kinneavey meets his waterloo i mean vietnam

 

The mouse is ignoring the humane traps and the array of newly installed lethal ones.

In fact the only thing we caught in the old fashioned snap trap which Farmer Jones installed this afternoon was Farmer Jones while he was installing it.

As he nursed his bloody finger he treated me to a recital of traditonal Irish curse words in order to better express his chagrin and discontent.

How long is it since I've heard anyone scream "bitch's ghost," "hoors of Babylon," and "******* ****," like they mean it.

It was a real nostalgia trip.

He put down poison too.

"Are you sure about this?" he said.

I answered with my version of the famous makey uppy quote which broadcaster Peter Arnett claimed an American Major had said to him in Vietnam.

"In order to save the mouse, it has become necessary to destroy him."