one final thought


Mr. O’Reilly also objects, obviously, to the use of the phrase “Happy Holidays” as anti-Christian, although, for some people, there is also a celebration of the New Year. So Christmas and the New Year are actually two holidays, so there is a plural, which in the English language necessitates the use of the letter “S.”

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
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Merry Christmas, y’all (Happy New Year too )

so very, very strange

So I think what happened was that Martin and Chuck went into a pseudo-hibernation. It’s been getting colder, and darker, and they just shut down.

Of course, if they weren’t well prepared for it they would have burned off a lot of reserves, which explains their sunken appearence (despite being very well fed!)

Still no clue as to why Martin was laying next to his dish; you’d figure a hibernating mouse would be in his nest (as Chuck was).

I could have sworn that both mice were dead…and now they’re running around like nothing happened.