A very quick post this morning.
Things are somewhat tense at Shpics Mansions…We have a livestock infestation issue necessitating a cull.
Now before anyone decides to get up a petition to stop us going ahead I should obviously explain… Our three, (very fluffy) Persian Exotic housecats have, it seems, invited some fleas to move into their under-carriages…
Neither your host, the thick skinned and obviously not very tasty Mr Shpics, or the much more delicious Mrs Shpics who has been well nibbled in the night, is at all happy.
So, we are busy spraying the whole house, washing every item of clothing, flea-crunching and cat-bathing. Blogging is not a priority when there are insects to murder.
DIE YOU BASTARDS ! DIE !
Bottom of the Spout
So..A quick pic, (digital) from the the bottom of Mallyan Spout which I showed you a few days ago.
I felt I needed a stiff one on the rocks… Give it a click to see it full size.
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Dan Traun
Ugh…good luck with all that. Great photo.
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I reckon we’ve exterminated a few hundred since I posted…….
The little f***ers are on borrowed time.
🙂
suej
Oh dear….and I have rodents in my loft. Life, eh?
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We have rodents in the flat roof space over the East wing, but we’re rather fond of those….You can here them trampling about above the morning room while we sup tea and eat kippers, (I swear they’re wearing clogs)…..
Cat fleas are another thing entirely…Each and every one is going to die a painful death. How dare they nibble my wife’s nether-end.
suej
But when the rodents muck up the header tank…
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Doesn’t sound good…
Ours, with the exception of the clog-dancing, seem quite well behaved.
But…If they step out of line… I’ll ‘ave’em !
suej
I suggest you do…
kcinaz
I guess this would make you a serial bug killer. 🙂
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What an exciting thought!
I’m going to start sending them cryptic messages before I strike.
🙂
scillagrace
Very lush & lovely photo. Enjoy your murderous spree!
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It’s all getting a bit ‘Heart of Darkness’ here….
I found myself sat in a dark corner muttering ‘The Horror… the Horror’..
Do you think Brando might have had fleas?
scillagrace
Indubitably!
Helen Cherry
Ohhh I am starting to scratch at the very thought of fleas !.. love the photo as Priscilla says it is lush.. almost tropical in fact!
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They were nasty little Basta*ds, though for some reason they didn’t like me……
Anyway the good news is that my flea-ocide was total and absolute.
On a related note, I read today that it is thought that malaria is soon going to be eradicated.
Scientists have created a Franken-squito that only produces male young, thus guaranteeing the end of the mosquito within (I think) only a few generations…
Surely this could be rolled out to the flea population as well.
Not that I wish to end all life on the planet…..just crawly buzzy bitey things…(and boy-bands).
Helen Cherry
I am not really in favour of Genetically Modifying things. There are better ways.. like eradicating poverty! Don’t start me !
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C-Bomb
Seriously for a minute…Malaria doesn’t check your bank balance.
A lady I know very nearly pegged it two years ago, a few months after a trip to the Far East…Vaccinated up to the eyeballs and with malaria tablets taken exactly as recommended…It’s yet another disease that is starting to wise up to our (very expensive) preventative measures.. I know statistically she’s not the norm, but everyone, not just the poor, would be better off in a malaria free world.
I’m all for eradicating poverty, but, even with the best will in the world ( a will that is anything but in the ascendant), that’s kind of a long term plan…if there are other more practical ways to stop a killer disease right now, then bring on the Franken-squito…
And I know this might be a tad controversial, but if it could be engineered to wipe out Boy-Bands then surely it’s doubly worth the risk?
🙂
Helen Cherry
I’ll agree about the boy bands ! the other issue is way more difficult!
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🙂
Look!!
A swarm of mosquitos heading in One Direction.
Yippeeee!