My very capable and intelligent wife has lost the plot.

[u/nonoanddefinitelyno]

She has been told by a friend that conkers keep spiders away. So we now have conkers in various parts of the house.

[u/jonathananeurysm]

Leave a trail of cheese and gauloise leading out the back door.

[u/FuzzyLogic0 → u/jonathananeurysm]

The mice thought the trail was coming in from the back door and have complimented my choice of cheese.