Herd of oversized concrete computer mice seen rushing for the shore -- do they know something we don't?

As a perfect complement to Shenzhen's scattered keyboard keys we spotted the other day, tipster Riley G. spotted this charging herd of giant mice statues in Xiamen, China. Two whole tactile, usable buttons? How quaint! Another shot is after the break.

[Thanks, Riley G.]

[stridermt2k Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:31AM]

Mating season.

Duh.

[richb93 Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:46AM]

[geek]They are replicas of some old Logitech mice.[/geek]

[Ethan Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:10AM]

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[Rob Conway Posted Apr 26th 2009 12:06PM]

honestly i was thinking they should have a red Compaq logo on them.

[Birth Canal Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:49AM]

Nah. They probably ate Mcdonalds in the U.S.

[h0rk Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:51AM]

worst. mouse pad. ever.

[johnpombrio Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:42PM]

Sand Mouse pad! LMAF!

[Pies Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:50AM]

Maybe it's a form of natural selection -- the opticals got across the sand with ease, but these old-school, rubber-ball mice got stuck there forever.

[David Topping Posted Apr 26th 2009 7:59AM]

No big deal, it's the C21st, it's no longer rats leaving a sinking ship it's mouses deserting the sinking offshore server ship.

[sinjinn Posted Apr 26th 2009 8:04AM]

is this modern art? is it absract ,what is it? i dunno, but i like t

[d0mth0ma5 Posted Apr 26th 2009 8:16AM]

So long and thanks for all the Phish...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 8:37AM]

They look as if they are made of Barre Grey Granite not concrete??

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:07AM]

Seriously? No one caught the Star Trek 4 reference? Fine, if I have to be THAT GUY. *sighs*

[faced with a 20th century computer]
Scotty: Computer. Computer?
[Bones hands him a mouse and he speaks into it]
Scotty: Hello, computer.
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:12AM]

Just a tip. If you have to explain your joke, that's a pretty clear indication it wasn't funny. Or that you told it poorly. Either way, lesson learned I'm sure.

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Apr 26th 2009 11:05AM]

I already knew I was a terrible geek for not liking Star Trek/Star Wars/Pretty much anything sci-fi. I am surprised that nobody else got this though.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:17AM]

So, that's where the old go. I haven't seen a mouse without a scrollwheel for years.

[superhobo Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:20AM]

So long, and thanks for all the clicks.

[trevr Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:21AM]

shes kinda cute...




...what?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:36AM]

Maybe they want to surf the web.


...


I'll get my coat..

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:52AM]

Heavens, it's the preamble to Hidthulu!

[tophat Posted Apr 26th 2009 11:08AM]

It seems that even giant mice fill up with mouse-gunk.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 11:11AM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZhBF4rFEOo

UNC-Chapel Hill has a study abroad program with Xiamen, China. We had some fun times at those mice. :D

[Mark Larson Posted Apr 26th 2009 12:12PM]

This is awesome. While America cuts its arts funding in favor of offshore torture prisons, China does cool stuff like this.

[SweatHogz Posted Apr 26th 2009 12:20PM]

What's the fuss?
As PCWorld noted:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128669-page,1/article.html
1. Vista is incomplete.
2. Vista is expensive
3. Vista needs new hardware.
4. Windows XP Isn't Obsolete
Unless you are a M$ fanboy, Vista won't be a compelling buy until 64-bits apps and drivers are ubiquitous & they've wrung the kinks out of the 64-bit version of Vista.

[Scuubs Posted Apr 26th 2009 1:01PM]

This article is well over 2 years old.

[Bort Simpson Posted Apr 26th 2009 5:05PM]

Hello???? Can someone show Mr. Sweathog to the previous posts please???

Thank you!

[anup Posted Apr 26th 2009 1:23PM]

Somebody save the damsel in de-"stress".

[passenger Posted Apr 26th 2009 1:40PM]

Funny, I've been there a year before, a bit drunk, a bit elevated. Time to go back again.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 2:36PM]

I love this art, but in China? Can't anyone make something like that in Florida? That's a beach I'd want to go to...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 3:46PM]

Aren't the mice rushing to the sea, not to the shore? I mean, unless you consider the wire end of the mouse the back, which is kinda dumb IMO.

[thumbtack Posted Apr 26th 2009 4:12PM]

I wonder how many people will destroy their feet thinking these are sand sculptures...

[how520130 Posted Apr 28th 2009 6:56PM]

They had been there at least 5years.
From 2003. well I really miss the girl I had dated then...
Haven't they changed that yet?
It just keeps recalling my memories....

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 6:27AM]

What a sight.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 2:03PM]

"So Long And Thanks For All the Clicks..."

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 2:31PM]

That's not a mouse, it's a RAT !

:P

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 5:36PM]

They are rushing to Australian shores to join in the mouse plague that those of us living outback are suffering...

We'll just have to get bigger traps!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 27th 2009 10:09PM]

so long and thanks for all the porn...