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).
32 comments:
Lady M. needs to go to Specsavers!!!
Sure does. And learn to set her own Rat trap too.
Appearances can be deceptive.
For certain people; yes!
Question is, what was Lady M doing behind the barn in the first place?
Well 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......
Looking for Rats probably; I don't know.
I shall have a word with the Gas Co.
You mean to say she can't - women can do anything these days.
…..and book Lady M an appointment with the optician!
Well 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).
I'll tell her you said that; it might make her feel better.
I think you are fighting a losing battle against rats - especially armoured ones.
with big red noses.
I don't think you're going to let Lady M forget this for a while.
Priceless!
Ahhh tis nice when the boot is on the other foot Cro
It was because of the tail.
EVER!
She keeps me amused.
I like to have the upper hand occasionally.
Some gas bottle top; some tail.
I 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.
Peanut butter is better than cheese (on a rat trap).
Very dark; she had some excuse.
We sometimes use bacon, which works well.
Gosh, just recently I left John Gray a comment about once having to catch a rat. And now you've brought that memory back again.
Such is life. Best wishes.
It was a good comment too frances x
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.
I'll go over and have a butchers.
Smell like a rat, too?
I have no idea what a Rat smells like.
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