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    I Smell A Rat.. and he's cooking on my video card.

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    That's a hell of a way to go -- sizzling on the video card while some jerk plays Far Cry.

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    actually it looks like it fried on a modem...
    lol, <3

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    On closer inspection, that card is definately a fax modem, and it looks like something caught fire. That's an expensive rat trap.

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    On closer closer inspection, that looks like a mouse...
    The sun has fallen down
    And the billboards are all leering
    And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles.

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    Video card ... modem ... rat ... mouse...

    It all tastes like chicken.
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    Is that bbq I smell ?

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    Post Mortem Report:

    Judging by the angle of the head it would appear as though this rat (trust the zoologist on this one) was killed while attempting to chew through some sort of power supply cable near or on the modem. The resulting electrical charge not only instantly killed the victim, but also arced into the aluminium plates at the back. Being covered in fur encouraged the resulting heat to burst into flame. No other signs of trauma were evident.

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    Wow I do not think that Rat had a good day when he crawled into that computer. Purchaser made it sound like an official autopsy report. Now the questions is do we feel bad for the rat or mouse who's life was cut short? Or do we get ticked off because the rodent caused some serious damage inside the system? Also think about having to remove the carcus would not be on the top of my list of favorite things to do. If it would even make the list is another good question to think about hmmmmm. Bribo that rat could be used for a good stir fry lol.

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    Once again Bribo were the hell do you find this stuff?

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    I love the smell of burning Rat in the morning. Remember, Charlie don;t surf..( Flowers for Algernon) comes to mind... Hmmm See if anyone remembers! Rats died, PC died.. Must be a remake!
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    Toasty!



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    Wow--now there's a semi-obscure reference, Rocks! That book was part of my curriculum in high school (or was it junior high? It all runs together after a while.) At any rate, I enjoyed that book--it was certainly better than "paid-by-the-word" Victorian era crap. I hate Dickens and Austen so very, very much...

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    Wow--now there's a semi-obscure reference
    Ya, But I do think there was a movie called "Charlie" that was based on the book!

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