Skunks and Weasels?

Last night my chapter of Master naturalists had a holiday party with an Italian theme.  I made eggplant.  Specifically I made Eggplant Siciliano Comporte which is a recipe I found on the internet and it was really good.  Eggplant, onions, celery, tomatoes, garlic, fresh basil, pine nuts - what's not to like? We all had a good time eating pasta and talking together.  I sat next to a guy with a white beard with a red shirt.  The red shirt had big white buttons and a black belt.  Actually he was wearing a sweat shirt made to look like a Santa shirt.  I've seen these car commercials on television lately where the parent gets the kid to ask Santa for a new car and it works.  I thought I had better take advantage of this opportunity so I asked my dinner partner if he would get me another trip to Italy for Christmas.  He said he would work on it.  Doesn't hurt to ask.  After dinner we discussed our plans for next year. We got a big line up of speakers and field trips.  For one month we had an option of several topics to learn about.  One of the topics was skunks and weasels.  The excitement in the room went up and several people spoke up for skunks and weasels.  It was crazy.  Well, I wanted skunks and weasels too but it was like asking a group of third graders if they wanted one recess or two recesses today.  What a bunch of nerds!  Skunks and weasels.  I love these people.