[an amused spectator]

In certain remote parts of the country, a mouse or vermin trap is constructed as "the gift that keeps on giving", to wit [pardon the pun, T'wit]:

A five gallon bucket, a straightened coat hanger, a beer can with a hole in either end, a wooden ramp, peanut butter, and lastly, a quart or two of antifreeze for those oh-so-cold winters.

The beer can is suspended (so that it spins freely) over the five gallon bucket with the coat hanger, and is "liberally" [**snicker**] smeared with peanut butter. The antifreeze serves as the 5 million lap Olympic pool.

The vermin scampers up the wooden ramp, and cannot help itself as it seeks to secure the delicious peanut butter on the innocuous beer can. A short jump, a quick "whirrrrr", and the vermin begins the marathon Olympic swimming competition.

Never seen one win yet. ;-)

[T'wit]

LOL! War brings out some ingenius sports. If you put two vermin traps side by side, you could hold races and place bets.

Thanks for that vivid description :-)

Did you ever see the WWII Bill Mauldin cartoon of Willie aiming a '45 at a rat from a range of about 4 inches and Joe saying, "Aim between the eyes. Sometimes they charge if they're wounded."