Rat with a peace of pizza

[Dustparticle]

 Thank God for rats.  

[trottigy]

Hey! That's my pizza!

[Toy Poodles]

This was interesting too. It came up after I watched your video. lol

 

[NSSewer]

I love that cute little rat...he is so determined!

[kejedo]

When I was about 10, we lived in a slum with water rats in a water filled cellar. That was before we moved up to the ghetto,and before we then moved on up to the projects.  I digress. My dear mother was ghetto fabulous, before it was fabulous to be hood, and always had Adorn hairspray and bobbie pins. (poor thing was troubled, to say the least).There was rarely, if ever, any food in the house. At that time we had an overhead flush tank, even though they were long obsolete. Usually the kids got each other up for school. My older brother and I got up first and noticed a large rat swimming in the toilet. I pulled the chain, and the water churned around the rat, who kept its head up out of the swirling water. Next, my brother hustled up a rubber band (we called them elastics in our urban Boston area,) and bent one of mother's bobbie pins. He shot the bent bobbie pin and stunned the rat, while I pulled the chain on the overhead flush, and the temporarily impaired rodent disappeared for about 20 seconds or so, before recovering and appearing again. So,we each took our turn (with the other one absenting self after assignment). Then, we called in our older sister,and told her the plan. Older-brother-Dead-Eye-Ed shot and stunned the rat, while I simultaneously pulled the overhead chain, and ran out of the bathroom telling her she had about 15 seconds. She said the rat recovered quickly and she could feel the splashing. Sorry. Next we got up our younger brother and explained the procedure to him. Older brother and I both assumed positions. He stunned the rat, I pulled the chain, and we told baby brother to 'go' as fast as he could, which he certainly did. We all washed our hands in the kitchen sink and got dressed for school. This was our daily routine until the water rat eventually relocated, but we still checked each morning. Ah, childhood, such sweet memories of teamwork. 

[Dustparticle]

I was in Chicago when rats took over. One night I was at the Buckingham Fountain and the rats came out and walk toward and pass me too. I have no problems with them. The only problem I have at that time was disco music.

[Precision]

I have no problems with rats...especially if I never see them.  But if they try to drag my pizza away  or stop in to say hi up through the pipes and into the toilet then we have a problem.  

[Qapla]

I have never really thought of a pizza as being serene

I have, however, had a piece of pizza

[kejedo]

In my town that rat struggling with the pizza slice would have been busted by the dept of weights and measures for being too scrawny. Some of our rats were almost as big as cats, or maybe our cats were underfed. Another one of life's conundrums.

[Precision]

Scrawny Cats and King size daddy Rats !  In the news 10 years ago or so the City of Chicago used rat bait extensively in the inner city. Seems the rats became immune to the poison and became super-sized...the cats were terrorized and became afraid !  

[kejedo]

Scrawny Cats and King size daddy Rats !  In the news 10 years ago or so the City of Chicago used rat bait extensively in the inner city. Seems the rats became immune to the poison and became super-sized...the cats were terrorized and became afraid !  

Wow! I've seen some really big rats, myself. 

[kejedo]

Wow! I've seen some really big rats, myself. 

When I was in college,we saw a rat in the dorm's courtyard that looked like a cat. So much wasted food thrown out. This NY rat is bigger than my dog.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083341/The-Beast-Bronx-Three-foot-rat-New-York-City-shoe-shop.html

[Tortuga]

 Seems the rats became immune to the poison and became super-sized...

 

Was there a McDonalds in the area?

[Precision]

Back in 2007 A NYC rat inspector...I mean health inspector was removed for failing to perform his duties in Greenwich Village. Rat droppings everywhere at a KFC/ Taco Bell and rats running around  !  

Edited November 26, 2015 by Precision

[pnutts]

That's what Snoopy always said "RATS!" and "Curse You Red Baron"