Build a better mousetrap .....

[Bicycle Bill]

Patented, BTW, by a Texan.  Why does that not surprise me, not one teeny little bit?

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[Joe Guy]

I'd hate to get my dang toe stuck in one-a them thangs.

[Bicycle Bill]

Museum's 155-year-old mouse trap catches a fresh rodent
Some inventions stand the test of time — like this still-functioning old mouse trap
that wasn't ready to resign itself to history just yet.



The Museum of English Rural Life at the UK's University of Reading had a break-in recently (well, actually, back in 2016).  The culprit was later found dead inside one of the museum's exhibits.  This sounds like the setup for a particularly weird episode of "The Twilight Zone," but it's a real event.  The offender was actually an ill-fated mouse.

The judge, jury, and executioner was a 155-year-old mouse trap stored in the museum's archives.  The honestly named "Perpetual Mouse Trap" was made by British company Colin Pullinger & Sons and patented in 1861.  It's described as a "multi-catch live mouse trap with a see-saw mechanism."  The unfortunate mouse didn't seem to benefit from the supposed "live" aspect of the trap.
https://www.cnet.com/news/museums-155-y ... sh-rodent/

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[Long Run]

You get the wine.

[Bicycle Bill]

Then there's the rest of the saying:   "...someone will create a better mouse."



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