Comments on: Of Mice And Men(acing) Car Batteries

By: jeci

jeci — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:12:37 +0000

Same thing happened to my dad once! He kept finding little pieces of dog kibble on the engine of his truck (which: WTF, right?) and it eventually turned out to be a hive of mice that would scurry out, steal dog food, and then scoot back in to snooze on the warm engine/mouse pantry. Eeeagh.

By: TUWABVB

TUWABVB — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:57:40 +0000

Sorry I’ve been out of pocket since you posted this – I hope things have improved and that my Tweet didnt’ scare the crap out of you. The best part of the story that I couldn’t fit on Twitter – the mechanics were so freaked out, they put Saran Wrap around three sides of the car when they were removing said rat family – so that you know, in case they all decided to run amok. Honestly, it happens more than you know – hope you are safe!

By: Sarcastica

Sarcastica — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:46:26 +0000

I also call my dad when the car decides to play ridiculous, although I’ve not yet had a rat in my engine…haha this story made me laugh, quite a bit.

By: Kassi

Kassi — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:26:55 +0000

awful awful awful

By: Moose

Moose — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:15:25 +0000

Holy canoli, that rat image was a startling visual. Which was probably one-hundredth of what you experienced. Mine would have been the YEEK! heard round the world. In fact, it kind of was. AT THE MERE PICTURE.

By: Long Story Longer

Long Story Longer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:35:48 +0000

PS Rad title.

By: Long Story Longer

Long Story Longer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:32:42 +0000

My GOD, there would have been some screaming had that been my car. Also, I want milk and cookies now. And? Can I call your dad the next time my car craps out?

(Erin’s warning of Bernard popping out of the glove box while you’re driving cracked me up.)

By: willikat

willikat — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:16:38 +0000

So… did you get your car started once you got the rat to go away? Did you leave your car there and run screaming? (I won’t judge.) HALP. Must have closure.

By: Dani

Dani — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:20:46 +0000

I had a terrible noise in my air conditioner last month. I finally took it into the shop and apparently, I also had a rat in my engine, except that when I started my car, it … well … scattered the rat about my engine. Causing terrible noise in my car. And an ordor. And … just … ew.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:17:22 +0000

This story? Is so far the highlight of my morning–even after reading your tweets yesterday. This story is even better than my anecdote about Murphy’s Law messing with me as I was writing about Murphy’s Law liking to mess with me. :)

I hope Bernard is okay–and that he finds a home that is not in your car because the last thing you need is for him to suddenly pop out of your glove box while you’re driving!