The recent holiday songs have been a joy. For a long while those were an FML tradition as were stories, poems and poetry contests. Then for some reason we hit a bit of a slump in which fewer people shared such works. You can see a sampling through the years in the _Ferret Poem Book_ by going to http://www.dookingweaselforge.com/ On your left is a menu Click open Stories Oh, SHOOT! The Page appears to be malfunctioning right now. The _Ferret Poem Book_ is a real treat, with about 200 pages of drawings and the literature they accompany. If I remember right it even contains a Christmas story written by the FML's own moderator, Bill Gruber. [I don't remember that one! BIG] If I can I hope to find a copy of one of the songs Steve and I put into our 1992 Christmas card which begins Deck the Halls with piles of feces Fa la la la la la la la la Scent marking is in our species Fa la la la la la la la la and it goes on from there. I recall them burrowing in apparel and trying to steal a chainsaw... I know Steve and I carried it to the FML at least twice but I guess either he or I or both of us did that with old addresses so I am coming up empty. Oh, well, that's just life sometimes and it doesn't matter really. Gads, those lyrics are 16 years ago! Not only did many people not have ferrets then, and most here had not yet found the FML, and some of perhaps were not born yet then. I think Steve and i will officially be ferret old farts in just a few years when we hit the 30 consecutive years with ferrets in the family anniversary. Then we'll be like Chris Lloyd! (Okay, he'll still have more years with ferrets) 8-) ***** Hey, Bill, How many years till the FML's Silver Anniversary now? Three? Four? ***** The FML is getting up there, too! [25 years on 21 Dec 2012. So a bit over 4 years to go. BIG] Oh, COOL! Wolfy recarried our warped 1992 holiday card song to the FML in 2007 <http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/SCRIPTS/WA-FERRET.EXE?A2=ind0710&L=FERRET-SEARCH&P=R22503> I bet I couldn't find it because I was looking for "piles of" but I'd written "misplaced", and it was a hack saw stolen rather than a chainsaw. At least i know the year we added it to our cards (for entirely different reasons) but I don't recall if we wrote it that year or earlier. Here it is: > Deck the halls with misplaced feces > Fa la la la la la la la la > Scent marking is in our species > Fa la la la la la la la la > Burrow now in your apparel > Fa la la la la la la la la > While you sing this ferret carol > Fa la la la la la la la la > > We will kiss you and seem so sweet > Fa la la la la la la la la > Then we'll groom the viens on your feet > Fa la la la la la la la la > We will tell you that we're so good > Fa la la la la la la la la > We do just what mustelids should > Fa la la la la la la la la > > Now we'll kiss you till you are raw > Fa la la la la la la la la > Then we'll drag off your new hack saw > Fa la la la la la la la la > We will keep you safe and happy > Fa la la la la la la la la > 'Cause ferrets make good people sappy > Fa la la la la la la la la Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6167]