Generally when I turn my vacuum cleaner on my girls go running ... I mean like they are running for their lives. In fact, if they are on the linoleum, their feet move about 100 m.p.h. for a good 5 seconds before they actually go anywhere! When I pull out the vacuum, I always give fair warning and try not to scare the fur off them, but it's big and it's orange and it's fun to follow ... until it is turned on! Anyway, when we got Otis I figured he would run away with the girls, but to my surprise, he followed it around, chased the wand as I was *attempting* to vacuum and when the wand was momentarily placed on the floor, began sniffing it! His nose kept getting sucked in and then he'd pull it out and do it again! Luckily, this vacuum does not have much suction power, so there didn't seem to be any danger as I was closely supervising. I though vacuuming was the one cleaning job I could do without the help of my fuzz-beans ... I was wrong! Lori & the gang Mooshi, Eiza & Otis P.S. I'm glad Bijoux has settled into her new name! [Posted in FML issue 1628]