>From: caylalinus <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Vinnie da rat >>Thank you, Alexandra, for clarifying about the numerous messages this >>PERSON (gritting teeth & trying to be nice) sent in over the years. OK <snippage> IMHO, there *is* only one explanation for all of this: 1- There is now, nor has there ever been, a Vinnie da Rat. There might be a "rat", but it ain't no ferret. Anyone who truly loves ferrets (or, indeed, *any* animal) would not attempt to keep a fallacy like this going for so many yrs. It's sick. As my MIL (a law professor) would say, "habeas corpus" - show me the body. Lin, Ariel, Oberon, Max, & Puck To email me back, take out everything from "K" to "2" [Posted in FML issue 5118]