rabbit ears

Where did they start? Who decided one day that sticking his fingers up behind some friends head while taking a picture was fun? More importantly, who saw it and thought that it would be a good idea to imitate? The oh-so prevalent "bunny ears." And then we have moose ears. (or horns) but that tent for a seperate season.

What if rabbits were hi-tech, digital-age, picture snappin' critters?

rabbits don't lay eggs!

~For the lazy reader skip to the bottom and read 'In short'~

What does a bunny, a florescent pink, and chocolate have in common? Nothing! that is why I can't quite seem to wrap my head around it. What deranged marketing analyst came up with the Cadbury Bunny?

Here is something I did not know. A Hare is not a Rabbit. They are different genus of the Leporidae Family. I always just assumed them to be different names for the same thing (that's a song). The European Brown Hare is the critter to which we can attribute the Cadbury scheme; that, and the plover.

The hare breeds on the ground in a nest rather than in a burrow as a rabbit would. All members of the leporidae family as they prepare to have a litter build a nest for their young. The nest of the hare is modest, perhaps a small brim of dirt, some twigs, matted grass, and a little fur. This closely resembles the nest of the plover, a resident ground dwelling bird of the same countryside as the hare. As spring dawns and eggs are discovered in nests on the ground in the fields where hares are now active playful in the day time, they get pegged the culprit. It all spirals down from there into a cream-filled chocolate confection and a rabbit that clucks...

Why does that rabbit cluck anyway???



In short:
Hare builds nest. Bird builds nest. Bird lays eggs in nest. Hare gets blamed for it. Hare mistaken as rabbit. Bunny sounds cuter than rabbit. Bunny lays brightly colored eggs and gives candy to oblivious youth.

(not so) lucky rabbit

This is a lucky season. With Leprechauns and pots of gold; with four-leaf clovers and rabbits feet? What? What is the deal with rabbits feet? When did a rabbits foot become lucky? and why are they bright pink and techni-colored?

I guess it is some sort of hoodoo thing. I am getting contradicting stories; some say it is African-American and some say from Europe. I don't know. To me it has just never seemed very lucky for the rabbit- the graveyard dwelling, shot by a silver-bullet under a full moon rabbit that is. Unfortunately, it is only the left hind foot of the rabbit so all you gullable ones out there who were sold the right foot or worse, the front foot, you are just SOL. And all you people with the fancy colored ones- when have you ever seen a coral red, or brilliant blue, or even fuchsia rabbit? You deserve whatever extravagant circumstance comes your way.

Is that mean? I am sorry. I just got carried away there for a second. To take a part of a creature that is considered lucky does not seem very...it's just not right. I mean, I consider myself a pretty lucky individual and I am not sure how I would feel for someone to come along and start chopping off my body parts and wearing my finger on a keychain or keeping my toe on his nightstand. That is just disturbing. ...it gives me the jeebies!

traffic patterns

I wonder if in Europe people walk around in the malls the opposite direction?

It occurs to me that in malls foot traffic seems to flow in the same manner as vehicle traffic. It is not a strict pattern but for the most part what ever mall I seem to step in to, opposite direction traffic is on the left and the stores closest to the right- a counter-clockwise direction of travel. So if other countries people drive on the opposite side of the road than we do here in seemingly backward land of America than which way do the great people of those lands wander around in their malls? I would find it peculiar if the majority wandered in a counter-clockwise manner. People naturally fall into patterns they are familiar with. Here in the states people are comfortable with generally counter-clockwise movement. Other countries are not as familiar with this motion so I would expect the majority of citizens to wander their malls in a generally clockwise direction.