He forgot to include: “The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.“
Kilby, it seems to me yours is the ONLY one that belongs here.
They’re to inspire the mousetrapper, not the mouse? I don’t know if that was his intent, though.
Maybe it’s just a riff on those inspirational posters you see with eagles and mountains and vapid quotations meant to spur you along. They are really no help, so this is just the extreme…not only won’t these quotations help you, they’re the last thing you’ll read before you get your neck snapped in half.
Maybe. Best I’ve got.
I had the exact same thought as Kilby.
Perhaps “Inspirational posters are meant to help trap employees”?
My first thought (impressive and not capable of withstanding thought) and about the phrase “Build a better mousetrap” as an “inspirational” saying so for a *brief* second in my brain “mousetrap” and “inspirational” seemed like compatible concepts. And the joke was (for a brief second) that these motivational phrases are contrary to the idea the that the mouse is getting killed right now and in juxtaposition to the concept of a “inspirational mousetrap”.
Then, very quickly, logic caught up. “mousetrap” and “inspirational are *NOT* compatible concepts. But the joke is still the same. The mouse is getting killed right now in totally juxtaposition to the idea of “inspiration”. But now there’s no logic and motivation. …. which is sometimes okay…. without logic and motivation we can have absurdism. And black absurdism works here. It’s a bit strange as *subtle* absurdism tends to be self defeating but… as absurdism it worked for me.
But I think dvandom has it. sort of. Motivational poster are really pointless and don’t work. So one might as well have motivational mousetraps.
Today is the last day of the first of your life.
November 18, 2013 was the first day of the rest of your life.
I’m ok with these (from the viewpoint of the trapper, not the trappee). If I am catching mice, I am not happy about them being where I don’t want them. We could also have a Schwarzenneger line, “Make My Day”. Just hope the mice don’t respond with half-eaten crackers that say “I’ll be back” :^)
The mouse isn’t necessarily getting killed right now, or at all. Sometimes he just gets the cheese. Perhaps, the difference is whether the mouse is properly motivated/inspired.
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He forgot to include: “The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.“
Kilby, it seems to me yours is the ONLY one that belongs here.
They’re to inspire the mousetrapper, not the mouse? I don’t know if that was his intent, though.
Maybe it’s just a riff on those inspirational posters you see with eagles and mountains and vapid quotations meant to spur you along. They are really no help, so this is just the extreme…not only won’t these quotations help you, they’re the last thing you’ll read before you get your neck snapped in half.
Maybe. Best I’ve got.
I had the exact same thought as Kilby.
Perhaps “Inspirational posters are meant to help trap employees”?
I prefer these demotivation posters . . . https://despair.com/
My first thought (impressive and not capable of withstanding thought) and about the phrase “Build a better mousetrap” as an “inspirational” saying so for a *brief* second in my brain “mousetrap” and “inspirational” seemed like compatible concepts. And the joke was (for a brief second) that these motivational phrases are contrary to the idea the that the mouse is getting killed right now and in juxtaposition to the concept of a “inspirational mousetrap”.
Then, very quickly, logic caught up. “mousetrap” and “inspirational are *NOT* compatible concepts. But the joke is still the same. The mouse is getting killed right now in totally juxtaposition to the idea of “inspiration”. But now there’s no logic and motivation. …. which is sometimes okay…. without logic and motivation we can have absurdism. And black absurdism works here. It’s a bit strange as *subtle* absurdism tends to be self defeating but… as absurdism it worked for me.
But I think dvandom has it. sort of. Motivational poster are really pointless and don’t work. So one might as well have motivational mousetraps.
Today is the last day of the first of your life.
November 18, 2013 was the first day of the rest of your life.
I’m ok with these (from the viewpoint of the trapper, not the trappee). If I am catching mice, I am not happy about them being where I don’t want them. We could also have a Schwarzenneger line, “Make My Day”. Just hope the mice don’t respond with half-eaten crackers that say “I’ll be back” :^)
Here’s another ‘take’ . . . complete with arched mousehole . . .
https://www.gocomics.com/strangebrew/2019/02/19
” The mouse is getting killed right now”
The mouse isn’t necessarily getting killed right now, or at all. Sometimes he just gets the cheese. Perhaps, the difference is whether the mouse is properly motivated/inspired.