Vermin WMDs

We have a burrowing vermin problem. On Saturday morning we discovered a pile of displaced dirt on our flagstone walkway. This morning there were FIVE piles! Carmen and I aren’t exactly sure if it’s a gopher or a mole, but here is NO WAY a tiny rodent is going to mess with our walkway. We worked too hard on it to see it get messed up.

So in honor (or dishonor) of the 5^th anniversary of the occupation of Iraq, I broke the Sabbath and headed down to Lowes for some vermin Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Much to my delight there are many WMDs to choose from....ranging from bio-degradable to purely toxic.

The old guy at Lowes who helped me knows a lot about killing vermin. Based on the 10 minute tutorial and history of vermin WMDs that he offered, he takes great delight in killing off the little suckers.

I ended up buying a couple WMDs. The dynamite looking things (according to the package they’re illegal in many states) actually come with a fuse. You light ‘em and cram them down the hole to gas ‘em out. The Lowes guy told me to have a shovel nearby just in case I need to whack-a-mole. Seriously.

Well, we lit and shoved 2 of the dynamite WMDs this morning before church. I drew a picture of me doing this on Aja’s etch-a-sketch during Sacrament meeting. It’s man vs. beast. I’ll have to wait ‘till tomorrow morning to see if I won.