GOOD MOUSE, NOW STAY AWAY
Two NoMa town house roommates noticed they had a little … problem … and so put out a few mousetraps to catch him.
But when the furry visitor did get caught, he was alive and uninjured, though stuck in the trap.
The two women noticed his cute pink nose and ears and his tiny little squeak. “It’s like he’s saying ‘Help me! Help me!’ ”
So they let him go, out the front door, and warned him very strictly never to come back and to tell his friends to stay away.
They told this story to their male friends, who were not impressed at their compassion and who did not think the mouse would understand their admonition.
A GOOD REASON NOT TO STRESS
A Dupont Circle woman was flummoxed. Her legs were covered in what she thought were bites. Her arms were equally itchy. Having just moved apartments, the timing made insects — maybe even bedbugs — seem like the likely culprit. But the woman couldn’t find any bugs of substance in her new home.
Unfortunately, it took her a while to get to the doctor’s office: She had jury duty on Monday, a big assignment due at work, boxes to unpack, and she had just returned from a week’s vacation … spent working as a camp counselor.
So perhaps the woman shouldn’t have been too surprised when the doctor delivered the diagnosis: shingles.
“Caused by stress,” the doctor explained.
FAILING METRO 101
Two middle-age Wisconsin women visiting relatives in the District confronted just about every Metro farecard issue one would expect a small-town tourist to endure.
In a 24-hour period, they got rejected at the faregates for putting too little money on their farecards, were stopped by security guards after they both walked through the gates on the same card swipe, missed their stop and walked the wrong direction out of an exit, causing the women to get hopelessly lost.
Phew.
Those are all pretty common errors even some daily Metro riders make. But some of the missteps were self-inflicted: They also threw out their paper farecards after each trip, with money still on them, so they wouldn’t confuse them in their purses with the cards they intended to buy before their next train ride.
Apparently, no one told them you can reuse fare cards.
DON’T MESS WITH THE THEATER CROWD
A physical altercation nearly broke out at a most unlikely location Monday night: the box office of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, where acting legend Stacy Keach was appearing for a live interview.
Some members of the genteel theater-going crowd had gathered outside the box office to pick up their tickets when a disagreement happened between two white-haired ladies who were in line. One of the white-haired ladies struck the other with her purse and called her a five-letter word. The line watched, flabbergasted, as the assailant stormed away, again calling the woman a nasty name.
The woman looked around wide-eyed. “Did you see that?” she asked. She said she was going to wait a few minutes before trying to find her seat, lest she bump into the angry woman.
“I’m scared of her!”
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