Of mice and men

The chairman forces a metaphor that isn't really a consideration and ends up looking a bit cheesy

"What on earth is young Barham using to attract all these moderately well-known fund managers to his River and Mercantile sequel?" asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet as we sampled a few pints of Taylor's Honey Badger at The Wolverine. "People seem to be careering toward the place like mice to a cheese-laden trap. "Now I read in the job ad that made the front page of one or two industry rags that he's after a UK equity income manager before turning his attention to the rest of the world." "Isn't that fairly standard procedure?" I replied. "I'm s...