baby mice

There's this scene in Donnie Darko where one preteen girl says to another "Beth’s Mom said the boys locker room was flooded and they founded faeces everywhere." and the other says "What are faeces?" The first girl replies: "Baby mice".
Or words to that effect.

This scene was deemed absolute Gold in our house. We use the dialogue quite frequently, usually with the 'little girl voices'. Especially because we seem to be in the midst of a mouse plague.

[segue]Just how many mice can one girl catch? I've lost count. The Squeeze has also developed a bit of lone gun/rough rider approach to mouse-catching. He chases after them, throws himself across the floor to grab them by the tail. He's succeeded exactly once, though he came close the other night. My question: what will he do with them once he's caught them? The first one was sick and tired (or possibly tired and emotional) so he threw it in the wheely bin. How will he go with a frisky, prime-of-life mouse?[/segue]

We also like this scene in Donnie Darko because you can (The Squeeze has discovered, to his glee) substitute the word 'theses' for faeces.
"What's theses?"
"Baby mice".

It makes him giggle like a little kid.
It makes me think about thesis plagues.

*it's worth noting that we actually say 'what's faeces?' because it's funnier.