the pied piper OR: rats, not cats

so, the other day i get a little visit from the local pied piper.

only he didn't have a pipe.

and he carried a big 5 gallon bucket. filled with little containers of this:

so, what izzit? you ask? magic beans, seyz the pied piper. well, no. he didn't actually tell me it was anything of the sort. he just told me it was for the rats to eat.

the RATS??!!!

wtf? what new fresh hell am i to expect now that the weather has turned? he had a clip board w/ all the addresses on the little street we live on (yah, the one we've discovered ALSO full of feral cats - JUST like the one who came to dinner and never left.

but if i put this out, won't the cats eat it?

nope. only the rats.

really? only the rats?

yep. only the rats.

apparently, after i signed for my plastic container of rat seeds, i was told that i could either use it or NOT use it. but i had to take it. and i was to sprinkle it around the roof - the ROOF??!! and all the basement entrances to the house.

it doesn't really look all that appetizing, does it?

nonetheless, i left it on the back patio table. still in its plastic container. and i won't let varkencat outside anymore. just in case. not that varkencat actually WANTS to go outside - i think it's afraid i may not let it back in. which is exactly what i am thinking, tho i prolly wouldn't follow thru...