We knew there was a mouse in our home when the cats started hanging out at the stove, intently staring at the gap between it and the counter. The stinking animals are good for something after all!
After the War Department (WD) actually spied the little sucker I got some glue traps. Set them out and figured the mouse would get caught at the worst possible time (Murphy’s Law, it never fails).
Yesterday while I was sleeping the WD hears a commotion in the kitchen. Sure enough, “Mickey” is caught (good news). Our male cat pounced on him AND the trap and is trying to shake it loose from his face (bad news).
The WD runs over, rips the trap along with fur and whiskers off the cat’s face, grabs him and runs back to our bedroom to get him out of the way. He gets dumped on the floor and the door shuts. Not being TOO stupid our feline friend jumps onto the bed and starts headbutting yours truly to get me to let him out. Since I have no idea of just WTH is going on as I awake, I get up and let “Bootsie” out the door in time for him to beat the WD back to the kitchen.
While cat and wife are racing one another back to the glue-trapped mouse our two boys, aged 4 and 2.5, are standing there rooting for the cat AND the mouse (not realizing one wants the other for dinner). The WD succeeds in grabbing “Bootsie” again and tosses him firmly into another bedroom. Maybe that was the thump I heard against the wall as I fell back asleep.
Running back in time to prevent our boys from petting the mouse, the WD gets my pliers and grabs the trap to toss it into the garbage can outside. Our sons wave bye-bye as “Mickey” exits the house.
So, how was your day?
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"The War Department" I have not heard that one in years. Thank you for the chuckle!
Tremendous sit-com possibilities.
A simple sinner, you're welcome.Anonymous, I doubt it. As anyone who is a dad will attest to, truth really does get stranger than fiction! But thanks for the comment.
It made me laugh as it reminded me of a retiree I knew almost 20 years ago who used to use it in reference to the missus… Comically making her to sound over-bearing, task master when it fact she was the gentlist country wife you could think of."Bob you coming out to the festival this weekend?""I dunno, I think the War Department is going to make me cut the grass and do man-things around the house… I don't know why she can't clean the gutters! I am a slave, I tell ya, slave!" I miss 'em both. Funny people. "The War Department"… still making me chuckle!