Askye, they say the white squirrels are rare partly because the predators can see them. Especially in winter. But given the little amount of snow we've had in the East, it's no wonder they can survive.

And if they happen to be true albinos, their vision is usually impaired to begin with. Poor widdle guys.

That place sounds so cool. I think we have one in NYS somewhere.

Edit: Especially in winter, not except. Sheesh.

The ones I've seen aren't albinos, they usually have some kind of black or brown stripes along their backs.

Their are probably more in the Natural History and Science Museum because there is a lack of predators. Well, there are predators but the predators are well feed and don't really need to eat the squirrels.

Fayjay, I wonder if Amy the Highwayman's squirrel hatred was the root of Anya's bunny hatred. They both mentioned twitchy noses.

Come on, you just KNOW Joss has memorized Blackadder.

"Baldrick! Thanks for introducing me to an entirely new sensation!"

"What's that, milord?"

"Being pleased to see you!"

Nope, I have absolutely no idea why this anthem was replaced with Yo Canada. I mean, you'd think every group in the country would be delirously happy with it.

Well, O, Canada was originally written in that other language, for that other group not mentioned in that other song.

I've never ever seen a red squirrel.

Ha! At last my claim to fame! I visited Brownsea Island once, and there saw a red squirrel. Very cute, and I haven't gone 'ah!' at a grey one since.

I see British-sounding tourists oohing and aahing over the tree rats in NY sometimes.

...y'know, I also go 'aw, bless!' over the ickle filthy black mice in the tube stations. They're so wee! My friend assures me that they're rats, very small rats, but I'm okay with that. Big rats - not so good. Teeny weeny ones scampering around under the train tracks - fine by me. Until they all come pouring onto the platform and surge towards me baying for blood, at which point the cuteness thing will start to wear thin.

Until they all come pouring onto the platform and surge towards me baying for blood, at which point the cuteness thing will start to wear thin.

Fortunatly, this doesn't happen often. And never to people who've jumped through chalk drawings in the pavement recently.

There are no squirrels here.

But most pizza isn't vegan, Nilly, (unless I'm misunderstanding you) because the cheese makes it dairy. Most pizza in Israel is vegetarian.

No, Jess, my mistake - I meant 'vegetarian', and thought the shortcut meant the same. Thanks for correcting me. So 'vegan' means 'contains nothing that comes from anything alive' (milk, eggs and the like included)? Or, as my vegetarian sister likes to call it 'nothing that is related in any way to being a mama'? Because if I'm correct this time, I don't think there's anything like 'vegan' pizza in Israel at all.

definition of vegan

Thanks, Fay.

My last sentence (even though it was written in ignorance) is still correct: most of Israeli pizzas are vegetarian, none are vegan.

Now you know way more incorrect information about a non-local food than you probably ever wanted to know...