Ok, so it's been about a month (or so) ago when people were talking about relative's reactions to their ferrets, but I just had to vent. My mother-in-law's father came for a visit (holidays & all). He showed up unexpectedly, & my ferrets were out running around. He came in & they naturally ran up to sniff his shoes & see who he was. Totally innocent, right? First thing out of his mouth..."What are these things?" My mom-in-law said ferrets... He looks at me & says "I've got a gun out in the car; do you want me to shoot them for you?" {not that would make it any better, but he wasn't smiling or laughing either.} Yeah. Great way to win someone over. Shannon Sterling, Pandora, & Jasmin [Posted in FML issue 3630]