Mice of New York
Why Are These Mice Different from All Other Mice?
Not in NYC.
In New York, mice don't visit you because you're a hopeless slob. In New York, mice visit you because they can. That's right, you heard me the first time. Those arrogant schmucks pop in and out at their own leisure, idly browsing through who knows what it is they find here. And all because there's no law stating that all mice should refrain from peeking into the dwellings of semi-innocent humans.
Evidence:
1. Seeing a member of their own rodent family caught in a trap doesn't deter them from returning.
2. My room at boarding school was always the cleanest.
3. My mother makes me clean the toughest parts of the kitchen before Passover.
4. A few days ago, I stumbled into the kitchen for morning coffee and noticed that a clean, brand new, still halfway wrapped in
plastic dust rag had been CHEWED into! Now what does that mean? It means that the mouse could not find any REAL FOOD! Tada!
5. The exterminator said that the mouse infestation is mainly caused by the construction going on a few blocks away.
6. P.S.: My neighbours have kids. Lots of them.
NY mice are omnipotent. There will be a Mouse-worshipping clan one day. Clan members will devoutly pray to the Mighty Mouse, who never dies from the poison which is planted in strategic places, and always skillfully skips over the sticky traps.
Statues will be erected in honor of the NY Rodents, who always manage to survive through sheer chutzpah alone. Steven Spielberg will direct and produce "Mousetatic Park", and the city of NY will donate Central Park to the cause, free of charge.
These mice are so damn smart, I should probably put up a sign in the kitchen: "Have a good time mouse, but please STAY
OFF MY STOVE!"
It seems like my stovetop has become the local mouse-outhouse.
Ah, well. All in a day's work.
Published by Elisa Nova
Recently married and living in the NYC area, Elisa has been writing and translating for the past 10 years. She currently work as a legal proofreader, in-house and freelance. Elisa was born in Italy and is pe... View profile
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- NY mice are omnipotent. There will be a Mouse-worshipping clan one day.
- It seems like my stovetop has become the local mouse-outhouse.
5 Comments
Post a CommentThis one made me giggle.
One interesting thing about NY mice and mice everywhere else is that they act as if they are pets. They come out and roam around as if they own the place. The are really lazy b/c they don't run lightning fast, they just putter around like a cat!
NY mice can't touch DC mice. I lived in NY for 11 yrs and was able to controll mice w. terminex. But here in DC I have terminex, peppermint, spearmint, fox piss, and electric traps, I've closed most holes and they keep finding new ones or making new ones. This is mouse heaven. IF you peek into a restauant at night you can see them going crazy. Now ny rats - they are still top dog maybe b.c they are bigger than some dogs.
Oh Wow! Bless your heart! Stopping by to welcome you to AC, and to say great job!!
Gasp...laughing! Great picture, too. I thought I was the only one freaking out about invincible, big-city pests. I'm on the fifth floor, though, so I get roaches wandering over from the neighbor's apartment and not mice. Ugh.