Patented, BTW, by a Texan. Why does that not surprise me, not one teeny little bit? -"BB"-
Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:52 am
by Joe Guy
I'd hate to get my dang toe stuck in one-a them thangs.
Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:55 am
by 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/ -"BB"-
Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:00 pm
by Long Run
You get the wine.
Re: Build a better mousetrap .....
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:36 pm
by Bicycle Bill
Then there's the rest of the saying: "...someone will create a better mouse."
