EVE General Discussion

Putting Ferrets down your trousers (Ferret Legging) is a bizarre activity, vaguely classed as a sport by miners in years gone by, usually in the pubs and clubs within the many colliery villages in and around the coal fields of Yorkshire.

Putting Ferrets down your trousers (Ferret Legging) involved the tying of trouser leg cuffs, preventing the two ferrets escaping, with the waistband also tied in a similar way.

With several contestants lined up,with wriggling ferrets bidding to find a way of escape and the audience giggling and shouting, the winner would be the person exercising some control and not allowing himself the joy of removing the frustrated ferrets from his garments.
As a precaution, ferret competition stewards, would be standing by with buckets of cold water, sharp scissors, first aid box and a pint of strong ale, administering treatment to the chap, and possibly his chap, after stepping in to release the ferrets preventing further damage.

Considering, that contestants in this strange sport of Ferret Legging were not allowed to wear underwear or any form of protection, taking into account ferret teeth and ferret claws and the possible damage they can inflict on soft tissue, the miners of yesterday were a foolhardy/hardy bunch. Make up your own mind on which description to choose!

Here are some questions for consideration regarding this strange sport -

1. Was the ferret sport motivated by suggestions from miner’s wives as an early form of contraception?

2. Was the Cumbrian art of gurning borne out of the weird facial contortions displayed by Miner's 'Putting Ferrets down their Trousers (Ferret Legging contestants)?

3. Was the introduction of tight drainpipe trousers and narrow cut jeans of the fashion of yesteryear a ploy to prevent young ferret owners joining in the sport?

4. Did anyone consider the Health & Well-being of ferrets, when subjected to the trauma of manoeuvring themselves around the tangy nether regions of these respective ferret owners?

LOL TRASH PANDAS

It is unclear when ferrets were first domesticated, but the critters have a long and storied history. Greek scholars—Aristophanes in 450 BCE and Aristotle in 350 BCE—wrote about a ferret-like animal. Some lore asserts that ancient Egyptians even kept them as pets, but the absence of ferret bones in explored tombs casts doubt on that claim. Remains have been found in a medieval castle in Belgium, but there is no mention of the pets in any contemporary writings. It's also possible that the ferret was exclusively a lower class pet, which would explain the lack of documentation.

In the late 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci painted Cecilia Gallerani holding a weasel-like creature. Although the animal has been dubbed an ermine, many scholars believe the animal is actually a ferret.

April 2nd is national ferret day

the only problem I can think of that is new players deciding they want to try a different role and up to a certain point it was easier to re-roll than train the skills. I started with missile bombardment 5, which was well... pretty dang useless.

I tried to look up my old trial account because it would be funny to see what he started with, but it made me put in a character name and only god knows the numbers that go after caldari citizen, I remember some random shield skills not really sure on what else. The gallente drones 5, or any race gunnery/small turret 5 were imo the best.

I tend to think it's definitely a QoL increase for new characters of any type or player age. Long term characters will never be affected by any starting skill change outside of the absurd, so it could never be for them.

I wish the forums had a killboard. So I could wh0re on them.

Have you tried reading?

You clearly haven't.
Why should it matter the SP amount? If CCP are willing to refund millions of SP then they should do the same for a few thousand SP. "Value" is not universal for all players, amazingly enough.

How about you explain to me the difference between having a skill removed and the bonuses given to players, and a skill being given to all new players from day 1? I can't wait to hear your reasoning here.

Strong autism. The training time for the skills that you will now start with has been removed.

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"How about you explain to me the difference between having a skill removed and the bonuses given to players, and a skill being given to all new players from day 1? I can't wait to hear your reasoning here."


If it is such a menial amount of SP, then why not give it to everyone? Does it affect your game in a negative way if everyone, including yourself gets what you call an insignificant boost in SP?

As a child, were you the kid who struggled to put the different shaped pegs into the different shaped holes?

I'll repeat myself. The training time for the skills that you will now be starting with, has being removed from the game.