Just wanted to assure people that the way under the sink has been closed off by wire netting, so vermin have a smaller chance of getting in or out.
The exterminator said that the rat most likely came up from the sewers through the powder room toilet, so we are keeping the lid closed. I may get an unpleasant surprise in the early morning, but the care I will get in the coronary ward will more than make up for it.
HWMBO was horrified when I told him the story about the rat, by the way. He hates having vermin around, and complains about it, but when the vermin are finally brought to book, he’s sad.
And yet he continues to refuse to understand that squirrels are vermin, too.
that’s because a squirrel is a rat with good PR. and they take full advantage of it.
To lions, people are vermin.
What you believe depends on where you sit.
Oh, and squirrels live OUTSIDE, not inside.
My mother murders squirrels constantly, viciously, eagerly, bloodily… it’s disgusting. I think they’re cute and lovely, and I keep pet guinea pigs who’ve been known to get out and raid the garden, so pick your vermin.
Mom recalls her own mother killing her pet rats when she was at school, with chloroform, and then lying about it. This with great bitterness.
I don’t know, but I’m very glad about your netting.
To lions, people are vermin.
And/or lunch.
The word ‘vermin’ shares its roots with the word ‘worm’, making an appearance again as ‘varmints’. The red dye vermilion has a similar source.
Worms were simply lesser creatures (‘critters’), lower life forms, unimportant enough not to bother distinguishing between their legions of varieties.