yes I am a dumbass who somehow managed to break the comments. they are working now, whoops!

That oversized rat is hideous! I hate those things. They always would get in our garbage in Florida. ::shudder::

I hope Roy is getting better.
I think a yappyass purse dog would be much betterr than an enormous possum...

Yes. Imagine having one in your BRA.

Ew. A ferret in your bra?! No thank you. It is bad enough Damien the Event Monitor the cardiologist attached me to til Dec 20th yesterday makes me look like I have 4 nipples, but looking like a third moving breast is more than I can handle the thought of....

and you are right. Only a hot chick could carry that off!

Gah! I would much rather have a ferret. But ferrets like to steal shiny things and get into everything you own.

I have a basset hound and a viszla. Much like you have multiple cats, I believe in multiple dogs. They play with each other and provide hours of entertainment.

A opossum, seriously?
Aren't they nocturnal? That thing would keep you awake ALL NIGHT LONG.
A yappyass purse dog would be much better.

Why am I so creeped out by possums? Weird. I never knew that until now. Rats don't creep me out (well, unless they are outside, and we're actually debating with the neighbors whether or not we saw a rat or a possum. In Chicago. I'm still firmly in the rat category.)

She painted its claws pink?? Isn't that animal cruelty or something. Everyone knows pink is so last season for possums.

you know, it was kinda cute as a baby, but probably because you can't see the RAT tail in her bra.

gross.

I agree on its cuteness, that little face, so cute! But I have a real limited list of what is allowed in my bra. Seriously now.

CUTE?!?! What the heck are you guys, BLIND?! No, that would be the oppossum. Man, those things are NASTY. I think Soba would do well in, well, not your bra, obviously. But somewhere else conspicuous.

My friend has a 70-lb pit bull that his nieces always give a paw-nicure to when they visit.

In some pairs of pants, my ass looks like a sack of weasels, but it's pretty much always just my ass.

You know, I used to think all they got up to in the Valley was porn, but now it's reached a whole new level of rodent/lingerie love. Odd...

Possums used to live in my attic and run relay races above my bedroom to keep me awake all night long. I am not their friend, but I guess I'm glad somebody is.

Yup. We're real adventurous in the Valley. We have a little bit of everything... this is why it pays to have your camera on hand AT ALL TIMES.

I might've found the possum cute at one point but now they just freak me out. All I can think about is their eyes flashing in my headlights as they lumber back into the undergrowth and how I will *not* let my cat out to be eaten by one. They just get bigger and bigger!

And oh, the life of a vet tech. They're always adopting the animals no one else wants. My friends have something like 5 cats, 2 rabbits, 2 dogs, 2 guinea pigs and some birds *currently*--they've also loved the blind, sick miniature bunny; the abandoned, sick turtle; the retired, sick police dog... you get the picture.

Hey, it might be a new cool thing to be a cute girl and carry a rodent in your bra, or is that marsupial?

Yeah, and carrying a tiny, yappy dog in a small purse? FUN! I had a chihuahua as a child and that dog was always lugged around in either my purse or my mom's purse. That dog thought he was the sh*t because people were always making a fuss over how cute he was sitting in someone's handbag.

So Laurie,

I have a dog and 2 cats--all black and very furry. I love my animals, but I have the guilt. When single men talk to me, I only talk about the dog?

Strangly, most men I have met like cats--but I am hesitant to take the plunge and be known as "crazy animal lady". Is that vanity or what?

I think that possum is so cute! But I also think the ones who cruise my porch looking for cat food are cute...My cat doesn't seem to mind sharing.

But I would never put one in my bra. That's where my yappyass purse dog goes. One of her favorite places to sleep is under someone's shirt. Except now she's so fat it looks like I'm pregnant.

Good luck with your goal to get a yappyass purse dog! I lurve mine!

Mona -- embrace the crazy. That's my motto. Besides ... if a guy wants the cookie bad enough, he'll put up with 37 cats and dogs and possums-in-bras to get at it.

(The cookie is a metaphor)

LOL @ erin

Holy crap. I am going to have nightmares about that. I hate possums. They are mean. What on God's green earth possessed her and made her want to have one in her bra, much less raise it as a bet???

Maybe you could consider a chinchilla. They are very cute and snuggly. Martha Stewart has some. AND you can spin their fur. Heaven knows you can't do THAT with a bra possum.

Look at its horrible little face. Bleck.

Er, a possum in the bra? You californias are waaay craaaazy!

I thought possums had a musk gland? So they would be kind of smelly?

I actually don't mind possums, except when they hiss at you, but really...as pets? I wonder just how much personality that thing has.

Rats are at least very very smart animals.

Absolutely fascinating this topic of Opossums -- love the photos. Perhaps their noctural nature would actually prove a boon to those who work long diurnal hours? I am guessing they can be litter trained? It is all good...cats, dogs, ferrets, rodents and marsupials... I like the power of choice! It just falls to us to research and honestly consider if an exotic pets is right for you.

Can't wait for tomorrow's post!!

i want you to know that i have seriously considered moving to another continent, soley so that i would never have to see another possum. that is how hard they disgust me.

That tail is just gross. Aren't possums (or are they opossums?) supposed to live outside like raccoons?

I'm sorry, but possums are just not pets, and I'm not so sure about ferrets, either.

When Isabel, our Prairie Dog, was a wee little baby, I used to keep her in my bra. She loved it. It was warm and cozy and it kept her quiet.

When her little nails started to grow - I kept her in a Crown Royal sack in my bra.

Oh. My. Gawd. How redneck am I?

a pet. Raise it as a pet.

I hate rodents of any kind.

Crazy is cool though.

Ok, so maybe the ferret and/or possom in the cleavage isn't the best look.

But, just picture how complete your crazy outfit for Halloween would be with a critter popping out of your shirt and a bra (probably another one, since critter + breasts = need for lots of support) perched on top of your head. For optimal staring, I suggest directing traffic.

Hooray, comments are working. Didn't want you to feel un-loved!.

Tootles~

EW!! Possums aren't not the nicest of animals! They're VERY mean, nasty little boogers. Why would such a hot girl have THAT as a pet?? I wonder if she has a man in her life...bet not! or if she does she hasn't met "Poss"!

Are they even legal to have has pets in California? Heck, ferrets just became legal in 2001!

My sister-in-law had a pet rat, I guess that was a new fad a few years ago. It just grossed me out! Her brother had a hairless rat, now that's pretty ugly!

I think there is something terribly wrong with that girl. You could be the only one to save her from a potentionaly viscious possum attack. (My understanding is that after "playing possum" for some time they go straight to the jugular. This one seems to be in prime position.)

Best of luck to you. And I hope you cat gets better soon!

I just gotta say, nothing with a tail like that is ever getting near my boobs.

The phrase "yappyass purse dog" has entered the lexicon in our house and the 9 year old son and 12 year old daughter have been granted cussing dispensation for the use of the "ass" portion of "yappyass."

Our recently acquired YAPD appears to be something like a minature pinscher mixed with a chihuahua with maybe a soupcon of weimereiner tossed in several generations back. We like to say he's a "minchihua."

For reasons which escape me at the moment, his name is Dangerous Beans.

When I worked for the local Humane Society, I would always have a kitten I was taking care of in my bra. It keeps them happy... the warmth and heartbeat.. like their momma's. Thankfully, I had ample room for the little kitties... hehe.

I know that Paris chick is now carrying a "kinkajou" around with her... Minou is so adorable and sweet, somehting like her would be so much better. I don't like ferrets at all...and they SMELL!!! Now an opossum?? I guess any animal raised like a baby would like it.... It does have kind of a scary looking face.
How is Roy today?...hope he's getting better.

Things which belong in a bra:
1)boobs
2)money if pockets aren't available and the purse is too heavy and all you need is a 10 dollar bill
3)a tissue maybe
4)the car key down the job bra while jogging
5)welcome hands
6)cake crumbs

Things which don't belong in a bra:
Rodents - 'cause those cake crumbs down there? I was saving those for myself and have no intention of sharing.

Karne, thanks for letting me know about the comments. good lord I can break ANYTHING. LOL.

Lauren... love the YAPD name... Dangerous Beans!!

Christine... bet you had no idea that a lil' comment would bring the possums out of the bras, eh? har har!!

shitonastick i have to get back to work now... websites are more fun than powerpoint and logos. bleh.

I guess I'm the only one that thinks the little possum is adorable. If I didn't have a Jack Russell that thinks that all living beings are put on this planet to kill, I'd have one. I've never seen anyone with a possum as a pet and I work at an Emergency vet office.I hope Bob is doing well!!!

i had a ferret once. They are like ungrateful children--all you do is clean up poop, feed them, and take electrical cords out of their mouths. Yappy purse dogs are so much better-you can have a relationship with them.

All I want to know is this: When and where does he (she) do its business?

Opossums are not in the rodent family. They are marsupials.

I have a whole family of them that try to break into my indestructible garbage can nightly. I would be happy to relocate them to Southern California if you'd like...

Definitely stick with the dog!

I like the possum. I don't really mind the rat tail. But does it really make a good pet? I would have just never imagined this.

ok possums have that gross hairless tail thing. blech.

go with the dog -- i wouldn't mind a little dog either if they barked like a big dog. the high pitched yapping hurts the ears.

If you stick a possum down there, you're liable to get run over.

Only possums I ever see have been run over.

I'm just sayin'

Possums are freaky!!! I remember looking out my kitchen window one night to find a mom and 3 little babies lined up on the sideyard wall. I must have startled them somehow, by switching on the kitchen light I guess, but they stopped in their tracks and....played possum! They stayed still and just stared blindly with their freaky eyes. YIKES!!!!!!!! Cute Receptionist definitely has her freak flag flying by living with one (and taking it to work?!!!).

I dont know bout a possum, but I do have two pet rats. They are very cute I think. I do not however carry them around in my bra because they have very very sharp claws. They will climb up on my arms, shoulders, and sit on my boobs. As someone mentioned earlier, rats are very smart as well as clean. They are more nuerotic about cleaning themselves than cats are. Plus, my two are potty trained. They poop in a litter pan so it is very easy to clean up. I love my little furbabies.

Saul Bellows said that the United States had been tipped to the left and all the crazy slid down to California. An opossum in the bra is just one example of what you can see here! For the YAPD, how about a miniature fox terrier? So cute! Hope Roy continues on the mend. Tigger (my Roy look-alike) sends kitty kisses!

My universe of "Strange Things People Can Love" has just been expanded, and not in a good way. Possums? Yech!! In your bra? Insanity (and unsanitary)! Maybe I should refer the exterminator who was here yesterday to advise on removing rats from our crawl space?

Possums are marsupials, so they start out life in a pouch, so it figures they'd like life in a bra. but they're also wild and not nice in the long run. so bless her heart but ik.

yappyass purse dogs are okay, but seriously, you don't imagine that your kitties would let one live, do you? good sound kitties can intimidate a pit bull...

Sobokawa and the minions! Hilarious!!!

hoo hoo hoo hee hee hee ha ha ha!!!!!!!

lise has a good comment about the yapd and the cats..our sparky (who was a mix of min dash and chi) went to stay at my mom's once and they spent the whole week trying to keep the cats from killing him....

That would be one boob job

LOVE ferrets. They are so adorable and playful! The nails, though. That thing ain't settin' foot in my brassiere.

And I'm not feeling it for the possum. You just can't make those things cute for me. Now a domesticated rat? SO cute, and they can ride around on your shoulder. Very smart little guys.

I remember in school ... 6th grade I think... we had a rat as a pet in our class and we all loved that lil guy to pieces. Then we read "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" and cried our eyes out for WEEKS!! So we renamed the rat Mrs. Frisby. Too cute!

Oh! About the yappyass purse dog -- no way I am getting one anytime soon. I have more mouths to feed than I can currently afford. But one day! In the far away future!

Heh. There's devotion for you!
If she thinks that opossum is cute, she will die when she sees our possums - little pointy noses, BIG brown eyes, fuzzy faces.... So cute, so sweet, at least until they open their mouths and scream!

possums are nasty - i had a showdown on my back porch with one last year - anything with a hairless tail just freaks me out! if one of those things even came within two feet of my cleavage i'd loose my mind - can't imagine it's what it's scratchy little claws could do! (and they do stink, by the way, i ought to know)

Cap, will you please just say "Hi Charcy!" so I can brag to all my non-exsistent friends that Crazy Aunt Purl said "Hi" to me?!?!?! PLEASE?!?!?

As long as we're talking about possums, y'all should know I once saw POSSUM YARN. I'm serious. Had to gape at the label for a full minute before I could believe what I was reading. It was something like 70% wool, 30% possum. I can't remember the name of the yarn, but I saw it at the Stitching Well in Bay City, Michigan. If any of y'all are local, check it out! :)

I'm sorry, is this a California thing? We normally just run over those things with automobiles around here. :D

On the mean streets of Oakland, I see possums* squished in the street all the time. If only there were more bras who were willing to take them in.

*At least, I pretend they are possums -- the alternate being a possum sized sewer rat! ARRRRGGGGGHHHH!

The best yappy-ass dog to have is a Toy Fox Terrier...Do a search, they are the best. My mom is a breeder, with 3 and I have one. Let me know if you want to see a litter. She should have a set of babies in a couple of months as she is breeder as we speak. She is local (Topanga and Ventura)

She got a possum in her bra. I got demons in my belly. And one of them is HYPER.

HI CHARCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're totally right... only hot chics can stick ugly animals in their bras and make it all seem very cute.

I guess it's a good thing I only like cute animals.

Luv the YAPD, I have one, a shi tsu maltese mix. She is not even very yappy. Her name is Mini and I will never be with out a YAPD for the rest of my life. She even skateboards! Whens the last time a possum skateboarded? Hope Roy is doing well.

the possum is totally cute.

i want one.

who's gonna mail me one for christmas?

Ferrets rock. Possums are nasty, bad-tempered things.

I won't keep either one in my bra though. Nope. Maybe I'm not hot enough, maybe I'm not crazy enough, maybe I just don't like things with claws anywhere near my boobs. Who knows.

where's my shovel so I can start wacking some possum.

thats rather yucky. just IMO though.

OK, I love animals, but possoms are GROSS. We found a dead one on our front lawn couple months ago and I called our local animal control squad to come and pick it up. And they did.

Nonono! No possums. Yuck. May be the ultimate in yucky creatures. Nasty and mean. Just thinking about one make my skin crawl, not to mention what happens when I think of one crawling around on my bosoms.

Ick.

Get a ferret. Or a hamster. At worst it would be a fun catch and kill project for the cats.

Possum yarn - yep, seen it, it's from New Zealand. The yarn is quite soft, a bit fuzzy, but I just couldn't knit with possum fur. Possums in Australia are pretty darn cute - big fat soft ringtails with huge eyes and a habit of mating in my laundry roof. I rescued a baby possum from one of my cats once and had to be persuaded to take it to the vet - if I hadn't had cats, I would totally have kept it and raised it.

Laurie, you have to stop by my blog and see Sally. She doesn't yap, really, and she has never been in my purse but she is oh so very cute and only weighs 4 pounds. And she would also like to know if you have checked your mail. ;)

Ick. I've had one of those live in my kitchen (not good, call 911) and several dead in my backyard. We don't have pets but this HUGE neighbor cat Leo, who looks big enough to saddle, has adopted our back yard and regularly kills possum babies to repay us for providing a litter box (my garden) for him.

Is it just me, or did the hot receptionist get less hot during the months and months of the possum's growth? Maybe hanging out with a possum is not good for one's looks.

Well I hate possums too. They carry a disease that kills horses. So you really have to hate them. And she really isn't as hot as you are Laurie and I'll bet she's not as smart or as funny or as good at knitting (ok maybe that)

We had one of those living in our back yard. It might still be there. It was driving our dog FREAKING NUTS. (Well, nuttier than she usually is, anyway.) Our dog? About the size of the grown possum there. I don't think our dog would win that fight.

Um. Ew.

I used to work as a library page (book shelver to those in the normal world). There was this guy who liked to take paperback books and put them down his pants (no lie). We thought the cheese had slid off his cracker...maybe it's 'cuz he also talked to people who weren't there?
Anyhoo, I think books in people's pants and possums in people's brazziere's are just, ugh, so WRonG!

Hey, I'm a vet and have worked with many baby and slightly older opossums-- those guys are mighty stinky, so I'd think twice about keeping one in my bra (except perhaps as self-defense?). Hope Roy is feeling better- sending healing energy his way.

What's with putting animals in your bra? Maybe its 'cause I don't have much of a bra, but I've never even thought if keeping an animal in there. Crazy!

~ Christina

Okay, I hate to be anti-possum, because I'm sure possums need love too and all, but that just creeped me waaaay out. Eek.

Haji is ALWAYS in favor of 3rd boobs.
boobs boobs boobs

What ever happened to old-fashioned SILICONE?

I love the possum - the vet tech looks like she put on 10 pounds or so as the possum grew up. Meow.

Uh, just for the record, my god-dog isn't so much a yappy-ass purse dog as she is an Assertive Purse Princess. (Her dictator daddy may beg to differ.) I don't have to say that just 'cause I'm her auntie, it's true: she is a princess.

But, y'know, I have seen some seriously yappy-assed purse dogs in my day.

I can't even begin to comment on the creepy looking bra-possum.

I can't believe I said that. I really don't usually say mean things. Maybe it wasn't mean, maybe it was just an observation. Maybe possums are really stressful to have in your bra.

Aunti Steph, please don't think I meant Minou was a yappy puppy, just that in general I am fond of what I call yappy puppies. You know I love Min min to pieces! I made her a bed of her very own when she came here... because, yes, she is a PRINCESS!

Well, my guess is that the oppossum was abandoned by it's mother and vet girl has bottle-fed it sind it was a baby (I used to work for a vet until the fored me for BREAKING MY ARM). I guess she got attached to it....somehow....as that is a face only a mother could love.

Laurie, you bein' a Southern Gal knows that the only good 'possum is a DEAD 'possum. And I ain't talkin' fried with grits and turnip greens. I'm talkin' road kill.

Dear God, the hill-jack in me just took over my body. Thankfully, I am now back in control.

Laurie,

I absolutely love you to death but would ya please post a warning message before you post a scary picture like that again???? I know I won't be able to sleep for weeks! I hear my dog barking outside and I'm positive he's barking at a possum! Yikes!!!!

Does any one remeber Rod Serling's Night Gallery? There was an episode where a man gave a woman a possum-looking brooch during a not so successful date. When the woman was dropped off, the brooch grew and chewed off the woman's head. That's what this pet reminds me of. I don't think I would want a wild animal so close to my face!

No Way. Possums are rodents and creepy. Wouldn't want ferrets near any tender bits, either. I've been bitten in the Achilles tendon by ferrets and THEY HURT. I can only imagine what the LaLeche league would say to post-ferret boobs.
Stick with a yappy purse dog... or maybe one of those chameleons on a chain pinned to your collar from the 60's... (they'd change color to "match"...)

i couldn't walk around with a ferret in my bra! not for lack of ferrets, i have two... but since they do like to steal shiny things i don't think my nip piercing would be a good thing for them to grab a hold of... i'm just saying...

Oh, dude, do you KNOW how slimy and nasty possum shit is?

(As opposed to mine, which is beautifully formed and has no more smell than a warm loaf of bread...)

I love reading your blog, it makes me chuckle every time. I thought you might like to know that I just stumbled on another blogger who's totally plagiarizing you. Here's the URL if you care to give her what for: http://lesleygirl.blogspot.com/.
And me and the cats are pulling for Roy.

Elena is right, and I am sorry. I took the stuff I stole from you down. I actually never read the comments, and stumbled across these this morning. I was feeling hugely guilty anyway, so I did what I knew I should have done in the first place. You can still yell at me if you want, but believe me I already feel completely pathetic, and I will not steal anyone's writing again. I apologize for bothering you.

Oh Laurie - I knew what you were saying! Heavens... I just thought Assertive Purse Princess was an apt description of the yappyass purse dog in question! There is no doubt in my mind at all of your love for Min min!

I need my own YAPD or APP.

(BTW - I think Minou's site meter died of exhaustion some time late yesterday afternoon - she had over 600 hits at 11pm Atlantic time!)

those are actually 2 different girls-- not one but 2 cute girls having possums in their bras. In a vet's office with makeup and manicures. And possums. If it was one girl, it'd be weird enough. Two girls makes me wonder if i'm missing something.

I put my hand down her shirt and a POSSUM came out!!!

I'd like to see Seigfried and Roy try THAT one.

Like they say back in Georgia...Eat mo' possum!

Ferret? Hairy lizard -- no f*ing way.
O'Possum? You should see the one that moved in under my house. The boyz (my puppy cats) went nutz and two ended up at the vet with a HUGE vet bill. Big rat is gone. Thankfully.

Stick to the purse dog. They're cheaper to feed and make for charming cat toys.

Oh sweet jesus. I have NO WORDS.

We have at our house now what I would like to refer to as the "opossum killer"', our golden retriever/malamute honey whose instinct is to kill any small animal in our backyard. My friend disagrees and calls him the "opossum lover" because "well, he didn't really KILL the opossum he just broke its neck". No, a plastic bag to cover the opossum because I couldn't look at it, a shovel to bring down on its head for a quick death, (not my SOs suggestion of "chucking it over the side" because he can't kill even a spider), and about 10 smacks to its head while I was screaming, took care of it. Still traumatized (it's been two days today), I read up on opossums and found out that: 1. They live in their mommy's puch (or bra) for 4 months. 2. They pretend to be dead if they can't escape 3. They eat bugs (thankyou, and the reason we don't have beetles in our backyard anymore! ) 4. They will eat any food you leave out 5. Only 1 in 10 or so survives from childhood. The moral of the story: If you don't give your dog more than 10 seconds with it, you are going to have to kill it yourself. But the benefit is that now my dog really thinks I'm the top-dog, because he had to give it up to me, and I got to eat it.

A possum with pretty pink painted nails??? That's a new one.

Hey! Long time listener, first time caller...

I just wanted to de-lurk and say thanks! I laughed so hard, a little snort popped out. I think my co-workers now think (read: their fears have been confirmed) that I am crazy.

So, let me get this straight.

Lesley copied and pasted something from your blog on her blog AS IF SHE HAD WRITTEN IT HERSELF?

I know there are bloggers out there copying your style of writing, we have all seen it. But to copy and paste WORD FOR WORD your blog entry on her blog?

That violates copyright laws. And good taste.

I hate to mention this... but would a YAPD really last long in your house? I mean I would imagine it wouldn't take long for Soba to rally the troops and have that dog shredded in no time.

Also whats with all the opossum hatas? They aren't that bad. And they aren't rodents they are marsupials.... like... KOALAS. . . Not that I'm going to run out and catch one to put in my bra (which wouldn't be big enough anyway!) But then I'm not a hot pornstar-ish SoCal chick.--But anyway, what did the vet say about Roy!!??

This comment is to Lesley: That's pathetic. I see on your blog you now have people calling you "the best blog ever!" Sure. When you're copying/pasting Crazy Aunt Purl it's easy to be good. I left you a comment but I am sure you will just delete that too, like the entry you deleted to cover your ass.

Again, I am sorry. There were two posts and I have deleted them both. I know you must hate me, but I hate me too right now.

It was bad judgement, bad taste, etc. I have no excuses, and I apologize.

Before today all of 6 people had read my blog.

whoa ya'll!! I was off working on hor-o-scopes and tickling myself pink with the ex-o-scopes har har and then, hello comments!

lesley-- don't worry. this is not even the first time it has happened. it's flattering. and thanks for owning up and taking it all down.

(except now I am sufficiently flattered and people can stop already with the copying thankyou! LOL.)

and, others! especially folks who emailed me! love you for having my back-- where the HELL were ya'll when I needed a divorce attorney????

and to anonymous who said they were different girls -- they really are the same girl, just the hair is different and the photo angle is different. she's very cute. she has a possum. or opossum. which is... in case ya'll did not know... a MARSUPIAL. heh. whoops!

I have a possum that comes to eat leftover catfood on my back porch almost every night . . . well, I don't exactly *have* him, since he lives in the woods behind the house (and he is definitely not getting anywhere near my brassiere, since he must weigh twenty pounds!). He's black, with cute little starfish feet. But I only think he's cute when I'm watching him out the back door. The cats all just ignore him . . . after all, they've already eaten anything they wanted to.

That part-possum yarn is by Cherry Tree Hill, or something like that, and I'm dying to have some, but it's pretty pricey. (Expensive yarn = less money for cat food. All cats vote "no" on that question!)

Oh my. I don't have any pets in my home because I don't like fur, other people's poo (much less my own poo) other excrements from other mammals, birds, lizards, fish etc. I certainly wouldn't put one in my clothing.

Hey Y'all, CAP said "Hi" to ME, not to you or you or you,but to me!!!! Tee hee.......Oh dear I just read what I just wrote,I AM SUCH A NREAK!!! (NREAK=nerd and a freak.)

That is not a ferret, but, oppussum (SP?)

'Possum's do not make good pets.

They do, however make a good stew.

Not that I've ever had any... really...

Ick. Possums are not cute. I think you should stick to the little yappyass dog, personally.

And another thing: if you're looking for one (more!) way to spoil the Insane Cat Posse - esp. Roy - check this out: http://www.kittyshow.com/bugsdvdinfo.htm. It's a DVD with video of bugs & birds to keep your cats amused while you're at work. Or keep them off your keyboard when you're online. You know what I mean.

BTW, I haven't had a chance to get out to Toys R Us for the stuffed aminals but I'm on it. I will not forget. And I will send Randall a box ASAP.

i'm intrigued, is she still painting its nails now it is BIG ENOUGH TO BITE OFF HER HEAD?

Possums in New Zealand are an invasive alien species that are killing off the native fauna (as are, alas, feral cats). In the case of the possums, they decided to kill two possums withm one stone -- protect their native species and produce more fiber -- by allowing possums to be used for their coats.

In a vicious but ecological way, I like the idea. In a "I don't like to admit that my steak came from a mammal" way, I feel bad for the cute animals...

I used to think that my bra was all full up, too. Then I got a chihuahua and discovered that yappyass purse dogs actually prefer to be third boobs. Makes for a great alarm system. Fangs bared, the pervs back right the hell up.

Is that a ferret or an oppossum? or is it a possum? Whichever, that's one big ferret.