Kevin, I read your account of your ferret riding the vacuum cleaner in the FML with great amusement. One of my own little ankle biters, Buddy, loves to chase the vacuum, but never rides it. He does, however, enjoy doing dishes with me -- when I begin washing, he will come running and try to climb my leg until I put him up on the counter. Then, whenever I put something into the other side of the sink for rinsing, he will wait until I turn the water on, then try to get the item out of the sink and put itin the strainer. I have absolutely NO idea why he does this, but he happily tugs forks, spoons, etc. right out of the sink and drags them to the drainer (I try to keep him away from the knives), and if I let him, he will latch onto a plate, bowl, or even my huge frying pan and try valiantly to drag it out. It's quite amusing to watch :) Matt <excessively long and somewhat uninspired sig snipped> [Posted in FML issue 1265]