen so often that I think she was just grabbing perfectly healthy strays Or running them over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 11 minutes ago, throbber said: Was there nothing closer to hand that would make the entire thing less barbaric than a brick? Like what? A rolling pin? I took it outside and smashed it with the brick to avoid having to clean the kitchen floor of the inevitable consequences of smashing a small rodent with a brick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, throbber said: What about a shoe, a stick or a small piece of metal pipe? The brick was fairly comprehensive in its despatching of the poor mouse. A shoe might not have had the same effect and might have increased its suffering while I tried to bludgeon it to death. I don't normally keep sticks or pieces of metal pipes around the house, funnily enough. I'm glad I did it outside given the way its head exploded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, endieinreekie said: The brick was fairly comprehensive in its despatching of the poor mouse. A shoe might not have had the same effect and might have increased its suffering while I tried to bludgeon it to death. I don't normally keep sticks or pieces of metal pipes around the house, funnily enough. I'm glad I did it outside given the way its head exploded. He's in hevun now. Onli God can judje u x 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, throbber said: There's a special place in hell reserved for you you sick b*****d. I'll see you there then, you pant sniffing weirdo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, endieinreekie said: Like what? A rolling pin? I took it outside and smashed it with the brick to avoid having to clean the kitchen floor of the inevitable consequences of smashing a small rodent with a brick. All you need to worry about now is listening to the dying squeaks of it's starving mouse babies. A bit like the pigeon inadvertently nailed in to the eaves of our house. Fortunately I'm on holiday, so it'll be well dead by the time I get back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Dee Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I killed a mouse, with a claw hammer, once. It was the correct course of action to take, as it would have suffered a long lingering death, due to being stuck in a glue trap. Eta furthermore, there's absolutely nothing in life that cannot be sorted in life with a tin of Stella and a claw hammer. Nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, Dee Dee said: Eta furthermore, there's absolutely nothing in life that cannot be sorted in life with a tin of Stella and a claw hammer. Nothing. Peter Sutcliffe likes this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Just now, KnightswoodBear said: Peter Sutcliffe likes this. Peter would have been a Boddingtons man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 2 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: You did the decent thing, endieinreekie. Just don't go telling everyone about it. I had a great aunt who lived in rural #Perthshire, and loved to regale me with her tales of putting run-over cats out of their misery by stabbing them through the heid with sharp sticks. Seemed to happen so often that I think she was just grabbing perfectly healthy strays That too was an act of kindness after that dog had been set on him! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 2 minutes ago, Lisa Cuddy said: That too was an act of kindness after that dog had been set on him! Your dog, Sir. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 2 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: You did the decent thing, endieinreekie. Just don't go telling everyone about it. I had a great aunt who lived in rural #Perthshire, and loved to regale me with her tales of putting run-over cats out of their misery by stabbing them through the heid with sharp sticks. Seemed to happen so often that I think she was just grabbing perfectly healthy strays Camera pans out to show that BFTD is actually the great aunt a la Pyscho. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 1 minute ago, KnightswoodBear said: Your dog, Sir. Yes, yes, my dog. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 42 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Peter would have been a Boddingtons man. Would he bollocks. John Smiths the rapist's anonymous tipple of choice. It was Doc Shipman that was on the Boddies. G-Bo(re) -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Alright, what are you pair quoting? I know it and it's going to drive me nuts. 5 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Camera pans out to show that BFTD is actually the great aunt a la Pyscho. Oops. Too late. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 First time I met my mother in law she was drowning rats in a bucket in her garden. Don't know why that never set the alarm bells ringing. My cat was bringing in two or three mice a day recently. Think he's found a family of them and was proudly bringing them in, eating their heads and leaving the rest for me to tidy up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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