{"id":56055,"date":"2025-01-25T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=56055"},"modified":"2025-01-25T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T23:27:04","slug":"jd-is-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/25\/jd-is-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Is Fine &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Got a text message from Trinette that JD won&#8217;t be posting today because of computer issues.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t have anything in the hopper, but I did recently come across a post about a man in Wales who thought he was having poltergeist invade his workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Every night for months he would leave a mess of odds-and-ends scattered all over his workbench &#8211; and every day when he went back to putter, the place was tidied up with things placed in a wooden box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook-150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Baffled long enough, he setup a camera with a special night-vision lens to find out what was happening.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook_Camera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook_Camera.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook_Camera-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mouse_Tidies_Workbench_Rodney_Holbrook_Camera-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And he got his answer: A tiny mouse with obvious OCD!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mouse filmed tidying up man&#039;s shed every night\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLDPzQ42kws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shop owner Rodney Holbrook thought he was doing this to hide the birdfeeder nuts stored in the shop.\u00a0 But pest control expert Gareth Davies said, &#8220;Mice are like the magpies of the rodent world.\u00a0 They just collect things and hoard them because they think they&#8217;re prepping for the future and hard times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Megan Jackson from nearby University of Bristol explained that this is actually common behavior for mice.\u00a0 They scavenge and keep things in a safe place that they think might be useful.\u00a0 But she added that a good deal of what <em>&#8220;Welsh Tidy Mouse&#8221;<\/em> (Mr. Holbrook&#8217;s nickname) keeps in the box really wouldn&#8217;t be useful to build a nest &#8211; their primary goal.<\/p>\n<p>She thinks the mouse simply enjoys the activity.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time this kind of behavior was observed.\u00a0 A little over five years ago a mouse in Bristol was caught on video doing the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Steve McKears, the owner of the workbench, was relieved when a neighbor friend setup a night-vision camera and caught <em>&#8220;Metal Mickey&#8221;<\/em> moving the objects.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. McKears was quite relieved when he saw the film.\u00a0 His previous two choices were ghosts or losing his mind.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"House-proud mouse caught on camera tidying garden shed | SWNS TV\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIc-Eeh7IUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a text message from Trinette that JD won&#8217;t be posting today because of computer issues. I really don&#8217;t have anything in the hopper, but I did recently come across a post about a man in Wales who thought he was having poltergeist invade his workshop. 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