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GOP This morning (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2018 OP
I gotta hand it to Luckovich for making the rats cute. CrispyQ Apr 2018 #1
You are so wrong n2doc Apr 2018 #4
LOL, doc. CrispyQ Apr 2018 #5
Those are all Democratic rats True Blue American Apr 2018 #7
OMG NCTraveler Apr 2018 #11
I have to add this one eleny Apr 2018 #13
Now I want to cuddle rats and mice.... magicarpet Apr 2018 #15
These are way better Egnever Apr 2018 #16
Oh, that fur is beautiful eleny Apr 2018 #19
When they nuzzle your chin while you hold them Egnever Apr 2018 #21
those ARE cute, but NastyRiffraff Apr 2018 #35
Woa you had a ferret invasion? Egnever Apr 2018 #36
I wish they WERE ferrets! NastyRiffraff Apr 2018 #37
I'll never sleep again eleny Apr 2018 #17
Subway rats mix and mingle.... magicarpet Apr 2018 #22
I wonder what station it is? eleny Apr 2018 #23
Actually it is quite common in waterfront areas.... magicarpet Apr 2018 #24
I get it eleny Apr 2018 #27
In DC FromMissouri Apr 2018 #31
Oh just looking for a place to crash.... magicarpet Apr 2018 #32
Yuk enid602 Apr 2018 #38
No, but they do wake you by sniffing and licking you n2doc Apr 2018 #26
THOSE RATS THINK THEY ARE ALL THAT Skittles Apr 2018 #34
K&R... spanone Apr 2018 #2
Good toon...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #3
Party before Country since Obama's first term... maddiemom Apr 2018 #6
Unfortunately yes. Thats all they are. calimary Apr 2018 #10
It was Party Before Country during Clinton's years. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #14
Yeah, but the Clintons; yeah but Hillary, etc.,etc. maddiemom Apr 2018 #29
Spot on! BlueJac Apr 2018 #8
There they go! Zorro Apr 2018 #9
Run a-w-a-a-a-a-y! eleny Apr 2018 #20
Raid! Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #12
. dalton99a Apr 2018 #18
S.S. Super Shitty? Super Sunk? Super Size? Supidly Sunk? Stupidly Shitty? Stuck (on) Stupid? you vkkv Apr 2018 #25
It is indeed a sinking ship Gothmog Apr 2018 #28
I hope Mueller and his team are waiting on the shore with subpoenas and /or arrest warrants. usaf-vet Apr 2018 #30
Spanky's tweet: "we are rudderless ship heading for a major disaster" DesertRat Apr 2018 #33

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
15. Now I want to cuddle rats and mice....
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 12:41 PM
Apr 2018

.... and take them into bed to keep them warm and comfortable during the cool nights.

They don't nibble on your toes and fingers as you sleep - RIGHT ?

eleny

(46,166 posts)
23. I wonder what station it is?
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:02 PM
Apr 2018

I didn't have the guts to watch the video.

I used to take the NYC subways for decades until I moved to Colorado and never once saw any critters. Not even an ant or a roach. This is chilling.

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
24. Actually it is quite common in waterfront areas....
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:12 PM
Apr 2018

when major earth moving construction is done. During the Boston Big Dig major rodent populations were disrupted and forced to the surface areas until the heavy construction subsided. Just below the surface, within the sewage systems, and mostly out of sight (nocturnal) - lurk these little creatures just waiting for the proper moment to really nibble on our fingers and toes - literally.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
27. I get it
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:26 PM
Apr 2018

Many years ago my brother, who lived in Queens, told me that he woke up that morning and a rat was trying to nibble on one of his fingernails. Naturally, it freaked him out. I think they were renting a second floor apartment in a two family house at that time. So it was probably the late 1970s.

My family didn't live right near the water but rats were fairly common in Woodhaven, Queens. I remember when my folks found one under the kitchen sink. That was a bad day!

 

FromMissouri

(95 posts)
31. In DC
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:38 PM
Apr 2018

One summer evening a few years ago I walked down a street on Capitol Hill following a rat. At each front sidewalk, it would run up to the house and check for entrance all along the front of the house. Finding none, it would run back out to the sidewalk, staying ahead of my pace, and go to the next sidewalk, where it would run up to the next house. I saw it do this five or six houses in a row until I lost sight of it.

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
32. Oh just looking for a place to crash....
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:17 PM
Apr 2018

.... dine in - and maybe move in if the accommodations up to standards and are acceptable. When it starts getting cold out, with the winter chill coming, the rodents are desperate to locate heated quarters and munchies to tie them over for the winter season.

Just look upon them as non-paying room mates who help keep the food supply expiration date rotated. It helps keep things in the pantry fresh and this side of going past stale and less delicious.

enid602

(8,610 posts)
38. Yuk
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 12:47 AM
Apr 2018

Thank God for the concerned citizens who recorded the whole thing for our entertainment. Really civic minded.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
26. No, but they do wake you by sniffing and licking you
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:24 PM
Apr 2018

I had one pet who loved to escape her cage and come wake me up. Was a really clever rat.

Had another who just liked to curl up on the nightstand, like a cat, and chill while I read.

calimary

(81,195 posts)
10. Unfortunately yes. Thats all they are.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 12:18 PM
Apr 2018

Party over Country. Well, there certainly will be a party all over the country in November!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,562 posts)
14. It was Party Before Country during Clinton's years.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 12:40 PM
Apr 2018

Not as overt, but just as determined - they feel that all levels of govt are their birthright.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
29. Yeah, but the Clintons; yeah but Hillary, etc.,etc.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 02:03 PM
Apr 2018

Until McConnell got unashamedly "overt" and bragged about it.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
25. S.S. Super Shitty? Super Sunk? Super Size? Supidly Sunk? Stupidly Shitty? Stuck (on) Stupid? you
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:19 PM
Apr 2018

get the idea..












usaf-vet

(6,178 posts)
30. I hope Mueller and his team are waiting on the shore with subpoenas and /or arrest warrants.
Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:26 PM
Apr 2018

Additionally a life-time reservation in Leavenworth for each one who is found guilty of treason.

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