Insulted by a mouse

[neil_merseyside]

I thought blue stuff was used because nothing we eat is blue so plasters/hair nets etc for food industry are that colour and I'd rather assumed rat poisin was blue for same reason?

 

[classic33]

Do I smell a rat?

Slow loading page, with the research done.
Rats require something else, something stronger.

 

[Aperitif]

You can always check professional mouse poison! If you don't believe me.

A professional mouse.

 

[Ootini]

Throw the mouse in the bin, take the bag outside with some lighter fluid...

 

[Fnaar]

There seems to have been work already done in that field. Its apparently why professional bait is blue in colour.

see also http://furoma.com/analytics/laboratory/

Did you actually go to the bother googling for that or it's just something you knew? Either way your mouse/blue paint trivia knowledge is impressive.
BTW link isn't working for me, but please don't concern yourself about it. I don't need to read it. It's very existence is knowledge enough for me.

Rentokil have the answer: http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/why-is-poison-blue/

(I had an idle moment)

 

[subaqua]

I thought blue stuff was used because nothing we eat is blue so plasters/hair nets etc for food industry are that colour and I'd rather assumed rat poisin was blue for same reason?

smarties and M&Ms and skittles are all blue

 

[neil_merseyside]

smarties and M&Ms and skittles are all blue

Trust sweet manufacturers to risk peoples lives - well more than the sugar does...
Amend what I said to naturally occuring foodstuffs and I'm still good!

 

[AndyRM]

Trust sweet manufacturers to risk peoples lives - well more than the sugar does...
Amend what I said to naturally occuring foodstuffs and I'm still good!

What about blueberries?

 

[neil_merseyside]

What about blueberries?

More of a black really - until you eat them.
Any more? I can carry on wriggling for a bit longer

 

[AndyRM]

More of a black really - until you eat them.
Any more? I can carry on wriggling for a bit longer

More of a black... Pfft!

How about blue corn then?

 

[neil_merseyside]

More of a black... Pfft!

How about blue corn then?

Never heard of it!

 

[classic33]

Never heard of it!

No excuse!

 

[classic33]

I thought blue stuff was used because nothing we eat is blue so plasters/hair nets etc for food industry are that colour and I'd rather assumed rat poisin was blue for same reason?

Blue is used for plasters/hairnets so as to make them stand out. Any other colour tends to blend in.

 

[S.Giles]

Maybe the mouse-poison manufacturers hope the mice will mistake their product for blue cheese.

 

[Piemaster]

Rentokil have the answer: http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/why-is-poison-blue/

(I had an idle moment)

Ok, I read it. Interesting that humans use blue to signify 'DO NOT EAT' where in nature its more anything that bright and, well, not trying to blend in.