CURRENT, AUGUST 2014“Don’t touch the mouse.”
Now, under normal circumstances, I’m fine with that strategy. Not touching rodents is pretty good rule to live by. But today, I confess that I do want to touch this mouse. Very much.
This particular mouse is lying on an upturned, gloved palm, and it looks dead. In fact, it looks about as dead as it’s possible for a mouse to look. This, it may surprise you to learn, is why I want to touch this mouse.
Honestly, this surprises me too. If there’s one rule for healthy living that is more useful than “Don’t touch mice,” it’s “Don’t touch dead mice.” And yet, that is exactly what I want to do right now.
I really want to touch this dead-appearing mouse because the hand ...
