Lady M: Cro, come quickly.
Cro: Can't; I'm busy.
Lady M: You have to, I've just seen a huge Rat.
Cro: That's nice, where was it?
Lady M: At the back of the barn.
Cro: I'll go up later.
Lady M: No, no, you have to come NOW!
Cro: Oh for god's sake; I'm in pain.
Lady M: Bring the Rat trap, I'll get some cheese.
Cro: (a few mins later up at barn): Right where is the cheeky chappie?
Lady M: There. There it is, still in the same place!
Cro: Where?
Lady M: There, there, there, can't you see the bloody thing?
Cro: All I can see is the screw top from a gas bottle; is that what you mean?
Lady M: Is that what it is? I thought it was a Rat.
Cro: You'll have to get new glasses dear. Can I go now?
Lady M: No, set the trap anyway.
Cro: Why, are you hoping to stop the gas bottle top from chewing the carpets ?
(Sets trap; says nothing).
Lady M. needs to go to Specsavers!!!
ReplyDeleteSure does. And learn to set her own Rat trap too.
DeleteYou mean to say she can't - women can do anything these days.
DeleteAppearances can be deceptive.
ReplyDeleteFor certain people; yes!
DeleteQuestion is, what was Lady M doing behind the barn in the first place?
ReplyDeleteLooking for Rats probably; I don't know.
DeleteWell it was a mistake anyone could make ! What were the gas company thinking of, making a top that looks like a rat from a distance - when you need new specs......
ReplyDeleteI shall have a word with the Gas Co.
Delete…..and book Lady M an appointment with the optician!
DeleteWell we all make mistakes - and as we get older our eyesight gets a bit more feeble. Better then the other way round (ie seeing a rat and thinking it is only a moving gas bottle top).
ReplyDeleteI'll tell her you said that; it might make her feel better.
DeleteI think you are fighting a losing battle against rats - especially armoured ones.
ReplyDeletewith big red noses.
DeleteI don't think you're going to let Lady M forget this for a while.
ReplyDeleteEVER!
DeletePriceless!
ReplyDeleteShe keeps me amused.
DeleteAhhh tis nice when the boot is on the other foot Cro
ReplyDeleteI like to have the upper hand occasionally.
DeleteIt was because of the tail.
ReplyDeleteSome gas bottle top; some tail.
DeleteI am pretty sure that if I thought I saw a rat, I'd scream for help also and then be relieved that it was something else. I assume, though, that it was not very bright in the barn.
ReplyDeleteVery dark; she had some excuse.
DeletePeanut butter is better than cheese (on a rat trap).
ReplyDeleteWe sometimes use bacon, which works well.
DeleteGosh, just recently I left John Gray a comment about once having to catch a rat. And now you've brought that memory back again.
ReplyDeleteSuch is life. Best wishes.
At our first farmhouse here we had Rats in the loft which I used to catch in a baited cage. They used to be furious and the only thing to do with them was to lower them into a huge water tank and drown them. Not nice.
DeleteIt was a good comment too frances x
ReplyDeleteI'll go over and have a butchers.
DeleteSmell like a rat, too?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what a Rat smells like.
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