**I spoke too soon!!! I couldn't get this to send until this morning.(9:00) My Dear, Dear FML Friends, The other night, when my computer was FINALLY cooperating, I was having a late night trying to get caught up on my E-mail. For noise mostly, I had the TV on. Half listing to "Da Vinchi's Inquest" ( an investgator/dectective type program) I hear, " What's that?" "It's a ferret" Of course my ears perked up! I turned my head just in time to see a "DEAD" (Not dead in reality, although, they did a darn good job of making it look dead!) ALBINO FERRET!!!!!!!! He/she had a harness on, and a comment was made in regard to his leash in the back seat. Another comment was, "some people have them as pets, can you believe that?" OH MY GOSH!!!!!! It was SO upsetting!!!! I know, that's TV, it's not real, BUT, THAT poor baby was depicting a dead ferret. (Please forgive my naitivity but, it CAN'T REALLY be dead, could it?? They can't do that, right?? I cannot see how the script writers could even remotely think that there is even a shred of possibility, that this "portrayal" could present ferrets with the dignity they deserve! At this point on this program, they had not given one clue as to why it was neccessary to show a DEAD ferret!! How is it important to the story that a DEAD ferret was shown in the trunk of the missing murdered persons car. Story line ferret mention again. One dectective discussing case to another said that they had the victim's car impounded. The other asked, what happened to the ferret.? The first dectective replied, Oh, he's in a baggie in the freezer. The first dectective told the second to find out how the ferret died. The second said that he already knew. The ferret's neck was broken when the leash jerked taut when the victim's car crashed into the river. I am assuming at this point, that the purpose of having a sweet ferret be depicted in this program as a dead ferret, so I will continue this play by play for you. Not that I could possibly think of one, but this program better have a darned good reason as to have a ferret shown as dead, and then discussed in this manner! As of this moment, the only saving grace, and a small one at that, is that the ferty was shown with a collar & that a leash was nearby. Also that there was a commemt made about people having them as pets. OK, here's the suppos-ed explaination as to the involment of the ferret in this story-line.. The victim's wife was in the car with her husband. She had her ferret with her (Appparently they were out taking a ride. I missed a few words here and there.). She, in broken english, & with a heavy russian accent tells them that when the car hit river "weasle snaps neck" the victim gets out, she goes on to say "and puts "weasel" in trunk like dead mother!" The husband(victim) for some reason, went out into the river and accidently drowned. AND with that, I think, is most likely the end of the ferret's part in this program. STILL I left this program shaking my head and wondering, what the heck??? I just can't seem to get the image of that sweet, sweet "dead" albino baby out of my head.( I don't guess it might have something to do with the fact that at this very moment my perty little ferty DEW, Nikki, is sleeping with her brother at my feet!) The story would have been fine without all of that. But then, maybe I'm just being over sensitive. If there is any good that came of it all, there is that FERRET, and PET, and COLLAR, and LEASH were mention in the same conversation. One technical goof though, the writers need to do their homework the next time they decide to have a ferret in their story-line. Then they would have known, that if a ferret is on a leash, he should be in a harness not a collar as these precious little escape artists will slip right out of a collar when using a leash (Shoot, they can very easily slip out of collars with OUT being on a leash!) So much for getting caught up with my E-mail !!!!!!!!! I guess I was just meant to see that program and share it with you instead. I think I'll go give my DEW girl, and my 'BINO girl an extra special, super duper, mommy hug & lotsa kissies so that I can shake that awful image of the ferret in that TV program.. Dooks, Dooks, & More Dooks Sue & Crew DA BOYZ----------Chance, Storm, & Scooby THE LADIES-----Nikki, Annie, & itty-bitty Scarlett [Posted in FML 5402]