Mary wrote: >Obviously, I think these rumors have very little foundation in truth. Yep. Remember that Ivory Soap ad from the 50s or 60s where they'd say it was something like 99.6% pure? Well, from having been here for ages I can tell you that the rumors that go around off-list among FML folks are about 99.6% pure BUNKUM. It's no surprise that these show rumors fit that category. After a while you get to realize who says things that are clap-trap on a regular basis; then you just go from there. Here's the good news: almost no one creates these things; it's just a tiny cadre. Now, I grew up in town of about 2/3s the size of the FML and we sure had a LOT more people there who created rumors or spread them (and I expect that others with small town backgrounds can echo me on this), so I figure that the FML has something to be happy about in this regard: people of a very high caliber who therefore know enough to distrust rumors and instead try to get the straight facts. Pat yourselves on your backs, folks. I can remember when people here were much more inclined to participate in rumors and the ugliness they often caused. Now, we can joke about them, knowing that most people here know better than to accept such things. That's progress for you. Warp is SO happy. It snowed. Here she is -- so very bald with her acute on-set which will be fixed when the surgeon's arm is healed and she's had enough time for it to be obvious which adrenal is involved -- yet, that little, gracile white girl (okay, partly pink since the fur loss) couldn't WAIT to have a chance to play in the snow. Then we had to keep taking her out to make such she was warm enough and she'd struggle to get right back into it! She's always loved the stuff and she continues to feel exactly the same way about snow as when she was young. I was having to smother my laughter so that I wouldn't distract her; she was just having so very much fun. [Posted in FML issue 2935]