Althouse: Mice...

September 6, 2006

Mice...

... hate cheese!

18 comments:

knox said...: Millions of children have howled with laughter as they watched cartoon cat Tom try to ensnare arch-rival Jerry with a lump of cheddar.

This makes me think of the Ricky Gervais Show, where Carl comes out with something pseudo-scientific about cavemen, and Ricky's like, "You've been watching the Flintstones again, haven't you???"; 9/6/06, 10:38 AM
KCFleming said...: Really, have any children ever (much less 'millions') "howled with laughter" at Tom and Jerry ?

The cheese stuff isn't so surprising. But howling? That begs credulity, and calls into question the results. I do recall staring mutely at them at most, or turning the channel.

Sorry; too much coffee.; 9/6/06, 10:45 AM
knox said...: based on my highly scientific work, I concluded that the answer was pepperjack.

lmao!; 9/6/06, 10:57 AM
Bissage said...: Who’re you going to believe, some "researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University," or Mr. Cheese himself?; 9/6/06, 10:59 AM
hdhouse said...: Is Wisconsin suffering from a glut of mice or a glut of cheddar cheese?; 9/6/06, 11:05 AM
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MadisonMan said...: pogo, my kids howled with laughter at T&J -- so did I when I was their age. I'm particularly fond of the one where the water on the kitchen floor freezes and Tom & Jerry skate around.

I second/third/fourth the recommendation on peanut butter.; 9/6/06, 11:43 AM
Tibore said...: Shoot... I wanted to do my "Everythng I've needed to know in life I learned from cartoons" schtick, but the article already beat me to the 'toon reference. And so did Knoxgirl and Pogo.

!@#$&^*

But waitaminute... cheddar? I thought Jerry was always snacking on Swiss. All those holes, you know. Am I wrong?; 9/6/06, 11:51 AM
goesh said...: I've used cheese, peanut butter and butter with equal success, though fortunately it has been a couple of years since any of the little varmits have invaded.; 9/6/06, 12:28 PM
hdhouse said...: my vote is for liver and onions. serve that and there won't be a mouse around for a mile.; 9/6/06, 12:44 PM
KCFleming said...: I have had success ridding a basement of mice by merely setting an old CD player on continuous replay and placing a copy of favorite christmas tunes inside. It's like being caught in Sears in December.
I'm tellin' ya: Mass. Mouse. Suicide.; 9/6/06, 1:07 PM
joated said...: Pogo,
That would work on me too!; 9/6/06, 1:18 PM
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Beth said...: Uhg. Sippican, you need to check those traps more often.; 9/6/06, 3:42 PM
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Paddy O said...: "And for you folks that anthropomorphize rodents and think such traps are cruel, it's useful to keep in mind that the little buggers crawl over the inert form of their dead brethren to continue eating all the peanut butter, and when that runs out, they eat their dead brother"

How would this push aside the tendency to anthropomorphize? Mice really are like humans if they do this. Well, like humans without suits, ties, and international agencies.; 9/6/06, 7:11 PM