>From: Melissa H <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ferret Question Foils Would Be Millionaire!! >Okay, so it's not a ferret sighting, but on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? >the $64,000 question was something to the effect of "What is a group of >ferrets known as?" The man selected "council".....he said something about >how ferrets "stand up straight." >I realized, though, that most "normal" people don't know all the ferret >lingo. My Dad called me while I was at work last night to ask me if I knew the answer to this question. I knew it was called a "Business" of ferrets. But I could not explain to him WHY it is known as such. Can someone give an explanation to why we call a group of ferrets a business. Thanks. [Posted in FML issue 3350]