Ipod shuffle and mini, different pref., why?

my son has a shuffle and my wife has a mini, and I borrow them both to use at work, with the mini I can go though everybodys itunes (wife,2 sons and mine) and pick of the songs I want to put on, but with the shuffle you can't do that because it is linked to only 1 itunes at a time, ie I can only put songs on from my itunes or from my sons itunes but not both, the prefs. for the shuffle and the mini are different, doe's anybody know why?, and more importantly how can I get round this?. I was going to get my son a nano and keep the shuffle for myself as I find it easier to use at work, but not if I cant overcome this problem.
Chris

They are different, and you can't get around it.

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