Tuesday, February 3 made me wonder if somebody had declared "Ferret Awareness Day" and forgot to tell me about it. There were ferret references everywhere... It started with a ride on L.A.'s new (well, sort of new) Metro Rail subway, which I had never ridden before. As I inspected my transfer coupon waiting for the train, I noticed that the background design of the transfer included a drawing of a ferret. I figured out that these designs are printed in different colors depending on direction of travel. But of all the images a bureaucracy like Metro Rail could come up with - it was a ferret... Later that day, three more ferret references popped up on TV (all animated shows): - the "Cow&Chicken" show Tuesday evenings on the Cartoon Channel includes a secondary cartoon at the end of each show that features a character by the name of "I.M. Weasel". Yesterday's installment was so good it was painfully funny. - Then there was "Daria" (MTV). This is a satirical show about an alienated hi school student and hi school culture in general. In yesterday's episode, Daria comments on a particularly vapid and shallow classmate by saying the classmate will never have to worry about mind control, however "she'll have to watch out for ferrets nesting inside her head". - Finally, there was Beetlejuice (the animated series produced by Tim Burton), which included a comment that something or other was "grosser than a sweating ferret". (yes, I know, ferrets don't sweat, but that makes the line even funnier in the context it appeared in). Imagine, all of these in a single day. Could this *possibly* be a coincidence.... ?!? Claudia The Weasel Haus [Posted in FML issue 2208]