Nuts to that! Kids need to face reality.

Think of the flavor enhancing that would occur if you used mice charcoal in
the barbie.

Friday question of the week....

Interesting uses for mice charcoal.

tim in san jose

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: (F) Re: New Toy / I'll Have My Rodent Well-Done

In a message dated 9/24/04 1:01:08 PM, calle.fallberg@TELIA.COM writes:

<< You�re frying mice that has nested in the exhaustsystem ;-)

Calle >>

Don't laugh, this is a real possibility.  As I have written previously, I am
something like the dufess Bill Murray character in "Caddyshack", constantly
at
war against some harmless little creature who is just looking for a place to
raise the family.

One fall evening shortly after I got my first van, I cranked open the
sunroof
and took the kids for some ice cream.  Once the exhaust system got up to
temperature it really started cooking, puffing out billowy clouds of smoke.
I had
already learned the Vanagon mantra, "Now what?", so I muttered it and pulled
over.  When I got to the rear of the van, even with the engine stopped it
was
still smoking like a diesel with its choke left on.  That was when I caught
the unmistakable odor of burning protein and about the same time the kids
started with the 'What's wrong, Daddy?".  I was ready to tell them about the
field
mouse or chippie being catalytically converted to charcoal in the exhaust
system when I remembered the series of books about the cute field mouse
family
sitting on the shelf at home.  So, I lied and told them that a squirrel
probably
thought the tailpipe was a good place to store some acorns.

George