Comments on: Plague Rats For a Better Olympic Games http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-19222 ninme Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:01:49 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-19222 <p>You know, and I think this comes up a lot with me, you say that, but then why don't people keep terriers in barns? I think because, as with all dogs, you have to trained the damned things to be useful at anything and most people get over it by the time they've finished getting the damned things to not pee on the carpets.</p> You know, and I think this comes up a lot with me, you say that, but then why don’t people keep terriers in barns? I think because, as with all dogs, you have to trained the damned things to be useful at anything and most people get over it by the time they’ve finished getting the damned things to not pee on the carpets.

]]> By: HalfEMpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-19089 HalfEMpty Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:31:07 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-19089 <p>Terriers are a better bet against rats.</p> Terriers are a better bet against rats.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-18918 ninme Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:02:15 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-18918 <p>Ah, but if there had been cats, there wouldn't have been a plague to kill them since they would have eaten all the rats and cats, sensibly, don't jump on ships and carry diseases from one port to another.</p> <p>Hah!</p> Ah, but if there had been cats, there wouldn’t have been a plague to kill them since they would have eaten all the rats and cats, sensibly, don’t jump on ships and carry diseases from one port to another.

Hah!

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-18855 Rueful Red Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:31:00 +0000 http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/02/plague_rats_for_a_better_olympic_games.html#comment-18855 <p>Unfortunately, when plague struck, the cats were the first to die. So they were regarded as being unlucky. So the Europeans didn't keep cats. Very sensible.</p> Unfortunately, when plague struck, the cats were the first to die. So they were regarded as being unlucky. So the Europeans didn’t keep cats. Very sensible.

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