Well, howdy again!  We were having a series of talks about stupid
questions/comments awhile back and I have one to add to the collection.
Last week, I was wandering on campus and I had Gushi (my DEW - well, more
like cream-coloured) with me.  Well, we got the usual, what is that?  Isn't
he cute!  What do you feed him?  stuff.  Then I came across a woman and two
men sitting at a table having coffee.  The woman said "Oh look - a ferret!
I used to have one!" So we stopped to talk.  Now I do know this woman due to
dealing with her in the past (she works at the travel agency on campus) and
I've always thought she was a few bricks short of a load.  Well, she proved
me right that day!!  She sat there telling me about having a little ferret a
long time ago (she has a yorkie dog and it was sitting on her lap during
this conversation) and she also had a fitch fur coat and she would wear her
coat and walk her little ferret.  Well, I, needless to say, found something
hypocritically creepy about this.  One of the gentleman at the table told
her she shouldn't be telling me this, I kinda nodded and half-smiled at him.
I commented that I thought fitches were bred for hunting not their fur
(clarification here anyone???  Is this in North America or in Europe or
both??).  She told me that they are widely bred for their coat and that the
fur is more expensive than mink (??!).  All the time, I'm looking at her
with this obviously disapproving look, but she keeps blathering on that the
fur wasn't like Gushi's but dark brown with black in it, blah, blah, blah.
At this point her dog starts freaking out over Gushi and barking its little
head off.  I look at the dog, nod to the two gentleman and then give her
abit of a dirty look before walking away.  I came very close to saying "I
see your dog is as almost socially inept as you are", but I didn't want to
insult the dog.  A friend after hearing this story told me that she's heard
of such fur coats but that they definitely don't cost more than mink/ermine
and that I should have told her that she was a social idiot and got ripped
off on her coat!!
 
I guess it just takes all sorts!
Hugs to all!
 
George, Jasper and the Tribe
 
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Steacie Science Library                     sufficiently talented fool.
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[Posted in FML issue 2290]