Hi there - Found another ferret reference in "The Top of the Hill" by Irwin Shaw on page 42 what do managerial consultants do?...because we are trained FERRETS, armed with computers, statistics, extertise, coldness of heart. We FERRET out imcompetence, waste, larceny, nepoticm, tax, envasion, ... Nan and gang [Posted in FML issue 2051]