Build a better mousetrap .....
- Bicycle Bill
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Build a better mousetrap .....
Patented, BTW, by a Texan. Why does that not surprise me, not one teeny little bit?
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
I'd hate to get my dang toe stuck in one-a them thangs.
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Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
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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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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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
You get the wine.
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Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
Then there's the rest of the saying: "...someone will create a better mouse."
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?