belfield a campus under invaison

zap

Am I the only one that sees rats everywhere in Belfield, downby the student centre, by the lake infact everywhere and they are huge, they run right infront of you even during the day.

Sangre

They prefer the term 'Art Students'

anna20

i've never seen them!

zap

try walking by the lake or by the belfield fm studio near the sports pitchs

OfflerCrocGod

Rats are everywhere it's just that normally you don't see them. Yes I've seen them, I'm not really worried much because I don't eat anything from the UCD stores.

Jonny Arson

Rats!!!!????? I've never seen a rat in my life out in UCD but if there are rats, Jeysuus thats a serious problem. Who do report something like taht to, UNICARE? Seriously if any of you guys ee rats again report that immediately because that is a serious issue in terms of health and safety.

Sangre wrote:

They prefer the term 'Art Students'

BOOM! BOOM! Sangre's sarcasometer gets an increase of +3 for that and I'm even a frickin' Arts student!

anna20

now i'm freaked!never going near the lake again

theCzar

Sangre wrote:

They prefer the term 'Art Students'

They put down rat traps but those curious arts students kept getting drawn to the "free cheese"

blondie83

Theres loads and loads of them on the cycle track beside the sports pitches (the ones by the sports centre). Its disgusting actually - you'd be walking along and one would run out of the bushes onto the path in front of you, whether its daytime or evening, although they seem to do it more often in the evening. And they're huge as well!

Red Alert

i'm terrified after someone told me that rats can run up your trousers

uberwolf

one of the lads who works in the student bar was saying he was watching them clearing all the bushes around teh sports centre during the summer and teh rats were fleeing everywhere.

But it is the countryside, with ample food. WHat do you expect?

zap

if your around the sports/student centre at night when its quite you can hear them

uberwolf

uberwolf wrote:

But it is the countryside, with ample food. WHat do you expect?

Maybe if UCD get themselves a few tigers, the rat problem might just sort itself out.

Slash/ED

Myth wrote:

Maybe if UCD get themselves a few tigers, the rat problem might just sort itself out.

That's just a myth

sorry

Hanginthere

What should we use to kill the tigers after there is a massive boom in their population :O!

theCzar

apparently, the current foliage destruction (ripping up bushes etc.) that's going on around the campus is because of the rats.

I'm sure all the filth ucd accumulates makes it a rat haven, plenty of places to hide, lots to eat.

I'm worried they'll find some of the Science Depts waste and mutate into giant super-intelligent rats and enslave the human race.

Mr.Nice Guy

theCzar wrote:

I'm worried they'll find some of the Science Depts waste and mutate into giant super-intelligent rats and enslave the human race.

Nah,giant super-intelligent rats aren't anything to be afraid of.Didn't you watch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?Splinter was great!

theCzar

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Nah,giant super-intelligent rats aren't anything to be afraid of.Didn't you watch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?Splinter was great!

propaganda and lies!

Splinter was a human crossed with a rat, though a giant rat in appearance, he remained essentially human. These super rats of the future are pure rat, and they're absoloute b@stards!

BE AFRAID!

irlpotato

theCzar wrote:

apparently, the current foliage destruction (ripping up bushes etc.) that's going on around the campus is because of the rats.

dont think its enough yet. the path between the lake and the new chemistry site is one of the worst parts on campus. usually see a rat or two a day running across the path down there. ditto behind compsci,

I guess its a choice between grey utalitarian ucd or over-grown jurassic park ucd.

Sarn

theCzar wrote:

I'm worried they'll find some of the Science Depts waste and mutate into giant super-intelligent rats and enslave the human race.

A few years back I was looking out my office window and saw the freakiest rat I've ever seen. White head (as if it was grafted on) with a kind of brown, black, red body. Not to mention lumps of fur missing. I can't comment on its intelligence but it was definitely freaky. Reckon it was a cross between a local rat and an escaped labrat.

They mostly come out at night, mostly.

jlang

Red Alert wrote:

i'm terrified after someone told me that rats can run up your trousers

Was walking down the country a couple of years ago with my girlfriend and we saw a rat. She told me she was worried of just that happening because "rats like tight holes". Oh how we laughed. (apologies, but it is a true story)

Intel

They prefer the term 'Art Students'

hehe Nice....very nice