When a rat just sits up on its back legs and says "why dontcha just come get some" - that's when you need to start hanging the dead bodies on the fence. They do that with moles and stuff in England - you'll be walking along a footpath and there'll be some little grey bodies hanging from the barbed-wire along a pasture.
But please don't call the ratcatchers from Delhi (maybe Shrub is bringing some to New Orleans tomorrow):
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has a rat department that feeds on an annual budget of 7.8 million rupees (US$173,000) but doesn't catch any rodents, it was reported yesterday. Not many people know about the rat department's existence. Those who are in the department are clueless about the number of rats in the city or what is being done about them, the Times of India newspaper reported. Some civic officials smelt a rat after going through the MCD's annual accounts. They noticed the rat department spent only 50,000 rupees (US$1,100) on anti-rodent drives. The rest of the budget was spent on salaries, the report said.
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But please don't call the ratcatchers from Delhi (maybe Shrub is bringing some to New Orleans tomorrow):
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has a rat department that feeds on an annual budget of 7.8 million rupees (US$173,000) but doesn't catch any rodents, it was reported yesterday. Not many people know about the rat department's existence. Those who are in the department are clueless about the number of rats in the city or what is being done about them, the Times of India newspaper reported. Some civic officials smelt a rat after going through the MCD's annual accounts. They noticed the rat department spent only 50,000 rupees (US$1,100) on anti-rodent drives. The rest of the budget was spent on salaries, the report said.
- Cade Roux 3-08-2006 5:27 am