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| Mice overrun Florida courthouse |
| 2009-02-24 |
| WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - There are so many mice in one Florida county courthouse that they've been seen falling from ceiling tiles. (Insert lawyer joke here.) One judge at the Palm Beach County Courthouse calls it an infestation. . . . Court employees and lawyers say the rodents scuttle down corridors, munch legal papers and scratch behind the walls. (Insert lawyer joke here.) Last week, one mouse ran around a courtroom floor for an hour during a burglary trial. (Insert lawyer joke here.) The courthouse facilities manager says he's put out a few dozen traps to capture the rodents. He says he's not sure there has been an uptick in mice lately but says they're getting more press than they deserve. (Insert lawyer joke here.) |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 Local gov, rats at the federal level. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-02-24 17:10 |
| #5 Eh. Florida is deservedly famous for its vermin. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-02-24 13:32 |
| #4 Your answer is the best mousetrap in the world, the domestic house cat. Could make for some interesting trials as Tom chases Jerry, and eats him in court, But you could always deputize the cats as "Rodent Exterminators. |
| Posted by: Rednek Jim 2009-02-24 12:11 |
| #3 Where's the food? You don't raise that many mice without a bountiful food supply. Find the food supply and lace it with some blood thinner. Problem will resolve itself. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-02-24 11:41 |
| #2 The mice injured by the fall were promptly represented by slip and fall lawyers. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-24 10:07 |
| #1 (Insert allegory on unauthorized |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-02-24 09:11 |