From issue 694: >ladies, gentlemen, and domestic mustelids, for your enjoyment and >entertainment please allow me to present: > > THE DARING YOUNG EMMETT (tune: Man on the Flying Trapeze) <ferret ditty deleted> >p.s. ok, I've sent y'all mine, and I know some of you have your >own, which I'd *love* to have (hint, hint. . .) thanx again! I wish I could come up with things like that; all I can ever think up are the titles, never the actual words. Like: Ferret song: Based on: ------------ --------- Cassie MacWeasel Lucy MacEvil, by Blood Sweat and Tears Bud Makes Noise Blood Makes Noise, by (I think) Suzanne Vega Stop Draggin' My Shoes Around Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, by Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks If anyone has any ferret-parodies I'd like to hear them too (also if anyone has ideas for lyrics for the above :). Re: wheezing/snoring ferrets: Bud also snores sometimes; it's sort of a wheezing sound, and can be pretty loud. I usually just tickle his belly a little and say "Hey Bud, you're snorin'", and he shifts position a little and stops :). Re: ferret intolerance: > I didn't get all the details, but I think she >decided to leave shortly after the boys dumped an entire glass of >water on her head! Some people just have no sense of humor :). > Does anyone else out there have >any experience with ferret intolerant friends or relatives? My family's split on the issue. Some think they're adorable and endlessly amusing (mostly my nieces & nephews; in other words, the brighter family members :), while some are mildly afraid of them (geez, one playful toe- nibbling incident and they think they're killers!) or think they smell bad (can you imagine? Personally I think Cassie smells beautiful :) >My question is this: am I being overly insensitive to the needs >of my friends? Seems to me your friends are being overly intolerant of your fuzzies! How could anyone not love them once they get to know them anyway? :) >I'd appreciate an objective opinion. Oops, I guess I'm not the person to answer then :). Might as well include a story while I'm posting. A while back I let Buddy and Cassidy loose to play in the livingroom (they're usually confined to the kitchen). I still had my Nativity set out for Christmas, with a DC power supply sitting beside the TV to convert the wall power to a usable 3 volts for the bulb in the Nativity set. At that time the power supply was turned off but still plugged in. I was watching TV and noticed Bud poking his head out from the corner beside the TV with 'that look' on his face. Sure enough, he was having a pee, and was sitting right on top of the power supply! I got him off there before anything 'shocking' happened :), but not before he had wet down the supply pretty good. Sigh, ya sure gotta keep on your toes with fuzzies around :) John, Buddy, and Cassidy [Posted in FML issue 0698]