" > wrote:

>We are not being silly. Not at all. You know ferrets. I know brain
>waves. Ferrets are cute, more cute than rats. But rats can be good pets
>too if someone has only a couple dollars, just need some lettuce and
>there you go. One fellow used to keep his ferret in his pocket. I
>gather this was a baby ferret or he had big pockets. Apparently the
>ferret now and then would not let go of the fellow's thumb, but no
>biggie, just gently pry the ferret's mouth off his thumb. Another lady
>used to walk her ferrets on a leash but that was like walking cats.
>It's difficult. It's possible to train cats to walk on leash. I've
>tried. The cat walks. The cat sits. I stand there. She refuses to walk
>in a straight line and makes me nuts. She rarely walks in a straight
>line unless it to the food cooked or uncooked mice, just kidding.
>She catches her own but she is a raw foodie in that regard.
>

Well, let me tell ya - I was no more thrilled at the prospect of a
ferret than I was at getting a third dog. Now, you'd have to kill me
to get at either one of them. Maybe I should work in a zoo . . . . .

--
The Doc says my brain waves closely match those of a crazed ferret.
At least now I have an excuse.