Comments on: Mouse http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kathy http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2503 Kathy Thu, 11 May 2006 15:51:11 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2503 Maybe you were sub-consciously looking for a use for your tupperware box? Maybe you were sub-consciously looking for a use for your tupperware box?

]]> By: Granny Rose http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2396 Granny Rose Sun, 07 May 2006 19:09:51 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2396 Perhaps you were hoping to keep it as a pet. If it had been happier in the Tupperware box and had eaten the bread you might have gone out to buy a cage. Though you don't strike me as the sort of person who would really be happy to keep the poor creature caged for very long. Perhaps you were hoping to keep it as a pet. If it had been happier in the Tupperware box and had eaten the bread you might have gone out to buy a cage. Though you don’t strike me as the sort of person who would really be happy to keep the poor creature caged for very long.

]]> By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Clarice Sun, 07 May 2006 16:35:43 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2388 Yes, I think that is a little bit eccentric. Perhaps it is the natural hunter in you, but without the blood-lust. Perhaps it is part of the same reason some people REALLY like to hunt foxes. Or perhaps it is the city-dweller's desire to engage somehow with nature in the midst of the concrete jungle. I always like it when I see a rat in the underground. A mouse or vole in a hedgerow wouldn't somehow have the same ring to it. Yes, I think that is a little bit eccentric. Perhaps it is the natural hunter in you, but without the blood-lust. Perhaps it is part of the same reason some people REALLY like to hunt foxes.
Or perhaps it is the city-dweller’s desire to engage somehow with nature in the midst of the concrete jungle. I always like it when I see a rat in the underground. A mouse or vole in a hedgerow wouldn’t somehow have the same ring to it.

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 Robert Sat, 06 May 2006 13:38:01 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2379 <em>No, more likely out to kill the mouse you've just abandoned to it's fate.</em> Precisely my fear. No, more likely out to kill the mouse you’ve just abandoned to it’s fate.

Precisely my fear.

]]> By: William Board http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2375 William Board Sat, 06 May 2006 12:28:20 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2375 "The cat from next door, out for a stroll" No, more likely out to kill the mouse you've just abandoned to it's fate. “The cat from next door, out for a stroll”

No, more likely out to kill the mouse you’ve just abandoned to it’s fate.

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 Robert Fri, 05 May 2006 15:57:09 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2333 <em>kerb?</em> Is that the Scottish equivalent, like 'kirk'? kerb?

Is that the Scottish equivalent, like ‘kirk’?

]]> By: The Pedant's Apprentice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2332 The Pedant's Apprentice Fri, 05 May 2006 15:50:34 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2332 kerb? kerb?

]]> By: Tim Newman http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2331 Tim Newman Fri, 05 May 2006 15:41:46 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2331 <em>However, the streets are well maintained in certain parts of Edinburgh, and there were no nooks or crannies for him to escape down. </em> In a Russian street, you'd lose a hippo in the nooks or crannies. However, the streets are well maintained in certain parts of Edinburgh, and there were no nooks or crannies for him to escape down.

In a Russian street, you’d lose a hippo in the nooks or crannies.

]]> By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 Robert Fri, 05 May 2006 14:29:35 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2330 What I've learnt is that mice are sprinters rather than long distance runners. Out on the road you'll get one easily, but within a kitchen its a lot more difficult. What I’ve learnt is that mice are sprinters rather than long distance runners. Out on the road you’ll get one easily, but within a kitchen its a lot more difficult.

]]> By: MK http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 MK Fri, 05 May 2006 11:51:33 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/05/04/mouse/#comment-2320 Nicely done - wanna come over to my flat and catch the mouse that makes occasional appearances in my kitchen? Nicely done – wanna come over to my flat and catch the mouse that makes occasional appearances in my kitchen?

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