Plumber Mouse has both a crack and advice
"Ma'am, I think I see the problem here."
"Oh, and nice matches, heh."
"What you have here is a typical Flapper ball rupture. These are common on newer flush valves and are connected to the handle lift arm with a lift chain."
"We'll fix 'er up real nice with a float ball connected to the handle lift arm by a lift wire that runs through a guide arm attached to the overflow pipe."
Mmmmmkay, Kate and Jeff? [tiny mouse paw hands you a serious bill]
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what is that little guy doin up there?? great cobwebs added for effect :p
Plumb cute! (sorry)
Regrettably, most plumbers have a crack. X-P
He looks like mighty mouse -- *after* he has saved the day.
I saw this when I was reading the news today and squealed. Out loud. This is for you, Cute Overload!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/od_nm/us_koala
He looks like the mouse version of Yoda.
But way cuter!!
Eew - you shoulda seen that spider!...is it still down there - I don't dare even look!...I swear I feel like I'm still covered in cobwebs [shudder]
Aww. Poor little thing looks like it's been through hell. I hope the photographer at least provided a few Cheerios and a warm spot out of the weather.
See, this is why it's such a good thing I don't have a mouse problem of my own. :\
I know what you mean, redbone. If I had a mouse problem in my house I would end up with a mouse pet problem. Especially since my cat is actually a fan of little furballs and would never hurt them :)
What's this guy charge for a housecall? I'd like to hire him. He looks like he knows what he's doing.
A meese AND matches?? I can't resist sharing this:
The Country
by Billy Collins
I wondered about you
when you told me never to leave
a box of wooden, strike-anywhere matches
lying around the house because the mice
might get into them and start a fire.
But your face was absolutely straight
when you twisted the lid down on the round tin
where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
Who could sleep that night?
Who could whisk away the thought
of the one unlikely mouse
padding along a cold water pipe
behind the floral wallpaper
gripping a single wooden match
between the needles of his teeth?
Who could not see him rounding a corner,
the blue tip scratching against a rough-hewn beam,
the sudden flare, and the creature
for one bright, shining moment
suddenly thrust ahead of his time -
now a fire-starter, now a torchbearer
in a forgotten ritual, little brown druid
illuminating some ancient night.
Who could fail to notice,
lit up in the blazing insulation,
the tiny looks of wonderment on the faces
of his fellow mice, onetime inhabitants
of what once was your house in the country?
Dis little guy is so sweet! Tell me he wasn't harmed. I once found a little black mouse in the bathroom, and he looked up at me with beady eyes and twitchy whiskers and I told him, "Look, little guy ... I'm going to get some coffee. If you're gone when I get back, we'll call it good."
He was, and it was. I closed up all the baseboard holes and floorboard holes in the house, got a cat and never say any little meeses again ;-)
Err..sorry ... I never SAW any little meeses...And another thing...doesn't his scrunched up muzzle imply he had to smell some baaaad things? He needs some nice cheddar.
Maybe a week ago I said that I thought CO needed more mice + monkeys.
This may have randomly worked but, but in case it wasn't random, THANKYOU SO MUCH.
Seriously, thanks.
I really needed it.
*Hugs* to all.
Is it just me or does the mouse look like s/he is smirking?
Oh for BLEENing out LOUD!
Can we keep 'im? Can we keep 'im? Pleease?
See also: These tiny little balls of fluffy mousitude:
Tiniest of mousies: http://erroraccessdenied.com/node/1496
Ball of Fluff... With feet! http://erroraccessdenied.com/node/1497
This is a scene from a Disney movie, right? The heroic little mouse has the voice of Michael J. Fox and Alan Rickman is the voice of a twitchy tom cat who is out to get him.
(And I love Billy Collins, thanks for the poetry, pomegirl.)
'I'm not here!'
'Really, I'm a decorative feature of the plunger.'
'Don't squish my head.'
Great poem! I must know how these photos came about, though.
The poor baby looks so vulnerable.
BTW, that's a pretty nice bathroom. All I got are boring white walls.
I'd worry about the poor little mousie... it's not normal for a "wild" house mouse to be up high, in the light, and sufficiently unafraid of people to have his eyes half-closed. I hope he's not sick!
awww hes sooo cute! I hope he hada nice safe relocation to somewhere less spiderwebby :)
zomg.
I hope you gave him a treat or two! Especially after he was so nice to clean the cobwebs off the baseboards for you!
he's cute!
My guess is he was chased up there after running behind some furniture with stealth cobwebs underneath. The householder then melted from the extreme cuteness and dropped the box or whatever to grab the digicam.
He's probably had quite an aerobic workout and that's why he looks so sleepy.
I love his little cobwebby head! I want to make him a home in a Kleenex box and feed him peanut butter crackers.
No, no, no, this is the brochure for "Cobby's Cobweb Service". 'Got the webs?'
We've got the solution! Cobby's Cob Web Service will clean your cobwebs for peanuts and we'll even throw in the complimentary plunger evaluation! So, for service in a scurry, call Cobby's Cob Web Service today!
Excellent Katrina!
WHAT do you MEAN, no plumber mouse'tock jokes?
I like it too Katrina, and I loved the poem.
Let's have no cracks about mouse 'tocks!
@Katrina: ROFL!!! I need that service! I wonder if they have associates who can get up and get the cobwebs around the ceiling? Maybe a friendly birdie who would sweep them off?
Meeses are cute, but I must confess I screamed like a girl the one time I came face-to-face with one in my house.
Got mice? This humane trap works wonderfully at our house: http://www.veganstore.com/smart-humane-mousetrap/Page_1/266.html
Just be sure to check it several times a day and be prepared to release the mice in a sheltered area at least a half mile from your home. :)
When I saw the first picture I didn't realize what it was, so I was wondering why there was a tiny ostrich head coming out of the floor. >_> Really cute mouse, though.
he's soooo cute!!! I could cuddle him, and clean him, and call him george.
Hmmmm....I think the correct caption for this could be...
"UM...HALP!!"
*SIGH* How can such nasty little disease vectors be so *#@*!! cute? The prob with a mouse in the house is that it leaves ... ahem ... memorabilia all over the place including the food cupboards, silverware drawers, counter tops, etc., etc.
Leilani- And thats nothing compared to all the bacteria and germs in your mouth and everyother human's mouth...
so remember kids, brush 3 times a day and dont forget to floss! *headtilt*
"Tada!!" *tiny mice applause*
Actually it looks like he's about to reach enlightenment. No disturbing, everybody.
katiedid, people don't typically carry hantavirus, bubonic plague, or rabies for failing to brush. ;)
I'm with Leilani. They're *#@*!! cute, but out west we have a justifiable aversion to wild critters moving into our homes and leaving... "memorabilia".
Still... awww @ his leetle pink feets.
It's nice to see a meece in one piece. I usually come home to the mangled remains, left on the carpet by one of my cats.
Joe the Plumber, you're toast! The mouse is going to steal all your customers!
GAH! To be honest, this turns out to be my most ever favorite picture that has ever been posted here.
I have at least 2 mice in my house, I have tried 4 different non-lethal methods of catching them and not one has worked. I quietly watch them run up and down my hallway at night while we're watching TV. Right past the traps. :|
Maybe this is a live promotion for "The Tale of Despereaux" movie? I'd go to a movie if these whiskers told me to go.
So adorable. I know mice are not loved by many, but I think they're quite cute. (Much less so, I'm sure, if they're taking over an attic/basement and leaving droppings everywhere.)
He looks cold and tired. :( Give him foods and cuddles, plz.
Looks more like a gerbil than a mouse. Still cute though :)
Mystic mountaintop mouse dispenses wisdom to the worthy.
*You* get plumbing advice.
Aah! Please, take the little fella down and give him a cuddle and a treat or two.
Then find him a nice large cage with plenty of food, water, warmth and love in.
Me lubs the meese. :-)
Could this possibly be a pet mouse and not an invader? A "wild" mouse would never make itself so vulnerable...unless there was a cat or other animal after it. It looks so cute but helpless and it kind makes me sad with all the cobwebs and closed eyes.
Aww... he's all sleepies!! We'll just turn off the light, walk away, and let you continue honk shu-ing.