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Gloves or colander?

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tiredoldwoman Mon 13-Nov-17 13:23:09

This once happened to me , all the adults were in a panic trying to catch the mouse - flapping teatowels , boxes , sieves were being used . My 2 year old granddaughter disappeared from the room then reappeared with her fishing net and caught the mouse within seconds !

JackyB Mon 13-Nov-17 11:50:08

The mouse

Greyduster Mon 13-Nov-17 11:34:25

Our cat brought a mouse into our living room one evening when DD and SiL were with us. She dropped it and there then ensued an hilarious chase in which the bookcase had to be half emptied in order to move it, by which time the mouse had taken refuge under the sofa. Cue turning sofa on its end, to see mouse disappear under the wall unit. What I tell you next is absolutely true. DD gets down on all fours to look under the unit; could not see mouse, but just as she turned on her knees to get up again, mouse enters lower part of her trouser leg ?. Much screaming and jumping up and down, while the rest of us roll about helplessly on the floor! We did eventually corner the damned thing and trapped it under a waste paper bin, which we slid onto a large piece of card and carried out to the bottom of the garden. The living room looked like a train wreck and neither the cat nor DD would not speak to any of us for the rest of the night!

Alima Mon 13-Nov-17 11:08:46

For the first time last night Harry the cat brought a live mouse into the living room. Instant animation. DH rushed into the shed and returned with a pair of gloves to tackle said beast. I dashed into the kitchen and returned with a colander to ensnare the brute. By the time we returned to the living room Harry had the mouse back in his jaws so it was fairly easy to approach him, hissing and arms flailing, me, whilst DH blocked off the stairs and they were herded out into the garden. After that it was easy to get Harry back in, sans mouse, by rattling his biscuit box, the mouse escaped and we returned to relax mode.
My question is, what would you grab first in a similar situation?