I used my MacBook Pro to kill a mouse.

[KnowNol]

We have an unwanted guest in our house. I heard him running around in my room last night, but I didnt do anything about it. Whenever I try hunting the little guy, he just runs into another room or into some hiding spot.

Last night I was using my MBP in bed and I decided it was time to sleep. I closed the lid and went to place the MBP on the floor. When I went to put it down I heard something make a noise and it felt like my MBP was on top of something. At that point I forced my MBP down as hard as a could trying to kill the mouse.

The end result was a minor dent on both the left and right side of my mac (from where i was gripping it so hard). and some scratches on the bottom where the mouse was trying to escape.
:(

Didnt want to do it.

[Habitus]

We have an unwanted guest in our house. I heard him running around in my room last night, but I didnt do anything about it. Whenever I try hunting the little guy, he just runs into another room or into some hiding spot.

Last night I was using my MBP in bed and I decided it was time to sleep. I closed the lid and went to place the MBP on the floor. When I went to put it down I heard something make a noise and it felt like my MBP was on top of something. At that point I forced my MBP down as hard as a could trying to kill the mouse.

The end result was a minor dent on both the left and right side of my mac (from where i was gripping it so hard). and some scratches on the bottom where the mouse was trying to escape.
:(

Didnt want to do it.


Is this the first confirmed Mac based fatality? I have to tip my hat to you; I wouldn't want the little guy causing damage to my beloved "bad-boy" pro. Have you informed steve of the new found versatility of your MBP?

Habitus :apple:

[upinflames900]

Couldn't do that with a PC? That sucks... but at least you got him.

[nomar383]

lmao nice.

[dbwie]

This would be a good use for a PC tower. Plug it in, put a piece of cheese in it, and leave the PCI slot covers off. When the mouse comes in, the motherboard will inevitably be fryed, taking the mouse with it.

[nomar383]

This would be a good use for a PC tower. Plug it in, put a piece of cheese in it, and leave the PCI slot covers off. When the mouse comes in, the motherboard will inevitably be fryed, taking the mouse with it.

Geez, that would be way sweet. Expensive maybe, but sweet.

[shambo]

That is quite cruel and totally unnecessary.

And as the post above said you would never get me doing that with my BBP.

[UngratefulNinja]

As a veggie....:( I thought this post was going to be about you "killing" a computer mouse :p

[upinflames900]

That is quite cruel and totally unnecessary.


Are you against the fact that it was killed or the method?

[kwarren]

Are you against the fact that it was killed or the method?

It's shambo--everything he says is ridiculous.

[eawmp1]

Couldn't do that with a PC? That sucks... but at least you got him.

You'd have to have the correct version of Windows 7. Home Premium could handle a mouse, but you'd need Professional for a larger rodent (e.g. a rat). For something like an opossum, don't even think about trying anything less than Ultimate.

The great thing about Mac OS...one version can kill all your household pests.

[Mintin8]

Pictures are needed of the dented MBP. You can skip the pictures of the deceased mouse :(

[macgeek18]

That's a new way to use a MBP,if I did that with my G5 the mouse would die very quickly.:)

[DoNoHarm]

Pictures are needed of the dented MBP. You can skip the pictures of the deceased mouse :(

Why are we skipping the pictures of the squished mouse? If the act is "funny", then the pictures should be fine too.

Just so you know, the neurology of a mouse, being a mammal, is very similar to our own. That's why they are used in medical studies (and then humanely euthanized). The pain this mouse experienced as it's organs and bones were crushed is probably similar to what a human would experience.

[rdowns]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[upinflames900]

You'd have to have the correct version of Windows 7. Home Premium could handle a mouse, but you'd need Professional for a larger rodent (e.g. a rat). For something like an opossum, don't even think about trying anything less than Ultimate.

The great thing about Mac OS...one version can kill all your household pests.

That is probably the funniest things I have heard in awhile. Great analysis! :cool:

[shambo]

It's shambo--everything he says is ridiculous.
Animal cruelty is ridiculous?

[DaWooster]

Animal cruelty is ridiculous?

Considering the diseases those things can carry, I wouldn't call it cruelty in the slightest.

[skunk]

Poor little mouse.

[All Taken]

Animal cruelty is ridiculous?

No, I believe he said you were ridiculous. Now where did my 13" bad-boy pro get to?... :rolleyes:

[Queso]

Pics or it didn't happen.
Sure it did. I once swatted a UFO with my iMac. Luckily I've never owned a Dell. That would have caused a retaliatory annihilation of the Earth.

You see? This is why everyone here needs to club together to buy me a new Mac every couple of years. It's for your own good.

P.S. That poor little rodent didn't need to die. Couldn't you have laid a trail of M&Ms out to the garden shed like in ET?

[dukebound85]

Animal cruelty is ridiculous?

Its a pest

Having lived in a place infested with mice, they can all "get dead" as I'm concerned

Filthy lil' cretins is what they are

[ethical]

Nice work! Although I can't see Apple venturing off into the rodent killing business too soon.... they'd risk getting all their lovely white products dirty.

[Queso]

Its a pest

Having lived in a place infested with mice, they can all go to hell as far as im concerned

Filthy lil' cretins is what they are
From their point of view their home was infested with humans.

[rdowns]

Sure it did. I once swatted a UFO with my iMac. Luckily I've never owned a Dell. That would have caused a retaliatory annihilation of the Earth.

You see? This is why everyone here needs to club together to buy me a new Mac every couple of years. It's for your own good.

P.S. That poor little rodent didn't need to die. Couldn't you have laid a trail of M&Ms out to the garden shed like in ET?


The candy used in ET was Reese's Pieces. Just saying.

[dukebound85]

From their point of view their home was infested with humans.

Yea, I don't care...

Wake me when mice are on the endangered species list. By the time I am up, they will have already repopulated to extreme levels lol

I hate mice

[Queso]

The candy used in ET was Reese's Pieces. Just saying.
No wonder the poor bugger died :p

[Peace]

Poor little bugger probably thought it was a big Apple ******** and was trying to phone home.:p

[shambo]

No, I believe he said you were ridiculous. Now where did my 13" bad-boy pro get to?... :rolleyes:
I was commenting on a particular nasty episode of animal cruelty and he said my comments are ridiculous. Consider getting you facts correct first before spouting off. :rolleyes:

[All Taken]

What facts? Have you seen my 13" extra super duper bad-boy pro? (It's future proofed because it's 2 inches more portable than a "15" not so much bad-boy pro")

[sushi]

Didn't want to do it.
Sure you didn't. :p

Anyhow, another use for a MBP. :D

[NiMiK]

What an honorable way to die... death by a MBP. I'm sure that's how the mouse wanted to go.

It'll probably haunt you if you killed it with a PC though hahaha.

[All Taken]

So much for the "Mighty Mouse" RIP

[Capt Crunch]

From their point of view their home was infested with humans.

It's not the mouse's home. It didn't pay for it. If you want to put the mouse on a human level, the mouse was breaking and entering and posed a threat to the OP and his family. In some states, like Texas, the OP was justified in using lethal force.

[thabends]

I was commenting on a particular nasty episode of animal cruelty and he said my comments are ridiculous. Consider getting you facts correct first before spouting off. :rolleyes:

Don't such a sensitive pus5y..it was a mouse.

[upinflames900]

It's not the mouse's home. It didn't pay for it. If you want to put the mouse on a human level, the mouse was breaking and entering and posed a threat to the OP and his family. In some states, like Texas, the OP was justified in using lethal force.

Yea I mean it was breaking and entering, plus the OP spent a lot of money to make sure he was put to death by a mac rather than a PC. I mean think about how cruel it would have been to die by a Windows Vista Basic machine. At least he got some respect... okay I'm done that was probably the stupidest thing I have ever said... need a life other than macrumors ;)

[Gr80Likes2Boogi]

Pretty bad way to go... A more humane way would be much nicer.. 10 kinds of awful. Not spouting bad on OP, just my OPinion. But I'm a Buddhist, so I don't kill spiders and lament having to kill ants.

[IBradMac]

who the hell cares about the mouse....gee whiz.:rolleyes:

If you want some real fun fire upon them with a bow.

[mesq]

I was commenting on a particular nasty episode of animal cruelty and he said my comments are ridiculous. Consider getting you facts correct first before spouting off. :rolleyes:

I agree this is pretty nasty. quite sickening really. So what if it was just a mouse? It's a shame you didn't damage your macbook pro even more than you did. I hope you don't one day have to feel what its like to be crushed. You people have no compassion for living creatures it seems?

[Aries326]

Nice story! Reminds me of when we had a mouse running around our house 25 years ago and my father poisoned it. We saw the mouse hanging out under the Christmas tree barely moving. I guess the mouse took the bait. My siblings and I put it in a box so we could nurture it back to health. My father took the mouse, put it on a chopping board and cut the head off while he proclaimed, "This is the enemy. Don't help the enemy."

That mouse must've already been sick for you to be able to randomly place the MBP on top of it. When I first read the title, I was expecting that you ran after the mouse and threw your MBP at it.

[All Taken]

I love that macrumors is a place where every single topic no matter how trivial, is beaten to death, argued about, trolled and an invitation to the profoundly stupid.

Stop treating each and every discussion as though it's life and death. Relax.

[neenja]

pics or i call LIES.

[Kat King123]

nice, i would love to see the blood at the bottom make your macbook look b.a.:D

[kwarren]

Uh, people, we are talking about a mouse here, right? Like, a run-of-the-mill-ain't-nothing-special-about-it mouse? Plenty of mice are killed each day (mice traps, anyone?). Sure, you can get all high and mighty and say how horrible it is that the OP killed the mouse in the way he did, but I bet you wouldn't want to be sharing your home with an uninvited guest who may chew through cables/walls/insulation. Before you berate the OP for being such a jackass for killing Mickey, think about what you would have done. Would you have really gotten up to fetch a cup or some other tool to trap the mouse for release? Doubtful. Would you have used a wedge of Swiss to lure him to his death in a mouse trap? Perhaps, but even that is not a nice way to die. Not saying this is the way I would've gone about it or that it was humane, but he did it and it's not worth getting upset about. Mice are second-class citizens to us. Bottom-line.

And shambo, you are ridiculous, my man. Every word you type is sheer ridiculousness.

[Thomas Davie]

I wish someone would rig one of the lasers you can pick up at www.wickedlasers.com to a servo, write some software to take advantage of the MBP iSight, and then we would have a fully fleshed out MBP anti mouse defense system.

Is it cruel? Maybe; and pardon the pun, but I don't give a rat's ass. I work in animal sciences, and if you guys want to keep eating, I got to keep killing (on a serious note, that is what animal research for food production is all about; growing them quicker, cheaper and bigger).

Tom

[paolo-]

Wow great story. In related new, I once killed a mouse with a heatsink. It sneaked behind me and totally freaked me out, I grabbed the first thing that came to my hand, a Xeon heatsink.

[dukebound85]

All I know is that my snake likes to eat them

[kurzz]

The mouse didn't need to die that way. I guess it's no different than how we humans treat each other right?

[atheistpally]

if you had a cat this never would've happened.

[mikes70mustang]

Pretty bad way to go... A more humane way would be much nicer.. 10 kinds of awful. Not spouting bad on OP, just my OPinion. But I'm a Buddhist, so I don't kill spiders and lament having to kill ants.

Sticky traps are more humane, they pull off legs and their skin trying to get away before they die of blood loss or heart attack. But cats playing with them until they die is better.

[iSushi]

We have an unwanted guest in our house. I heard him running around in my room last night, but I didnt do anything about it. Whenever I try hunting the little guy, he just runs into another room or into some hiding spot.

Last night I was using my MBP in bed and I decided it was time to sleep. I closed the lid and went to place the MBP on the floor. When I went to put it down I heard something make a noise and it felt like my MBP was on top of something. At that point I forced my MBP down as hard as a could trying to kill the mouse.

The end result was a minor dent on both the left and right side of my mac (from where i was gripping it so hard). and some scratches on the bottom where the mouse was trying to escape.
:(

Didnt want to do it.

you should dissenfect your macbook, that mouse have lots of bateria and viruses. although it cannot penetrate and infect your mac (unless you're running windows on bootcamp) you risk your health with those rat related diseases.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I agree this is pretty nasty. quite sickening really. So what if it was just a mouse? It's a shame you didn't damage your macbook pro even more than you did. I hope you don't one day have to feel what its like to be crushed. You people have no compassion for living creatures it seems?
Today's society has given birth to a weird brand of people. It's like people are against direct animal cruelty, but they're perfectly fine benefiting from a nice hamburger made from hundreds of mistreated animals.

[Davidkoh]

Didn't know this forum had so many tree-hugging-hippies. It's a mouse, it died, boohoo. I rather doubt it would have preferred to get eaten by a cat, get their legs pulled off by a sticky trap, get trapped and starve to death or some other equally painful way.

[NewRevolution88]

The candy used in ET was Reese's Pieces. Just saying.

Hahaha oh man you beat me to it. m&m's?? Blasphemy!

We saw a mouse scurrying through our cereal cabinet the other day- I was gonna go get a trap but now I don't have to, knowing that's another problem easily solved by my trusty mbp :)

[mesq]

Today's society has given birth to a weird brand of people. It's like people think they know somebody based off one post on a forum

:rolleyes:

[TuffLuffJimmy]

:rolleyes:
But I know your views on pest control. Care to tell me you're a vegan?

[Queso]

It's not the mouse's home. It didn't pay for it. If you want to put the mouse on a human level, the mouse was breaking and entering and posed a threat to the OP and his family. In some states, like Texas, the OP was justified in using lethal force.
The entire concept of paying for territory is some made-up nonsense human concept. Green pieces of paper are pretty much worthless without the value we as humans attribute to them, and I'm sure that if you present a mouse with a bundle of $1000 bills he or she would make a nest out of them.

So no dice on that argument I'm afraid. Humans may be brainwashed into believing that territory and green bits of paper have a relationship, but we cannot impose that onto the rest of the animal kingdom.

:p

you should dissenfect your macbook, that mouse have lots of bateria and viruses. although it cannot penetrate and infect your mac (unless you're running windows on bootcamp) you risk your health with those rat related diseases.
The majority of cells in any mammal are foreign bacteria, including humans. Just thought you'd like to know :)

[Hilmi Hamidi]

Pics of the rat's blood on your Macbook or it didn't happen..

[Psycdude]

Pics of the rat's blood on your Macbook or it didn't happen..

I agree. Sounds like a fake. Lets at least see the mouse sized dent.

[mesq]

But I know your views on pest control.

http://www.humanemousetrap.com.au/

http://www.smithsax.btinternet.co.uk/products.htm

Anyway. Enough said. We all get a choice as to the decisions we make in our lives. I don't have to be a vegan to act as ethically as possible towards animals. :)

[partyBoy]

i think it's still alive

[DoFoT9]

ironic how things always happen like that.. when you least expect it!

[elpmas]

It's shambo--everything he says is ridiculous.

Hahahaha.

***
nice kill!

[shambo]

Hahahaha.

***
nice kill!
So an immature comment equals a 'kill' does it? Are you like 12 or something?:rolleyes:

[UngratefulNinja]

Today's society has given birth to a weird brand of people. It's like people are against direct animal cruelty, but they're perfectly fine benefiting from a nice hamburger made from hundreds of mistreated animals.

As a veggie, I always think that too. I wonder how they reconcile this.

I don't have to be a vegan to act as ethically as possible towards animals. :)

Ooops, that answered my question. Well I certainly can respect that!

[All Taken]

So an immature comment equals a 'kill' does it? Are you like 12 or something?:rolleyes:

I think the comment "kill" has as much validity as "Bad-Boy Pro"

[GeekOFComedy]

The fact you used probably a 2000 laptop to kill a mouse is enough for me. come on i mean get some cop on in trinity college lol (apprentice joke) I mean when you squashed it all of it's germs,bactaria and guts just glued on to the base of the computer. I mean all those diseases you should pour alot of milton on it.

[lostprophet894]

I think it'd be easier for everybody to agree if we say that ANY way a human kills a mouse without the intention of consuming it for survival is considered cruel.

The problem is that it's a necessary evil because NOT killing it would mean you're choosing to live with a wild animal that can pose health risks to you and your family (droppings in your cereal, bites, dander, etc.).

I'm actually really interested to see pics as well. Not of the mouse (bless his tiny little soul) but of the MB. I'm having a hard time believing that soft little body could dent a laptop.

[powerbook911]

I can guarantee I would have immediately lifted up my Powebook. Not going to damage my Mac over some cute mouse.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I don't have to be a vegan to act as ethically as possible towards animals. :)
I don't think eating hamburgers is any more ethical toward animals than smashing a mouse. In fact your hamburgers have to endure years and years of a demeaning life.

[Ports]

I don't know about anyone else but Iwould be packing my Mac and find a new place...:)

[Dozerrox]

I don't think eating hamburgers is any more ethical toward animals than smashing a mouse. In fact your hamburgers have to endure years and years of a demeaning life.

He might eat burgers from happy cows?

http://www.4406472.com/HappyCow.jpg

[lostprophet894]

He might eat burgers from happy cows?

http://www.4406472.com/HappyCow.jpg

... from California.

Great sig. You need to edit it to read

"Don't get your knickers in a twist because Shambo calls his laptop a Bad Boy Pro".

[All Taken]

I call them man pants. :rolleyes:

[ranguvar]

Oh, I can really see Apple coming up with a new "Get a Mac" ad, showing the PC guy unplugging all cables from his DELL while the mouse makes a run for it, then the Mac guy killing the mouse like the OP.


And to all animal-lovers: That mouse got killed by a Snow Leopard, at least it will be considerer a hero/martyr among its kin!

[Gymnut]

Les Stroud and Bear Grylls would approve the use of a MBP as a death fall trap in a survival situation.

http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/deadfalltrap.html

[XboxMySocks]

I was commenting on a particular nasty episode of animal cruelty and he said my comments are ridiculous. Consider getting you facts correct first before spouting off. :rolleyes:

Every time I read one of your posts I feel like there's a giant void trying to consume me.

[DoNoHarm]

Today's society has given birth to a weird brand of people. It's like people are against direct animal cruelty, but they're perfectly fine benefiting from a nice hamburger made from hundreds of mistreated animals.

Yeah, that is pretty crazy. Those people are either incinscere in their views or pretty uneducated if they have such truly opposite views. This is why there are now many companies producing milk and meat from animals treated well - cage free, with a proper diet.



I think it'd be easier for everybody to agree if we say that ANY way a human kills a mouse without the intention of consuming it for survival is considered cruel.

The problem is that it's a necessary evil because NOT killing it would mean you're choosing to live with a wild animal that can pose health risks to you and your family (droppings in your cereal, bites, dander, etc.).

I'm actually really interested to see pics as well. Not of the mouse (bless his tiny little soul) but of the MB. I'm having a hard time believing that soft little body could dent a laptop.

There are other options that you are not considering.

There are many traps out there that are humane. All the OP had to do would be to buy one of these traps. The local humane society might have even been able to provide them. Using one of these would have been a way to trap the mouse without killing it in such a painful way. I'm sure the local animal control could then humanely euthanize the mouse.

[nomar383]

I bet you wouldn't have treated a squirrel with such animosity...

[XboxMySocks]

I bet you wouldn't have treated a squirrel with such animosity...

I bet you he wouldn't have plunked down a macbook on a squirrel inside his house.

[nomar383]

I bet you he wouldn't have plunked down a macbook on a squirrel inside his house.

I'm secretly hoping someone gets the reference haha

[lostprophet894]

There are other options that you are not considering.

You're absolutely right. Capturing the mouse didn't even cross my mind, which is kinda weird because I grew up with rodents as pets.

There are many traps out there that are humane. All the OP had to do would be to buy one of these traps. The local humane society might have even been able to provide them. Using one of these would have been a way to trap the mouse without killing it in such a painful way. I'm sure the local animal control could then humanely euthanize the mouse.

I see no reason to euthanize a mouse, as it would probably end up costing somebody to do it. Why not just drive a mile or two down the road and let it free? Natural selection will run its course.

[shambo]

You're absolutely right. Capturing the mouse didn't even cross my mind, which is kinda weird because I grew up with rodents as pets.



I see no reason to euthanize a mouse, as it would probably end up costing somebody to do it. Why not just drive a mile or two down the road and let it free? Natural selection will run its course.

+10000000000001

You have earned my respect fella. Thanks.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

+10000000000001

You have earned my respect fella. Thanks.
Natural selection already ran its course. The mouse wasn't fast enough to escape the situation, smart enough to avoid a human home, smart enough to steer clear of the presence of the man, nor was it strong enough to wiggle free from the machine.

[mesq]

I don't think eating hamburgers is any more ethical toward animals than smashing a mouse. In fact your hamburgers have to endure years and years of a demeaning life.

You seem to be obssessed with hamburgers... wtf?

[partyBoy]

.

[Csmitte]

Well played sir, I use traps you use a an expensive computer. Awesome.

[KnowNol]

Yo people debating, Im going to let you finish, but....


http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/e/eb/Yall_niggas_postin_in_a_troll_thread.png


Continue on.
:apple:
:D

[panzer06]

I can't believe this thread is still going. It's a dead mouse. Move along ... nothing to see here.

Cheers,

[MrCheeto]

From their point of view their home was infested with humans.

And yet we're the only ones that can do anything about the other party >=}

[Habitus]

I can't believe this thread is still going. It's a dead mouse. Move along ... nothing to see here.

Cheers,

If it were only that simple...

Cheers,

Habitus :apple:

[MrCheeto]

I think we've been had...yet the request still stands!

http://i35.tinypic.com/24x3rqu.jpg

[macgirl89]

Yo people debating, Im going to let you finish, but....


http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/e/eb/Yall_niggas_postin_in_a_troll_thread.png


Continue on.
:apple:
:D

You did it for the lulz didn't you? :p

Judging from this post, the OP is a troll and didn't really kill a mouse with his MBP. Also he's probably a /b/tard.

[partyBoy]

.

[kny3twalker]

Natural selection already ran its course. The mouse wasn't fast enough to escape the situation, smart enough to avoid a human home, smart enough to steer clear of the presence of the man, nor was it strong enough to wiggle free from the machine.

Awesome post. While I would not have used my laptop, I could not careless about the life of a rodent or insect in my home. I suppose with a cat and a dog, I do not have to worry about either though.

[ozreth]

It's shambo--everything he says is ridiculous.

What is so ridiculous about slowly pressing a living, breathing, feeling creature to death when you could easily put a bowl over it and throw it outside?

Disgusting.