Man sent to ICU after toilet rat attack

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From Of Unknown Origin, a movie with lots of tips on what not to do about a rat problem!

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He needs to get a terrier.

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They can get in through old, cracked sewer pipes, which was a concern of mine. Since replaced with pvc, which yes, they can chew through, but haven’t so far.

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Excited The Muppet Show GIF by Muppet Wiki

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They can also get in through the vent stack on the roof.

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Where did the dangerous factoid that “urine is sterile” come from? Gordon Dickson had it in some of his Dragon Knight books, and I cringed.

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Personally, I welcome our toilet-dwelling, urine-gargling rat overlo–

Wait, no. What the fuck? What the absolute fuck?

I say we take off and nuke the entire toilet from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

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That’s excessive. There’s easier ways.

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It might be a new species, Rattus Latrinum.

THAT is the thing that people forget.

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