Right here goes with one about the mice and the electric cables. One of 'my' vets was called to a farm in West Lothian that had a large herd of dairy cows. A calf had been born during the early hours of the morning that was rather sickly so the farmer's wife had taken it into the kitchen to keep an eye on it until Mr. R (the vet) arrived. When he entered the kitchen he was greeted by both the farmer and his wife and told all about the calf. He examined the little beast and told them what to do to get it back on it's feet. He was then offered breakfast and a cup of tea (as is the want with early morning call outs) so he sat down at the kitchen table. The farmer meanwhile, having had his own breakfast, decided to get a large box down from the loft to put the calf into. Mr. R and his wife chatted about everyday matters while she cooked his bacon and eggs. The next thing they knew was that there was a series of crashes and bangs coming from the loft and then a scream.They both rushed to the foot of the ladder and shouted to the farmer to see what all the noise was about. What had happened was that mice had been in the loft chewing at the electric cables and the farmer had gone over to see the extent of the damage they'd done. A few mice scattered when he walked across the floor but that didn't bother him unduly. What did was the fact that when he bent over to have a closer look at the cables a mouse shot up his trouser leg. He tried to dislodge it by slapping his leg but the thing just kept crawling higher and higher. Now, like all men I suppose, the farmer was getting worried about just where it would end up so he stamped his foot and shook his leg but still no mouse appeared. He then decided to take off his trousers to deal with the little blighter but as he stood on one leg to remove them the mouse shot out of the empty trouser leg, ran up his arm and then into his hair. He got such a shock that he staggered, got his foot twisted in the cables, fell over and broke his ankle hence the banging and the scream. He couldn't get down the ladder and Mr. R had to manhandle him down as carefully as he could while the farmer slapped at his head!! The mouse was never found, however, the poor man wouldn't come face to face with the vet for a long time. You see when he took his trousers off he wasn't wearing any underwear underneath them and the vet got a good view of all his assets!!! ....................
It's lucky he didn't find the mouse Eileen or I'm sure he would have made short work of it! I'm squirming in my seat here. The poor farmer must have felt so embarrassed, I bet he wore underwear everyday after that I'd bet you have many great tales from your nursing days. Hope we can hear more of them sometime
Sorry after typing out the first tale I had to get up and answer the 'phone. Here's the second one!! :-D The carpet fitter and the mouse. OK here goes. This guy was called out to fit a carpet in an old womans house. She'd had the room cleared and all that was left for him to shift was a tank with some mice in it sitting on the floor. The carpet fitter was scared of mice. The old woman couldn't bend down to pick the tank up so a neighbour was called. He tilted the tank up at one end to get a grip of it and out spilled the mice. The carpet fitter decided to leg it across the room but in the process stood on one of the mice. The old woman brought the mouse into the surgery (along with the neighbour) and gently unfolded it from a large handkerchief. The poor thing had a broken back and its insides were coming out of its back end. It was still alive. We had to explain to the woman that there was just no way we could cure her pet. She was heartbroken as her Grandson had given her the mice as an eightieth birthday present!! We found out later that the carpet fitter was still in the room with the other mice (hiding in a fitted cupboard.) The old woman had locked the door to the room (which was also her front door) to bring the injured mouse to us. The poor man was a gibbering wreck when she finally found him and let him out.
Poor mouse and poor carpet fitting guy. It's not nice being trapped in with something that freaks you out Still funny though Thanks Eils!
