>From:    Chris Perth <[log in to unmask]>
>
>I was wondering if aynone here know of a ferret trying to take off
>with his/her human's bellybutton piercing?  I mean, everyday
 
not surprising, but i'm very thankful that mine don't!  with 6 pieces of
metal in my ears and one in my lower lip, not to mention my navel and my
tongue, i'm just waiting for it to happen, though.... i can just see it
now...
 
*kisskisskisslickitylick*
 
*NIP*
 
*TUG*
 
"aaoooowwwwr! i need tat li'! dbad 'eezhil! dbad 'eezhil!"
 
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>[Moderator's note: My favorite word to describe "dook" was "chortle", but
>it seems to have fallen out of favor over the years.  (Perhaps because the
>use of "four-letter" American slang has become so popular?  Damn.)  BIG]
 
maybe because "chortle" has an actual separate meaning in the english
language, whereas "Dook" doesn't (even if it does sound like another
word for poop)?  IIRC, a chortle is a loud, gutteral laugh...
 
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>I don't know how effective it is to purchase pets from a store in order
>to "rescue" them...all that does is allow the pet store to profit, which
>of course was their point to begin with.  So, with that
 
this is always a tough call... i purchased loki from a petstore that
wasn't caring for his diarrhea and inflamed rectum, and i probably
shouldn't have, but i couldn't stand to see him there... i did contact
several people about that store's treatment of him, though.
 
i think there are some cases in which the welfare of the individual ferrets
in question outweighs the big picture, if they are in really bad shape.
 
of course, if you want to get the store in the pocketbook *and* save the
ferrets, there are ways... but of course, i would *never* steal a ferret,
even from a horribly unethical store that fully deserved it.
 
i'm too conspicuous-looking. ;)
 
-k-
[Posted in FML issue 3504]