I read in the paper today that a restaurant was closed because the city of Chicago found over three hundred mouse droppings in the establishment. That must be a great job, to count mouse droppings. Poor schmuck probably can't use the restroom without thinking about work. A few things come to mind:
Why do they have to count the number of droppings?
What is the cut-off for droppings? Is one hundred okay? Fifty?
Did anyone actually see a mouse? Perhaps rats are bringing the droppings into the place to frame mice, in which case the place shouldn't be closed.
What happens if they find 1000 or more mouse droppings?
Are the mouse droppings in any shapes? For example, is the a dropping in the shape of Mary? That's what we really want to know.
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What if it is actually cats that are framing the mice?
The windy city uses mouse droppings much like the rest of the company uses GPS location systems. A little dung, you are in a restaurant owned by an average Chicago citizen. A moderate number of droppings, you are in a restaurant frequently patronized by local political candidates. If there is dung everywhere, you have found city hall.
Ian, I just got your book. I will be giving it my full attention and comments. Great cover, but a suggestion for the collectors edition etc. Put a place on the front where the reader can insert his own significant other's photo...
With this minor edition, a husband can slip in his wife's photo and be reminded of who is really in charge.
Great idea! I'll have to see how I can work that in... hmm...
I know it seems unreasonable, but they count them because if you do the math you can guess how long a mouse has been living in some place, or if that seems unreasonable, a guess at how many mice are living there.
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