<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">From the New York Times;</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:nyt-cheltenham,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-style:italic">‘There Is a Right and Wrong Way to Tickle a Rat’</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(18,18,18);font-family:nyt-cheltenham,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-style:italic"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><font size="2">Short course in how to do it:</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div style=""><p class="gmail-css-axufdj evys1bk0" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:nyt-imperial,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.875rem;vertical-align:baseline;width:600px;max-width:100%">According to the center’s researchers, there are three proper ways to tickle a rat.</p><ul class="gmail-css-1le37cb ez3869y0" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Tinos;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:24px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;width:600px;max-width:100%"><li class="gmail-css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc"><p class="gmail-css-bwdy7f evys1bk0" style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.875rem;font-family:nyt-imperial,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;vertical-align:baseline">Dorsal contact: Touch the back of the rat’s neck with quick, light movements. Avoid the tail and haunches, as these areas are where aggression from other rats is directed.</p></li><li class="gmail-css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc"><p class="gmail-css-bwdy7f evys1bk0" style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.875rem;font-family:nyt-imperial,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;vertical-align:baseline">Flipping: Gently restrain the rat around its front legs and lift it while rotating your wrist to flip the rat onto its back. This movement is “the most difficult part of rat tickling but the most beneficial,” the center said, since it closely mimics what happens when rats wrestle.</p></li><li class="gmail-css-o74qhc eoqvrfo0" style="margin:0px 0px 1rem 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:disc"><p class="gmail-css-bwdy7f evys1bk0" style="margin:0px 0px 0.9375rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.25rem;line-height:1.875rem;font-family:nyt-imperial,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;vertical-align:baseline">Pinning: Tickle the rat between its front legs and on its chest while applying a firm, constant pressure to keep the rat on its back.    </p></li></ul><div style=""><font color="#333333" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:30px">comment - rats wrestle?  For the purpose of tickling?  Is this sexual?</span></font></div><div style=""><font color="#333333" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:30px"><br></span></font></div><div style=""><font color="#333333" face="nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:30px">Oddity - somehow this reminds me of the recipe:  "Take a 5 pound bass......."</span></font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><font size="2">bill w</font></div></div></div>