> 1. Ferrets were domesticated F) in a subversive attempt to corner the home manure market. > 2. Domestication is E) a process where polecats convince humans to grind whole chickens into a savory snack. > 3. Domestication has caused the following changes in ferrets (compared > to their wild progenitors): I) the ability to find the most tender part of the human body to lick, lick, and chomp. > 4. Ferrets were domesticated H) by arrogant Americans about AD 1977. > 5. The progenitor of the domesticated ferret was E) Disney cartoon weasels. > 6. Ferrets never became popular as a domesticated animal because E) of a conspiracy of deception promoted by jealous dogs and cats. > 7. Ferrets were commonly found in the United States E) whenever socks could be found in sufficient quantity. > 8. Ferrets were used during the 1800s in the United States I) to spur the textile industry via the manufacturing of replacement socks. > 9. Ferrets E) think the entire California Fishin' Gestapo has the collective IQ of a salamander. > 10. In the last 200+ years, the number of feral colonies of ferrets > found in the United States, Canada and Mexico number F) more than you can count, given ferret math. > 11. Compared to the polecat progenitor, domestication has changed the > digestive system of ferrets E) by instilling the ability to produce vastly more fecal bulk than food consumed. > 12. The scientific name for the domesticated ferret is E) back-of-the-knee nipping demon spawn from hell. > 13. An animal isn't domesticated unless E) it is represented by at least one cute Disney character. > 14. Generalized public disapproval of ferrets can be traced to G) the high concentration of joy per body weight, making ferret ownership too intense for some wimpy people. > 15. The suspicion that ferrets suffer genetic disorders caused by > inbreeding is probably attributable to F) a ferret conspiracy to grow large enough to easily consume cats. > 16. Ferrets were domesticated in F) Sacramento, California. > 17. Animals are domesticated in areas were you find E) raisins, kibble and corners. > 18. Juvenilization is an artifact of domestication where E) ferrets become juvenile delinquents and loiter around corners. > 19. The difficulty of tracing ferret domestication can be at least > partially attributed to E) efforts to hide the background of ferrets by the Weasel Protection Agency. > 20. Domestication E) is a myth; it's all evolution, Baby! [Posted in FML issue 4059]