I know it's Sunday, and everything, but I have to start this topic so I can break what has to be the biggest national news story in the history of MATH + 1.

New York City Mayor Guiliani banned... FERRETS.

From the New York Times:

No one from the Giuliani administration spoke about the bill yesterday, but the mayor played a critical role in the debate. His staff had lobbied council members one by one and sent out a memorandum titled "Talking Points Against the Legalization of Ferrets," arguing that these animals, like lions, pythons and other banned pets, are "naturally inclined to do harm."

"New York City is not a natural habitat!" the memo warned. "It's a place where millions of people live in apartment buildings" in which the small animals could "travel through tiny holes in walls" and get into neighboring apartments where they might cause "harmful consequences for unsuspecting neighbors."

-- Anonymous, May 20, 2001

Answers

OK... you're kidding me. Where are y'all?

-- Anonymous, May 21, 2001

Greenspun is working for me.

It must be an Abercrombie thing.

I'm leaving soon, though - I'm exhausted.

-- Anonymous, May 21, 2001