I don’t just dislike mice and rats but am terrified of them. TERRIFIED. I refuse to see movies starring mice; cooking, singing, or protecting Narnia, they are rodents, and I can’t bear them.
I’m so terrified of them that during a particularly horrible battle with them, I simply left town. Actually, I left the state. At first I simply went to New York and stayed in a friend’s apartment. But the second time I needed more than 15 miles between me and the mousehouse my apartment had become. I figured 200 miles would do it so went and spent four days in Will’s hometown, staying with his father and stepmother…because everyone knows there are no mice in the Amherst woods.
So you can imagine my horror when, as I was leaving a lovely morning visit over coffee with a colleague, I saw a GIANT inflatable rat floating in front of the Talbot’s in Upper Montclair. I looked at Jon and said, “You see that too, right? RIGHT?!?!? I’m not having a horrible flashback.” He saw it too. I was half-kidding when I asked the question, but I really did have a moment of OMG (more like WTF, but I’m trying to be polite)! And I couldn’t look in that direction again, even when it was necessary for driving (I just closed my eyes, prayed no SUV would hit me, and floored it).
And it now I’ve realized that the rat is on the same block as a favorite sandwich shop, and I’m hungry, which reminds me of a couple of particularly bad nights when I couldn’t get to my kitchen because I hear the little bastards crawling all over everything.
One wonders who thought this was a good idea? Or if Jon and I are BOTH having flashbacks. And one wonders why the hell the thing is in front of Talbot’s. Is it part of their end-of-season sale?
January 8, 2009 at 11:14 am
Ha ha ha! What a weird thing to have in front of a Talbot’s! I think it is a message from the gods saying, “Tricia, do not shop… save your money for a new apartment!”
Don’t you even like the cute little mice who help Cinderella?
January 8, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Rats/mice aren’t particularly my favorites either, but I will watch some animated movies with them in it. So I empathize with you when you saw this monstrosity! It’s horrifying!
I used to know what those HUGE rats represented but I don’t remember now ~ I think union something or the other. Gross!
January 8, 2009 at 7:14 pm
If it happens again, you should come to my place. I’ve never seen a mouse here, and if we got one, I’m sure Tigger would protect you!
January 9, 2009 at 6:35 pm
That is effed up, man. Tricia, I can totally relate, I am terrified of birds. If a bird ever made its way into my house, I don’t know what I’d do, I’d just run out and never go back. If a bird ever touched me I think I’d have to kill myself. Be gone, damn Talbots rat!