fLameDogg wrote:
>
> I recall this issue being covered by a fine publication some years ago--ah,
> yes, it was Mad Magazine. There was a one-panel cartoon playing off the
> idea of X number of rat hairs (or some other, even more appetizing, rat
> goodie) being allowed in a can of chili. A lab-coated government inspector
> holds a clipboard with one too many hash-marks in one hand as he admonishes
> a rat with the other. The rat looks suitably abashed.

Understandably so. Rats are smart, clean, affectionate pets. Rat hair
finds its way into my mouth daily, after kissing the little loves.

Catch rat scratch fever: http://www.rmca.org/

--crymad