Okay, I asked the ferrets. Some were practical and said that whatever in the dictionary, i.e. "business" which comes from "busy-ness" and has been the established term for centuries will stick, so why bother, but the rest liked the selections presented here except for Ashling who wants a "Riot of Ferrets" but that's Ashling. For those wondering how asked: with all our recent problems after a computer ill attached to a "Child Missing" letter we went poking around and found the FLO translator till the FLO Headquarters figured that out. Drat! Think of what we could have learned if only we'd been practical. Did find out something; the reason they often smell like food items after they have been sleeping involves teleporter raids on food factories in the wee hours to stock the mother ship. And there you were wondering how fur sometimes gets into food... (okay, so I have sinus infection and bit of fever -- at least I get silly with fevers so I get a joy ride and you have to suffer through my terribel humor. As Boob says, "Baaaaawwwwwhaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa!" -- Anyway, if I don't answer anything important that's why; on and off I don't trust myself which is probably a good indicator that I should stay mum.) Toys: baby rattles or homemade ones work well, too, for some ferrets -- tastes vary among them. Catnip "mousies" are the most loved ones here. Have read of one ferret allergic to catnip so it can happen but appears to be very rare. You can even make very, very, very, very, very easy ones by stuffing dead socks and catnip inside anohter sock and just knoting the end to make a tail. I want to join Marta in saying "Thank you, Bill Gruber!!!!!!" [Posted in FML issue 3013]