Hi Folks! We knows that we has done already writ a letter today, so pardon us for our exuberation. We just wanted to say somethin' about baths. WE HATES THEM!! We keeps ourselves clean and don't never try to offend nobody with our BO. We couldn't agree more with BIG's moderator's note when he said that bathing us just makes us smell worse. It washes all them oils off of our fur so our bodies can't help it but to produce a newer and more pungent batch. Get real folks. If you don't like our musk odor, get a pet that don't smell at all - like a pet rock or somethin'. Just leave us alone to be our ownselves. We ain't no sissified French Poodles. We is ferrets! We loves to lick up that tub water too. It tastes like the human folks that we loves so much. It ain't never done us no harm. We just hopes that they never invite us into the tub with them! As far as obscure ferret references is concerened, we got eveybody beat! Several of our Paw Paw's science fiction stories have ferrets in them. Ain't nobody ever read them except for his publisher and the folks who has asked to read them. That's pretty obscure if you ask us. We'll hush now. Just remember that, if you don't like the way we smell, you've probably picked out the wrong pet companion. Then again, think about it from our point of view - you humans can smell pretty bad your ownselves sometimes - and there ain't enough deodorant in the world to cover that up! Tater and Odie Tater: "What's all the fuss about?" Odie: "I'm not sure. I just get all inscensticated when folks say that we smell bad." Paw Paw: "I'm just glad that you guys AREN'T French Poodles." Mee Maw: "May I PLEASE have my pooter back before I have to hurt somebody?" Thor: "Duh? Did somebody say something?" http://members.gnn.com/emssandy/index.htm [Posted in FML issue 1688]