Dear Collective, Kim writes: >About ten years ago, there was an article in the Natural History >magazine on weasels. It talked about ... a weasel carrying off a full >grown hare was akin to a terrier carrying off a full-grown sheep! Weasel >Schwarzenagger! ;) <grin> I think Arnold would probably be tickled by that seeing as he's a weasel enthusiast himself. You know, when my sherlock was still a wee kit of about 1/2 lb, I caught him dragging a mostly full 10 lb bag of oranges under the couch. He's also dragged hammers, other ferrets, barbells, and encyclopedias (which speaks to William Killian' analogy: >A species is wild and "uneducated". If some representatives of that >species are captured and through controlled breeding they are educated. >At some point enough modification occurs and they are declared enough >modifed or "educated" they are issued a diploma and "poof" they are >graduated or domesticated.) Now I know for sure that my kids are domesticated! Drat, where did I put that diploma..... <<grin> Two issues ago a wonderful Weasel Shakespeare passage was printed: >To dook or not to dook,that is the question.Whether tis nobler in the >minds of ferts to make noise,and amuse thy human,or stay quiet and make >them come hither anon,to see what thou art up to. > >To sleep,perchance to dook,ay there's the rub.For in that sleep of dead >ferret,what humans may come and rub thy tummy to wake thee anon and get >thee to dook again. I think it would be fun to try this with all sorts of Will's works including the sonnets! Any takers? If folks email me their creations, I'll have a go at putting together a "Weasel Shakespeare" book as a PDF. If you do decide to take part, please send the submissions to [log in to unmask] I'm not sure how long I'll have the university account. Cheers! Matthew in VA soon to be CO. [Posted in FML issue 2712]