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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Well they say in London you are never more then 5 meters from a rat. I suppose they live under the ground so you wouldnt see them anyway.

That's not actually true, it's an urban myth


If you think about it, if you 2 storys up, then its more than 5 metres to the ground, so it would require rats to be on at least every other floor to keep a rat within range. plus its more than 5 metres from the sewers in the middle of the roads to peoples houses plus most houses would fit a 5 metre radius inside them, so the rats would need to actually be in your house to be within 5 metres.


Lol. Thats well worked out. I imagine how they worked it out though was estimate the number of rats and compare it to the size of London. Which means on average no more than 5 metres. But i'm not sure thats how they did it but its a guess.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I remember some time the year before last, they estimated the rat population overtook the human population, and said that if everyone in the country went out on that day and killed 1 rat each, then we could wipe out rats in this country.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So theres actually 60 million rats in the UK?

Your idea of everyone going out and killing rats does remind me of a particularly funny episode of The Simpsons. Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's not my idea, it was proposed by someone before rat-human equilibrium day, they calculated the date that rat-human equilibrium day would fall on and suggested it be designated as national kill-a-rat day as that would be the last chance there was of getting all the rats by that method. We are too late now though because we are now significantly outnumbered by rats. If we tryed it now, they would kick our arses, they are getting smarter you know.
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do rats have any purpose? Are a small number of them essential for the food chain/running of the planet? Or could we actually kill them all and not cause any bad effects?
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Do rats have any purpose? Are a small number of them essential for the food chain/running of the planet? Or could we actually kill them all and not cause any bad effects?

I've wondered what would happen if you replaced all the wasps in the world with bees, which are far more amiable but still usefully cross-pollinate flowers.

Assuming there's no bad reaction like more honey => more bears => more children getting mauled, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that wasps are proof that there is no god. Or if there is one, he's unnecessarily mean. I mean, wasps? Dude.

Wait, what were we talking about again?
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PostPosted: Sun May 21, 2006 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
SimonM wrote:
ZiggyMarley wrote:
Do rats have any purpose? Are a small number of them essential for the food chain/running of the planet? Or could we actually kill them all and not cause any bad effects?

I've wondered what would happen if you replaced all the wasps in the world with bees, which are far more amiable but still usefully cross-pollinate flowers.

Assuming there's no bad reaction like more honey => more bears => more children getting mauled, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that wasps are proof that there is no god. Or if there is one, he's unnecessarily mean. I mean, wasps? Dude.

Wait, what were we talking about again?


Wasps stop picnicking families from getting sunburnt. If these pesky insects did not buzz around pissing people off then people would stay outside too long and get burnt. Thats my theory anyway Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
We had a slug in our house. They're not as speedy as rats, but this one wasn't far off. I've decided to start posting crap on the Radish again now that I'm free from revision. Absolute crap.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
ZiggyMarley wrote:
SimonM wrote:
ZiggyMarley wrote:
Do rats have any purpose? Are a small number of them essential for the food chain/running of the planet? Or could we actually kill them all and not cause any bad effects?

I've wondered what would happen if you replaced all the wasps in the world with bees, which are far more amiable but still usefully cross-pollinate flowers.

Assuming there's no bad reaction like more honey => more bears => more children getting mauled, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that wasps are proof that there is no god. Or if there is one, he's unnecessarily mean. I mean, wasps? Dude.

Wait, what were we talking about again?


Wasps stop picnicking families from getting sunburnt. If these pesky insects did not buzz around pissing people off then people would stay outside too long and get burnt. Thats my theory anyway Laughing



No, ants can do wreck picnics just fine, wasps just hang about the rubish bins at picnic site and then try and land on your ice lolly.

Incidently, ants have invaded by flat. I keep catching the little bastards crawling across my desk.
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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oktober wrote:
ZiggyMarley wrote:
SimonM wrote:
ZiggyMarley wrote:
Do rats have any purpose? Are a small number of them essential for the food chain/running of the planet? Or could we actually kill them all and not cause any bad effects?

I've wondered what would happen if you replaced all the wasps in the world with bees, which are far more amiable but still usefully cross-pollinate flowers.

Assuming there's no bad reaction like more honey => more bears => more children getting mauled, I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that wasps are proof that there is no god. Or if there is one, he's unnecessarily mean. I mean, wasps? Dude.

Wait, what were we talking about again?



Wasps stop picnicking families from getting sunburnt. If these pesky insects did not buzz around pissing people off then people would stay outside too long and get burnt. Thats my theory anyway Laughing



No, ants can do wreck picnics just fine, wasps just hang about the rubish bins at picnic site and then try and land on your ice lolly.

Incidently, ants have invaded by flat. I keep catching the little bastards crawling across my desk.


Ah ha then wasps are teaching us not to throw stuff away. We should not use all this packaging stuff. If wasps did not exist bins would overflow (more than they do) in the summer and other small animals would get trapped in the rubbish and die.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I find the best way to get rid of rats is death by firing squad, or you could always eat them like i do. They are great cooked in goose fat and smothered in pigs blood, bloody lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If anyone wants the recipe let me know.

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