>From:    Percy Pwood Georgia Wood <[log in to unmask]>
>I'm happy to say none of my or Percy's relatives complain about our
>ferrets, and Percy's mother is quite charmed by them.  But we've run into
>plenty of off-put people who think it's acceptble to express pointedly
>derogatory opinions about them.
 
Or they imply that the ferrets are the cause of something they perceive
as a problem in your life, even if you aren't asking their opinion.  The
mother of a former co-worker said to me, "You have FERRETS?!  No wonder
you're not married yet!"
 
>We happen to get a lot of less than glowing commentary about our living on
>a houseboat
 
A houseboat!  COOL! :-)
 
Karen
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I am clay and I am water
Falling forward in this order
While the world spins 'round so fast
Slowly I'm becoming who I am.
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[Posted in FML issue 3523]