In which Northerners debate the finer points of southern terminology

ANGELICA: I wonder if I've lived in the South for long enough to start using the word "varmint."

GENE: [absorbed in 3D animation program] Uh huh.

ANGELICA: I don't think I'm entirely clear on which animals can be described as a varmint, though. Is there an high-upper limit for size?

GENE: Hmm...no. I think it has to be a specific type of animal.

ANGELICA: So a cow cannot be described as a varmint.

GENE: No. Way too respectable.

ANGELICA: Is Dodo a varmint?

GENE: No, I would say that she is more of a 'critter'.