Ann Landers can be read online at http://www.startribune.com/variety
Go to the section index, click on "Ann Landers".
 
However, I am a dedicated Ann Landers reader and have _never_ seen a ferret
letter such as the one described, nor can I locate in in the last 2 weeks
of columns online at this site.
 
I even checked the last two weeks of Dear Abby online at
http://www.pioneerpress.com/living and could find no such letter.
 
Perhaps it was another advice columnist?  Or maybe a rather old Ann Landers
column rerun by that particular paper for some reason?
 
Anyway, I'd suggest that the FML not get its collective panties in a bundle
until someone actually produces the column in question.
 
Janna and Aron
Einstein, Daisy, & Bandit
 
[A later P.S.]
The official website for Ann Landers (belonging to Creators Syndicate) is
located at http://www.creators.com/lifestyle/lan.asp.  Her columns and an
archive are available, with a one week lag, so the column from last
Wednesday will be posted 11/25/98.
 
Janna and Aron
Einstein, Daisy, & Bandit
 
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[Posted in FML issue 2499]