# An open letter to our rabbit of six years **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210 "2005-02-09T16:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/21 "2005-02-10T21:45:01Z")
You really need to become concerned once white, lifeless veggies mysteriously begin appearing. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/22 "2005-02-10T21:46:23Z")
Bunnicula! I haven’t thought of that book in _years_! ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/23 "2005-02-10T23:16:28Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > Bunnicula! > I haven’t thought of that book in _years_! Wow, I’m surprised someone got the reference that quickly! I actually wanted to name one of our dogs Bunnicula, but alas, I was overruled. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/24 "2005-02-10T23:18:37Z")
And in case anyone is wondering what I’m talking about, [here’s the Amazon description of the book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0689806590/qid=1108078248/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/002-2905945-5028038?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/25 "2005-02-11T00:34:19Z")
William the rabbit has several annoying habits, such as lying on his side with his eyes half-open in an impressive imitation of a dead rabbit and trying to squeeze his fat self into somewhere he obviously cannot fit. Whenever I carry him for photographs, he ends up trying to bury his face in my chest, thus leading to some rather amusing shots that have caused me to consider rabbit stew. There was also the time he jumped into the toilet, which was rather amusing in the “oh-no-is-he-drowning” way. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/26 "2005-02-11T00:51:43Z")
Benny the Bunny used to do this too - then I got my little doggie. Now when I let Benny out, he’s on me like stink on an ape. 🙂 Voltaire tends to chase him a little - FWIW, when Voltaire catches Benny he corners him and licks his ears - Benny hates that. Have you been licking Bunbun’s ears? perhaps that explains the lukewarm reception. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/27 "2005-02-11T02:50:07Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Certainly, over the last six years, there have been many, many opportunities for us to kill and eat you if you were so inclined. And one of our cookbooks does have a recipe for German rabbit stew in it, so it’s not like we aren’t aware that we could eat you – that your survival is a precarious thread hanging by that day when we belatedly discover that you are a potential foodstuff. _MENCHI!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/28 "2005-02-11T03:05:40Z")
Bunnicula! Awesome! I know my mother has my old copy around somewhere! I’ll have to ask her about it next time I talk to her. What great stories. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/29 "2005-02-11T12:00:21Z")
Cotta Offspring dropped Her Highness in the toilet once. He was carrying her around inside his heavy sweater but suddenly had to ‘go’. He didn’t want to put her down, he didn’t want to take off the sweater and since he had **2** hands… **PLOP!** She slid into the toilet and left some long scratches. Only fair really, since he peed on her as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/30 "2005-02-11T17:25:28Z")
My dog thinks we must be trying to kill her–with the ironing board, the blinds, the side drawer in the table, the vaccuum… poor thing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/31 "2005-02-11T17:46:27Z")
If you want amusement, give your little Bun Bun one of those kids playground balls in his cage. I gave my Late Herbie one and got a quick lesson in sex ed that day. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210/32 "2005-02-11T18:24:17Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > If you want amusement, give your little Bun Bun one of those kids playground balls in his cage. > > I gave my Late Herbie one and got a quick lesson in sex ed that day. _Huh???_ :eek: I think I need some ‘splainin’! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-our-rabbit-of-six-years/289210.md?page=1)