tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post1421497424467856545..comments2023-11-03T00:36:33.435+10:00Comments on Galaxy: Possum TalesKirstyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-89406671569692175062007-03-13T15:46:00.000+10:002007-03-13T15:46:00.000+10:00'...said possum stopped playing dead and got up an...'...said possum stopped playing dead and got up and ran out of the basket...'<BR/><BR/>So is that what's meant by 'playing possum'? And why wouldn't you if someone started hitting you with a golf club?<BR/><BR/>A visit to the Hyde Park Museum in Sydney convinced me that rats have some use. If they hadn't dragged various bits of things beneath the floor boards we wouldn't have nearly the great information we do about the convict history of those buildings. <BR/><BR/>Still, you'll note I say that from a distance of over a hundred years.Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-27799510255340901722007-03-13T08:46:00.000+10:002007-03-13T08:46:00.000+10:00We are plagued by possums in the eastern suburbs o...We are plagued by possums in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, too. Once one got into my family's house through dormer windows in our bedroom (This is nearly 30 years ago, sheesh!) and ran around the house before my father trapped it in a large washing basket and illegally gave it a bashing with a golf club. <BR/>Imagine his amazement when he took said basket down to the back fence and the bush park bordering our house, and said possum stopped playing dead and got up and ran out of the basket...<BR/>I agree, Kirsty, rats are much worse. EWWWHHHH. At least mice are little (and so are their droppings.)<BR/>We hear and see possums here almost every evening - their breathing, their scuttling on fences, their acrobatics across wires. I still think they're cute, but they haven't got in here yet. ANd they killed my Vietnamese mint (haven't worked out how they did that yet - piss or chewing.)genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-30525715908040879922007-03-05T18:03:00.000+10:002007-03-05T18:03:00.000+10:00Yes, thankfully it was a possum and not as I first...Yes, thankfully it was a possum and not as I first dreaded a very large rat. <BR/><BR/>Do mice prefer cooked food? Discerning aren't they? You haven't thought of pellets? Or is that just wrong?Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15851934.post-42994039807175185242007-03-05T13:36:00.000+10:002007-03-05T13:36:00.000+10:00God, I wish I could swap our mice for more possum ...God, I wish I could swap our mice for more possum action. We have possums in our roof and a serious mouse problem. They wake me up nearly every night with their gnawing in the skirting boards. I don't know why - we're not dirty people. But our house is old and crap. And perhaps it would help if The Squeeze could FINALLY LEARN NOT TO PUT COOKED FOOD IN THE COMPOST!!!. That's driving me nuts - I remind him regularly, but he still sucks on that point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com