Tenaj Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Why? Because if you don't, you will detach the vent from the dryer and use your bare hand to scoop out that little bit of lint laying in a pile at the bottom of the dryer and then you will find yourself holding, not lint, but a dehydrated mouse covered in lint! Ewwww!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yuck! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 :grouphug: (...passing the soap and turning on the hot water for you...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaPagnato Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Good Lord, no! :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I feel your pain. I once reached way down to the bottom of a laundry hamper in the basement for a lone, dark sock. When I attempted to unroll it for washing, that's when I realized it was a dead mouse. :ack2: I did the gross-out dance to the amusement of my kids and washed my hands like Lady Macbeth for the rest of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 :ack2: oh no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 :eek: Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 :svengo: I think my skin would still be crawling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 :ack2: Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Why? Because if you don't, you will detach the vent from the dryer and use your bare hand to scoop out that little bit of lint laying in a pile at the bottom of the dryer and then you will find yourself holding, not lint, but a dehydrated mouse covered in lint! Ewwww!!!! Oh. Yuck. And I thought finding a headless rabbit near the playground yesterday was bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I feel your pain. And your :ack2: I did the same thing once. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Why? Because if you don't, you will detach the vent from the dryer and use your bare hand to scoop out that little bit of lint laying in a pile at the bottom of the dryer and then you will find yourself holding, not lint, but a dehydrated mouse covered in lint! Ewwww!!!! I'm shuddering on your behalf here. On the bright side, at least it was dehydrated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I just totally experienced a full body shiver. Blech. :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ick! I reached in the sump pump to fish a dark sock out and that sock was a drowned vole! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommie_Jen Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I am seriously trying not to dry heave over here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Oh. Yuck. And I thought finding a headless rabbit near the playground yesterday was bad. Oh, that was bad. Don't you worry, that was bad. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Euuuuuww! Not nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ugh *shudder*.....I would be totally traumatized :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Thanks for all the sympathy :) I'm trying not to think about it. I keep reliving the the sequence of reach for a ball of lint, realize that it seems more solid than it should, toss it in the wastebasket and then realize that it had a tail. I've used lots of soap this afternoon! And we have a new rule in my house - Mom does not clean the dryer vent - ever! I'm definitely blaming my oldest son and my dh since I had asked them both to do it in recent weeks as I noticed my dryer was not drying as fast as it should. They both put it off which caused me to lose my head and do it myself. So, of course, it's entirely their fault :) I'm also blaming my cat (whom I affectionately call "stupid cat" anyway) because she's been dragging half-dead mice from our barn and leaving them on the porch right beside my dryer vent. I'm guessing this was one of her 'victims' that escaped. One of my friends on fb just posted the he had found a dead baby possum in theirs - it could have been worse - much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Gack. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Ick! I reached in the sump pump to fish a dark sock out and that sock was a drowned vole! :tongue_smilie: O.K. I think that made me shudder worse than the dried-out mouse! You win! We have a sump pump right next to the washer/dryer - I'm never looking in there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 Oh. Yuck. And I thought finding a headless rabbit near the playground yesterday was bad. Oh, I agree with the pp - that is bad, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 I feel your pain. I once reached way down to the bottom of a laundry hamper in the basement for a lone, dark sock. When I attempted to unroll it for washing, that's when I realized it was a dead mouse. :ack2: I did the gross-out dance to the amusement of my kids and washed my hands like Lady Macbeth for the rest of the day. Why is it that our kids are so amused by these things? When I told my 8yods what had happened, he had no concern for me. His first question was "Where's the mouse now? I want to see it. Can I go get it? " Noooooooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Oh, noooo! I can see it happening here. Thanks for the heads up. My lovely cat gave me several nice experiences recently. I thought she was playing in the covers the way she does when I make the bed. "oh how cute, she wants to play." I throw the covers over her head like I always do and underneath is a dead mouse that she has brought into my room and hidden in the covers. Wasn't that thoughtful?:willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I would also be traumatized! :eek: I found two dehydrated snakes when I was cleaning our basement before our last move. I don't know what bothered me more...finding dehydrated snakes or realizing that they were once alive, much larger, and in our house! :scared: At least I didn't actually touch them. (we used a shop vac) :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I definitely would have gagged. :eek::ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yep....I pulled one out of the slop sink in the basement...blech!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Why? Because if you don't, you will detach the vent from the dryer and use your bare hand to scoop out that little bit of lint laying in a pile at the bottom of the dryer and then you will find yourself holding, not lint, but a dehydrated mouse covered in lint! Ewwww!!!! Better dehydrated than alive or gooey! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yuck!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 When we cleaned the outside of the dryer vent- so where it lets out, I found a birds nest and a dead bird. I will now add mouse to my list of dryer venting possibilities. Just think- the Romans roasted them, stuffed them and turned them into dinner. I am happy that recipe is not in the SOTW activity guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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