Probably only of interest to DCistas: Borf got caught.

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Did you hear the icky story on CNN this week about Mount McKinley? Apparently it's so clogged up with years of climbers' poop that it's becoming a health hazard.

They should just close it off and rename it Poo Mountain.

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ferrets were illegal to keep in MA until fairly recently (along with commercial tattoo parlors)

Well, they might be commercial tattoo parlors, but they're hardly domesticated.

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Yikes, Robin and Jesse! I thought it wasn't usually a very serious thing. I've been scratched up by our cats several times in the past week and am always pretty lax about cleaning them out properly.

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Does anyone get cat-scratch fever anymore?

Yes, within the last three years, my friend's daughter had it. She thought the pediatrician was joking when he told her. I thought she was joking, when she told me.

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Really, I don't think the regular kind of scratch puts you at much risk. This cat was hanging off my aunt's arm.

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Cat scratch fever and how to avoid it: [link]

In other news, one of the BIG disasvantages of my adorable chamring daughter is the fact that I have had "Elmo's song" in my head for DAYS. I shelve books singing, "La la la, La la la, Elmo's song..."

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No, Jesse. My friend's daughter contracted it from a relatively mild scratch, at least, she certainly wasn't attacked.

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Every office I've worked in, that has a TV, has it on a tall wheely stand with those Universal Language Pictures on the side, of a guy pulling it from and having the TV fall on his head. So, not only are warnings like that necessary, they already exist.

But hand trucks and carts and such are designed to be moved around, and to carry heavy objects, so it's reasonable for people to think, "Whee! I can put a heavy thing on this and move it!" So I understand warning them that there's a right way and a wrong way to do that. It's not reasonable for people to think, "I'll just balance my bed on top of my dresser and slide them across the room."

Plus, if you were going to put a warning label on a dresser, you'd have to put it on the back, or underside, right? So you'll also need a second label, warning you how to read the first warning label without causing the problem that the first warning label is warning you about.

Near my parents' home is a big transformer box with a warning label that shows a frowny lightning bolt electrocuting someone

Ha! The fact that it's frowning makes my day. Electricity is grouchy!

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What exactly is cat-scratch fever? Is it a virus or bacteria particular to cats? Or just a puncture/scratch that happens to get infected?

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Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae.

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