Ahhh, Marilyn... I would believe your theory, except for the fact that I have seen those same "fastidious" ferrets gleefully spreading wet potting soil all over the clean white kitchen linoleum(not once, but twice in about five minutes) and happily dumping glasses of orange juice off the coffee table and amassing giant piles of poo right next to the pristine litter box. Not to mention merrily digging all the water out of the water bowls, followed by kibble. Or emptying a full box of breakfast cereal all over the carpet (before I knew the little snots could make the leap to the kitchen island...) AND licking all the marshmellows in said cereal so they are stuck to the floor. Don't even get me started on little white ferrets that like to play in fireplace soot. Did you know that black soot just won't wash off of white weasel fur? I could go on and on. I think it's actually part of their Evil Plan for World Domination. Who could resist that sweet little face innocently kissing the inside of your elbow? I think the real issue is that they haven't figured out yet that that part of the anatomy controls nothing and will not serve their nefarious cause. I shudder to think that one day they will figure that out... Sigh. [Posted in FML issue 5305]