Catching Mice (Mus musculus L.) with a Plain Old Mouse Trap
A Multilingual Mouse Experience
With Tips from the Old Master Baiter
![[victor.]](victor.jpg)
Victor® Easy Set® Mouse Traps
- Non-Poisonous
- Non Toxique
- No Tóxico
- Disposable
- Jetable
- Desechable
![[mouse.]](mouse.jpg)
Mouse. Java programmers
will note the exquisite
mousedown.
![[mousie.]](mousie.jpg)
Mousie.
![[mousie dung.]](mousiedung.jpg)
Mousie Dung. Delicately referred to by my mother as "calling cards", and by Java programmers as a "mouseover".
![[mao zhedong.]](mzd3.jpg)
![[mouse trap.]](mousetrap.jpg)
- Remove Staple Holding Locking Bar to Wood Base.
- Enlevez l'agrafe qui tient le verrou à la base en bois.
- Saque la grapa que sujeta la barra de fijación a la base de madera.
- Pull Back Bow, Hold Down With Thumb.
- Tirez l'archet. Tenez-le avec le pouce.
- Tire hacia atrás el arco y sujétele con el pulgar.
- Lift "Cheese" Pedal to 45° Angle, Engage Locking Bar (S=Sensitive/F=Firm).
- Levez la pédale de "fromage" à un angle de 45°. Engagez le verrou (S=Sensible/F=Firme).
- Levante el pedal de "queso" a un ángulo de 45°. Engrane la barra de fijación. (S=Sensible/F=Firme).
- Place Trap(s) with "Cheese" Pedal Facing Wall.
- Posez la (les) souricière(s), la pédale de "fromage" face au mur.
- Coloque la(s) ratonera(s), el pedal de "queso" frente a la pared.
![[mac mouse.]](nocheese.jpg)
In almost unreadable letters (enlarged fourfold here) we are told that the Easy Set® Mouse Trap
- Never needs baiting
- Ne necesite jamais aucun appât
- Nunca necesita ningun cebo
The Old Master Baiter, unconvinced, recommends baiting mouse traps with peanut butter, the ultimate mouse bait.
![[mac mouse.]](macmouse.jpg)
Unlike this dead mouse, of Chinese manufacture, Victor
- Souricières Appâtées
- Ratoneras Cebadas
are
- Made in U.S.A.
- Fabriquée aux Etats-Unis
- Hecho en E.U.A.
Victor Pest now has a Web site, considerably less lurid than this one.
Collectable mousetraps? Why not?
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E-mail The Old Master Baiter himself.
February 7th, 2002