OFF (Way-OFF): Bootle

[Mark Von Bargen]

I watched the tomcats jumping in the Mersey; the big agressive ones just got
to the front of the queue.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Jackson" <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: OFF (Way-OFF): Bootle


> On 7 Aug 2002, at 12:48, Chuck Rosenberg wrote:
>
> > Bootle Area plagued by Rats!
> >
> > Residents of a Bootle Neighbourhood have had to take desperate
> > measures to combat a plague of Rats in the area.
> >
> > Men with air rifles have been seen shooting at the growing Rat menace
> > in the Wordsworth Street area.
>
> Hmm...a B.B. gun isn't going to take out a rat unless you're
> standing right next to it and hit it right in the brain.  Why aren't they
> trying terriers?  Or big, aggressive tomcats?
>
> theo
>