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How many ways you can use an oryx horn

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I have now managed to catch five mice and rats in my (humane) mousetrap in my room.   The hole in my ceiling that the pesky rodents have been chewing up is about 10cm long and 4cm wide now, and it’s right above where I usually place my head on my bed.   Fortunately I have the choice of two beds in my room, so I decided to strategically move onto the other bed upon realising that some of the bloody rodents were peeing into the hole!!   Clever things if they have made themselves a makeshift toilet, but goddamn them for doing it above my pillow!   If you believe in divine retribution, a prime example of this may be the following story.   I usually give the mousetrap - complete with caught mouse in - it to the husbandry team, who take it out into the field and release it far away.   However, on Saturday I was going out to do road maintenance so I decided to take it out myself.   Alas, being the forgetful fool that I often am, I didn’t take it with me. ...