A Cautionary Tale or A bit of a giggle....
By rachelsmum
15 comments
Just wanted to tell you about what happened when hubby decided to vacuum up the leaves last autumn.
Picture the scene – he is walking carefully along the garden, sucking up all the beech leaves, etc.into his vacuum bag.However, on looking back, he sees a little trail of shredded leaves behind him!
Yes, youve guessed, a little mouse has bitten a hole in his bag.
He will be more careful as to where he keeps it in his workshop from now on.
Happy days………………
(not sure if this should be in the section about “gardening/horticulture” or “pests!”
19 Oct, 2009
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lol that must have been so funny to watch lol
from a distance mind, don't want to let hubby see you laughing xx
19 Oct, 2009
Thanks for this I have left the zip open on mine more then once and had leaves all the way behind me and it sits on the garage floor. But I have now hung mine high up on the wall mice cannot walk up brick walls can they????
19 Oct, 2009
Sorry Drc....mice CAN climb up walls.....beware!!!!
19 Oct, 2009
We think a stone ripped though ours but a bit of duct tape and all was well... yes it is leaf gathering time again.
19 Oct, 2009
Heh heh that's like a Benny Hill moment!!
19 Oct, 2009
Bet he was happy about that ermmm
Woops best check my new one b4 i start, it is in the garage with the pesky mouse who chewed the button off the chain saw - and he lived to try again?!
19 Oct, 2009
I had the bag fall off mine and I had cleaned up all the leaves BEFORE I noticed Gill laughing her head off at me.
19 Oct, 2009
I `ve also fogotten the zip many a time, wont tell you what I say but you can probably imagine. Its never occured to me that the mice might chew my hoover bag, my hubby went spare last year when he found his fishing net had been chewed ......
19 Oct, 2009
That's funny :o)
I can't open the zip on mine to empty it - it's stuck somehow :o(
Welcome to the site too !
20 Oct, 2009
Very funny I can just picture the scene.
20 Oct, 2009
Hywel you can take the bag off and empty it through the hole that connects to the bag.
Have to confess while I was in the garage hanging mine up I found 3 of 4 fold away padded garden chairs had been eaten through the arms the cat is in there now!
20 Oct, 2009
I'll try that then - thanks.
20 Oct, 2009
lol poor hubby ;o)
20 Oct, 2009
We shouldn't laugh - but it was funny! :-D
Welcome to GOY, by the way!
20 Oct, 2009
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lmao typical of men not checking how such a small thing can fool such humans, bit like other things they don't check.!!!! Mice can be quite distructive, I am surprised he did nt find a nest in it.
19 Oct, 2009