Comments on: Rat rage http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:46:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lydia http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/#comment-559 Lydia Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=119#comment-559 :) Hi Just catching up with your exploits - been a bit out of the loop. Hope you are feeling ok now. :) Hi Just catching up with your exploits - been a bit out of the loop. Hope you are feeling ok now.

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/#comment-560 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=119#comment-560 Welcome back. I want you to read "Boys Are Stubborn" and tell me what you think from your perspective working in a boys school. Welcome back. I want you to read "Boys Are Stubborn" and tell me what you think from your perspective working in a boys school.

]]> By: Nikki http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/#comment-561 Nikki Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=119#comment-561 Hey Mark,<br /> just catching up with your exploits as well - is it my turn to write? if it is I apologize - been crazy busy with 'things' - ask Mithi, I'm exhausted with work... interested in the subject, but frustrated by my boss... I'm sure you know the story.<br /> I hope all is well with you - I'm looking forward to reading more of your stories<br /> :) Hey Mark,
just catching up with your exploits as well - is it my turn to write? if it is I apologize - been crazy busy with ‘things’ - ask Mithi, I’m exhausted with work… interested in the subject, but frustrated by my boss… I’m sure you know the story.
I hope all is well with you - I’m looking forward to reading more of your stories
:)

]]> By: Thaths http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/#comment-562 Thaths Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=119#comment-562 I am very sorry to hear your abt your prolems with the rodents of Tala Secretarial. I had some terrible experinces with them myself in that house. My solution was to keep the door of the store room (next to the kitchen) and the kitchen itself closed. I think the rats love the warmth of the cooker and take up living in the middle bit between the oven and the stove top.<br /> <br /> Best thing you can do is poison the louts. Make sure that you keep the poisoned bait as far away from the cooker as possible. After all, you don't want the rat to die inside the cooker. I killed as many as three in one stroke once. I am very sorry to hear your abt your prolems with the rodents of Tala Secretarial. I had some terrible experinces with them myself in that house. My solution was to keep the door of the store room (next to the kitchen) and the kitchen itself closed. I think the rats love the warmth of the cooker and take up living in the middle bit between the oven and the stove top.

Best thing you can do is poison the louts. Make sure that you keep the poisoned bait as far away from the cooker as possible. After all, you don’t want the rat to die inside the cooker. I killed as many as three in one stroke once.

]]> By: Fede http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/#comment-563 Fede Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=119#comment-563 Mark<br /> <br /> these accounts are SO funny!! I mean, tragic somehow but I can imagine you banging the hell out of your kitchen. Cant' you get mouse traps or poison? at least you'll get to sleep. I can't imagine if you had neighbours. they'll be happy with all the noise!!<br /> <br /> miss u <br /> <br /> xx Mark

these accounts are SO funny!! I mean, tragic somehow but I can imagine you banging the hell out of your kitchen. Cant’ you get mouse traps or poison? at least you’ll get to sleep. I can’t imagine if you had neighbours. they’ll be happy with all the noise!!

miss u

xx

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/rat-rage/#comment-564 Mark Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=119#comment-564 Good. I do my best to make them funny. But life is funny, don't you think?<br /> <br /> My nearest neighbours are the Convent, about 200M away. <br /> <br /> Yes, there was poison in the house. When I told the story in the sfaff room the following day the deputy principal nodded scerenly as I was re-enacting my floor-bashing dance of the previous night. <br /> "Do you have the Fuko Kil I gave to you?", he asked quietly.<br /> "...", I nodded.<br /> His left hand passed to-and-fro over his right, "You could have spread the Fuko Kil on some bread, left it in the middle of the room, put out the lights and closed the door.", he said. "And come back in a few miniutes to find a dead rat".<br /> <br /> Of course he's right. I could have deployed poison (though I had no bread nor other really suitable foodstuff in the house that night) but I didn't think of it. The whole point of these stories is that the rats fill me with a kind of rage. Something I am not at all used to feeling. I <b>wanted</b> to smash the filthy fucker's head in, though it shames me to say it. Perhaps, if this keeps happening, I'll get used to the idea of rats in my kitchen, remain calm and Fuko-Kil them.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile Im thinking of ways to block off the chimney. Good. I do my best to make them funny. But life is funny, don’t you think?

My nearest neighbours are the Convent, about 200M away.

Yes, there was poison in the house. When I told the story in the sfaff room the following day the deputy principal nodded scerenly as I was re-enacting my floor-bashing dance of the previous night.
"Do you have the Fuko Kil I gave to you?", he asked quietly.
"…", I nodded.
His left hand passed to-and-fro over his right, "You could have spread the Fuko Kil on some bread, left it in the middle of the room, put out the lights and closed the door.", he said. "And come back in a few miniutes to find a dead rat".

Of course he’s right. I could have deployed poison (though I had no bread nor other really suitable foodstuff in the house that night) but I didn’t think of it. The whole point of these stories is that the rats fill me with a kind of rage. Something I am not at all used to feeling. I wanted to smash the filthy fucker’s head in, though it shames me to say it. Perhaps, if this keeps happening, I’ll get used to the idea of rats in my kitchen, remain calm and Fuko-Kil them.

Meanwhile Im thinking of ways to block off the chimney.

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