Hi all- The story about the electronic toy and the ferret going on it reminded me of a funny thing that happened to me last week. We left our six out to play in the rec room where the computer is set up. After putting them to bed, I tried to sign onto the computer, and noticed that the mouse wouldn't move the cursor around. Then I noticed that the mouse pad was soaking wet and the mug that I had left by the computer filled with water was lying empty on its side. The next day, the mouse was still dead even after drying out. I went to the nearest computer store with my dead mouse and had the following conversation in the mouse accessories aisle with two salesmen: Me: (holding the mouse up by it's tail) "It's dead." 1st salesman: (with a smirk) "Mousetrap?" Me: "No, one of my ferrets got it." 2nd salesman: "Oh wow, ferrets--they're such neat pets! I want to get a ferret." Me: "Yeah, they're really neat pets, but they're also good at tipping over glasses of water onto computer tables--which is why my mouse is dead." I'll bet that's the first time that they've heard of a computer mouse being killed by a ferret! Ta ta, Melody and the slinky six [Posted in FML issue 2667]