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Overheard at Wal-Mart
November 15th, 2009
Alternate title: The last time RATS are mentioned on TheHuckablog EVER!
“While we are here maybe we should get some rat poison.”
“RAT POISON! WHY? YOU SAID THERE WAS ONLY ONE!”
“I am sure there was only one–BUT, just in case maybe we should get some poison.”
“Fine by me. I even blogged that we were buying a ton of it. Get traps too.”
“Hmm. Well, this is the right kind I guess. Look, it says it takes four days for it to die after it ingests the poison.”
“I guess so it can take poison back to it’s nest.”
“Doesn’t that sound kinda mean to you? Four days of a slow death?”
“Did you forget who you are talking to? If we could buy a tiny rat water board I would! Just get what kills it the deadest!”
We bought the rat poison…….and kept it separate from the marshmallows we had to buy for The Son’s preschool Thanksgiving feast.
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Ok, I know you’re all thinking….he’s got sympathy? for a rat?
Well, I used to have a pet rat. He was a really cool pet. He bit me when I was feeding him once.
Guess that’s why I bought the poison in the end.
Stupid rat.
You should have gotten that new trap/killing mechanism I’ve seen advertised. It’s a no-muss, no-fuss trap where you can’t actually see the “specimen.” When the door closes, you just assume you’ve caught the pest and throw the whole thing away…nice and easy. I will say, however, that the lady in the commercial seems far too excited to be throwing away a dead animal…just saying!
I’m on The Husband’s side…I have sympathy for even the gross stuff. Like the tarantula whose life ended as a result of being discovered in Keira’s playhouse. If I had it to do over again, instead of sending in the Arachnid Death Squad (i.e. Bear), I probably would’ve arranged for its relocation. The guilt still weighs upon me.