We had an article sent to us from an English newspaper which had us ROFL-ing
away and I'd like to share the gist with you guys.
 
It seems that two policemen were hiding in undergrowth in a garden one
night, staking out a house in the town of Stroud, when one of them felt
something soft brush against him.  Looking down, he saw a furry tail
disappearing up his jeans.
 
With the animal wriggling and nipping at his calf, he leapt from the
undergrowth and, hopping around the garden, he started shouting and kicking
wildly as he tried to shake the ferret out.  He told the reporter that he
felt the ferret going further and further up his leg so, in a blind panic,
he ran out of the garden shouting for his partner to help.  He said it was
fortunate his jeans were a fairly tight fit so the ferret couldn't get above
his knee!  Eventually the animal fell out, then began chasing him, so both
policemen ran off to their car to get away from it!
 
The commotion caused people to turn on their lights and look out of the
window, blowing their cover, so the officers decided to abandon their part
in the covert operation for a while.
 
A couple of hours later they were returning to the area and saw the ferret
sitting in the middle of a mini-roundabout.  The policeman who had the
ferret up his leg confessed he would have happily run the animal over,
however his partner decided they should capture it and take it back to the
station in a cardboard box they had.
 
This they did, however the ferret gnawed his way through the box and
escaped, causing an absolute ruckus in the station.  The girls in the
reception area were terrified as it chased them and one can only imagine the
hilarious scene of big, brawny "coppers" trying to capture the animal as it
ran riot.  Fortunately the ferret was finally caught and placed in a plastic
milk crate before being handed over to the RSPCA.
 
The article went on to say the ferret was duly named Stuart and it would be
kept at a wildlife centre until someone claimed it.
 
Sounds to me Stuart should be sent over to CaCa Land to sort out a few of
the F&G Gestapo chappies, eh wot?  :-)
 
G'dooks from sunny (and very very hot) West Australia!
 
Nona
The Ferret Centre
[Posted in FML issue 1832]