> > The yogurt poll question has been with us for a while, so I thought I might offer a suggested new one.
> > How do you like your 'possum?
> > a. fried golden brown
> > b. boiled with potatoes
> > C. charcoal broiled
> > D. rare, with tread marks
>
> Is that ring-tailed possum, your garden variety possum that lives in the roof? We had tap-dancing possums in the roof once so they definitely needed to be fried, I think.

No, this would be the Oppossum, which is similar to a possum, but not the same thing. Hence the apostrophe indicating the missing "o".

Nyperold