Anti-burglar Door Mat

A pest control company in Japan has come up with a way to catch human rats, an Anti-burglar door mat. The mat is basically a giant adhesive trap that weighs a respectable, but hardly immovable, 8kg. Still the company says the mat is effective, claiming that it has proved itself during a recent break-in at a restaurant already. The mat will become available in Japan starting this fall and is promised to be more humane than the companies last invention, The Poison Cookie Burglar Feeding Station.

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[meerling]

I like the giant sticky trap idea, but there seem to be a few problems with it.

debris magnet: anything that gets on it, stays on it... dirt, leaves, small animals....
storage: when you want people going through that entry/exit you are going to have to put the mat someplace. Roll it up and throw it away?
only effective on the ignorant: it won't be long before criminals learn of these things and roll up all mats just to be sure, it's not like they care if your 'precaution' is destroyed when they intend to r

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[vintagepc]

You're probably better off using a masking-tape X and a "Caution, ASBESTOS" sign... Nobody messes with a masking tape X.

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[thisnamestoolong]

"vandalism: if outside the house, how long until vandals steal these to stick on walls, car windows, etc"

What you call a problem I call... awesome

Talcum powder

[Alain Williams]

Chuck a bottle of this over it - and all the stickiness is gone. I suppose that that assume that you spot the mat for what it is first.

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[thisnamestoolong]

Or, you know, roll it up. That would work too.

ack!

[WeeBit]

What happens if they fall face first on that mat? Help! I fell, and can't get up. Oh wait! I can't breath either! I also get the picture of a poor dead mouse with wide bulging eyes, and body stuck in a awkward position .... now replace the mouse with a human.

Improvement Idea

[Logical Zebra]

And why isn't this thing electrified?

Perfect for catching dinner

[ScooterMcGoo]

...er... I mean neighborhood cats.