# Melt The Bunny Day **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019 "2009-07-14T19:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/1 "2009-07-14T19:14:23Z")
My sister works for Fender Guitar in Phoenix, AZ. As a company moral-building activity, today they’re having a Bunny Melt contest. The participants each kick in $1. The person whose guess is closest wins all. The estimated high temperature is 112 degrees. The bunny will be placed in direct sunlight at 2:00 PM. It will be placed on a 2" stand on an aluminum tray. It will be at room temperature when it is put outside. The time ends when the bunny is flat. Note: when they did the ice melt, it took a 5 lb block of ice 9 hours to melt at 105 degrees. The Victim: Hollow chocolate bunny Size: 6"H X 2.5 " W Weight: 3 oz Ingredients: Milk chocolate, sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin (an emulsifiier), vanillin/artificial flavor. Does anyone want to guess how long it’ll take to Melt the Bunny? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/2 "2009-07-14T19:45:20Z")
I’ll guess it’ll take about an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/3 "2009-07-14T19:47:43Z")
When it cools, can I lick the pan? 73 min. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/4 "2009-07-14T19:48:56Z")
Oops. Ahem. I guess 2 hours. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/5 "2009-07-14T19:50:55Z")
This is truly an awesome plan. Someone needs to put the time-lapse on YouTube. As long as you’re getting into the specifics of whether or not the Bunny contains soy lecithin or not, can you tell us the SITE of the Bunny Melt? (And… can you also provide a cite? 😃 Sorry.) Like, is this taking place in the middle of a black-asphalt parking lot? …or in the middle of a grassy meadow? The reflected heat will make a big difference, trust me. Put me down for an even 100 minutes. I’m feeling _Monk_-ish. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/6 "2009-07-14T19:53:01Z")
According to my sister’s e-mail, the melt site will be the east side of the parking lot outside the lunchroom area. So presumably in the nice hot asphalt, but raised up so not touching the surface. StG ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/7 "2009-07-14T21:55:29Z")
How is this supposed to build your morals, again? Put me down for two hours. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/8 "2009-07-14T21:58:50Z")
60 minutes. Maybe you should have mentioned it was a chocolate bunny right off the bat. I did not want that picture in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/9 "2009-07-14T22:56:25Z")
As a former chronicler of the unending war to liberate a disbelieving humanity from the psychological grip of the [devilbunny](http://www.devilbunnies.org/faq/part1.html), I applaud this effort. 1h45m. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/10 "2009-07-14T23:12:22Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > How is this supposed to build your morals, again? > > Put me down for two hours. What does the company do to build ethics? Rape peeps? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/11 "2009-07-14T23:33:08Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > It will be at room temperature when it is put outside. “Room temperature” meaning what? If they keep the A/C cranked, that could be 70 or lower. 111 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/12 "2009-07-14T23:33:13Z")
Bunnycide is complete. It only took about 4 1/2 minutes to melt-ecution. At a less than a minute it toppled and it didn’t take long after that for complete meltdown. Here’s the email my sister received. Well, it was over like a well anticipated Heavy Weight Championship Fight with a knockout in the first round. Here’s the low-down: First of all, it was frig’n hot outside. The bunny toppled off of its stand in 40 seconds (twisted and melting). It was flat at 2 min 30 sec with some signs of life. The melt was called by the judges at 4 min 30 sec. Fay is our winner with a time of 6 min 53 sec. Thanks for participating. We are going to have an Ice Melt very soon, since the weather is perfect!!! Rules are: 5 lb block of ice In direct sunlight the whole time On a barbeque grate so that the water can drip through and not puddle. When the ice is gone, it is over ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-the-bunny-day/503019/13 "2009-07-15T03:15:30Z")
But by “gone,” do they mean when there’s no more ice on the grate, or when the last chips (which may have fallen through the grate) have melted away? They’d better make the rules clearer, or things could get ugly…