Electrocutes then drowns rodents

When it's not enough to kill a mouse just once. Source: Popular Electricity, Nov 1911.

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Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 29, 2015
Category: Animals | Death

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And then the mouse steps onto the moving walkway travels down the hallway past murals depicting meditarainian scenes towards the rotating knives... :lol: :coolsmile:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 01/29/15 at 09:31 AM

I see that 1911 sarcasm plays well even a century later.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/29/15 at 09:34 AM

I hates meeses to pieces!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/29/15 at 09:50 AM

It's really sweet how the copy suggests the possibility of a rat heaven... What a wonderful world that would be.

(Sigh).

But seriously, a world with a theme park ride like this would be BETTER!

(just kidding, y’all).

Posted by Jeremy M Brown on 02/04/15 at 03:28 PM

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