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Steve Sutton

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Mike has eaten the EASTER BUNNY....

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My apologies to anyone with kids who was expecting him at your house this weekend.

Steve
 
Not to worry..we all know it's Peter COTTONTAIL that is "THE" Easter Bunny and not Jack The Rabbit. Mike looks proud of hisself though.
 
My kids are finally old enough to understand who the Easter bunny is -- NOW how am I going to explain this?!
 
Good job Mike....you got dat wascawy wabbit.....

Elmer

(side bar....to those that pointed out it wasn't the EASTER BUNNY because it wasn't a Cottontail I would ask...."can you prove that"?, and then add, "have you actually seen said "Easter Bunny" so that you could ascertain his species"?....)

(second side bar..Mike wishes to advise that, in fact, that is not him, that he is much prettier the dog in the picture, and that he likes little children too much to eat all but the ears of one of the most enduring "myths" of our culture.....)

Steve
 
Proof: "Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail..hippity hoppity Easters on it's wayyyy". Can't remember the rest, have to ask my grandsons....
 
I know for a fact it's not PETER Cottontail just to assure any young ones out there that he at this moment is alive and well by my wood pile. If he munches on my trees and bushes any more his future is in doubt.

That looks like a rabbit that came across the border, obviously didn't get amnesty.

As for the Great White Bunny If you don't believe in him you won't see him. If you do I can set up an appointment with my neighbor Dr. ----- You'll be in good hands for he's a duck hunter and understands late season withdrawal.
 
Sceintific Community....

IN FACT...the Peter Cottontail was stolen from that goofy English broad, (Beatrix Pothead I think her name was), that wrote the stories about that warren of miscreant Rabbits who spent their lives stealing from an honest farmer, and then whining when he attemtped to stop them, (hey WAITTTTTttttt was that possibly a metaphor about the attempts by the Commies to take over England?).

Since Potheads rabbit name of "Peter Cottontail" preceeds the song and since she makes no reference to her "Peter" also being the EASTER BUNNY then I call BS and state that the belief that the good old EB is a Cottontail is founded strictly on the fact that its easier to ryhme "Cottontail" than "JACK RABBIT".....

And besides wouldn't it be much more believable that a big, fast, Jack would make a better EB than a pottering little bunny? Come on!! think about it....

Steve
 
Don't forget about Uncle Remus and Berr Rabbit That polically incorrect now or socially incorrect. That rabbit was up to no good. Never could stand a wise rabbit.
 
Guinness ate an entire rabbit (except for the inners) a few years ago. That was possibly the worst case of gas he ever had.
As a matter of fact, I'm going to have search the yard because he has another case going today.
 
mike would get along great with this girl !
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For either one you could use the caption "Pardon me, there seems to be a hare in my food."

btw A young Hare is a Leveret and a baby Rabbit is a Bunny so the Easter Bunny would have to be a Rabbit not a Hare. Most likely the European Rabbit or one of it's domestic varieties. They are larger then cottontails and much smarter then Hares. Jack Rabbit....really???...

Tim
 
The Easter Bunny IS NOT a Cottontail....

Since the EASTER BUNNY is first seen in Pagan Religions that pre-date what most people think of as Easter and since those Religions were European and since the "Rabbit" in Europe is the BROWN Rabbit, (a completely different species than ouor Cottontail), there is no way that the "original" Easter Bunny could have been a Cottontail.


Well before the birth of Jesus and the traditional "Easter" came to be pagan religions celebrated "Eostre" and it is from this tradition that "Easter" actually originates and not from the Christian Religion.

The Old Goddess of Spring was "Eostre" and her sacred companion was the "Easter Hare". As you can imagine back in the days when Stonehenge was being assembled a Rabbit was a Hare was a Bunny was dinner, and no distinction was made between them as seperate species. Both the Hare and the Rabbit were the most fertile animals known and they served as symbols of "new life" during the Spring season. Parents of those times told their children that the magic hare would bring them presents at the "Spring Festival" which corresponded wit the Equinox which is, of course, the very foundation of the Resurrection of Christ. No huge stretch of the imagination that the two occur at the same time given the message they are meant to present.

The Easter HARE became the Easter BUNNY for the first time in 16th Century Germany and it was the German Dutch that introduced the "EASTER BUNNY" tot he America's when they arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country in the 1700's.

So there we go....we started with a Hare, took it to a Rabbit, changed that to a Bunny, and then Americanized it by naming him "Peter Cottontail"....

Steve





 
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As long as it is solid chocolate and has no hare/hair I don't care who came up with it or when!

Tom
 
Great. Way to go. Let your dog go off and mess it up for everybody. Who trained that dog anyway?
Sincerely
Jason X
 
Tastes just like chicken!


A bear and a rabbit (hare) are both in the woods, taking a dump. The bear turns to the rabbit and says, "Pardon me, but do you have a problem with crap sticking to your fur?" The rabbit thinks for a moment and responds, "Come to think of it, I don't!" So, the bear reaches down and wipes his a$$ with the rabbit.....or hare, whichever you prefer.

Nate
 
OK but you said "And besides wouldn't it be much more believable that a big, fast, Jack would make a better EB than a pottering little bunny? Come on!! think about it...."
It 'could' be a Cottontail and 'is' not one of them long legged Jack Rabbits. You don't think pagans knew that hares have young fully furred and eyes open? Isn't that being a bit 21st century of you? Modern elitist!

btw Them Pennsylvania Dutch were a good bunch of people. Some of the best things come from them.

Tim
 
Apparantly there IS more than one easter bunny...

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Or, there WERE more easter bunnies... good thing they have about 500 babies every so often so I still get my jellybeans and chocolate bunnies next sunday. Oh, I'm 18 and I still look for easter eggs, even though I know they're hidden in the refrigerator, in my shoes, and in the washing machine detergent cup. =)
 
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they cared, or made the distinction between the two....

Christian....great picture......on a Chukar hunt in Eastern Washington I once bumped into a pair of Falconers hunting FOUR Harris Hawks at one time....it was neat watching them hunting as a group with a the males hopping from the tops of Sage Brush to Sage Brush while the females went in on foot underneath the cover....there were lots of Cottontails in the area and the occassional Jack....the two guys with the hawks preferred the Jacks because they could practice "catch and release" on them....the Jacks were so big that when it Hawk bound onto a Jack it was typically on the butt and the Hawk got a nice ride.....when they were picked up if the damage was just talon wounds to the hindquarters they'd release the Jack.

They told me that one of the favorite places to take the birds was up in the San Juans where on one of the Island there is a huge colony of Brown Hares that have existed there since te British occupied that Island....they liked it specifically for the "CATCH AND RELEASE" opportunities that these big hares and smallish hawks provided.....

For the record I still get an Easter Basket and as my memory fails I get closer and closer to being able to hide my own Easter eggs.....

Steve
 
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