# "Mr. Mike, tell me the story of the Earless Bunny That Got Squashed?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264 "2012-03-30T12:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/1 "2012-03-30T12:54:25Z")
> **[Baby Rabbit Killed by Camerman in German Zoo](https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/baby-rabbit-killed-by-camerman-in-german-zoo-a-821389.html)** > > A baby rabbit born with no ears was being filmed by a news team when the cameraman stepped on him by mistake on Wednesday. The bunny didn't suffer, said the distraught director of the zoo in Germany who had hoped to turn the rare rabbit... If I were a remotely nice person, I would not laugh at this till my mascara ran. But I am not a remotely nice person, so that is pretty much what happened. (Cameraman: “But I yelled _look out_, why didn’t it . . . oh, right . . .”) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/2 "2012-03-30T13:32:20Z")
I also like this bit: > [@](#): > > “The other five bunnies are right as rain. It is regrettable that he was the one who got stepped on.” Sure, it would have been OK if you stomped any of the others into a pulp, but nooo, you had to kill the _special_ one. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/3 "2012-03-31T02:08:55Z")
Hmmmm…the bunny didn’t suffer…he just died. The poor cameraman, however, is distraught! I think that this is some joke, howsomever. I did like the ‘Rare’ part in the headline, tho. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/4 "2012-03-31T02:32:09Z")
A German rare rabbit? I’m more familiar with the Welsh version. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/5 "2012-03-31T07:56:14Z")
This story probably even reached national news because we had a hugely successful romantic comedy a few years back called “Keinohrhasen” (No-ear bunnies, or Earless bunnies). [These](http://www.amazon.de/Unbekannt-Keinohrhase-22cm-Pl%C3%BCsch-Stofftier/dp/B001F69I5G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333180445&sr=8-2) stuffed toys (that resemble the one made in the film) are also pretty popular, and I’m sure many people would have loved to see a Keinohrhase for real. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/6 "2012-03-31T12:08:12Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > If I were a remotely nice person, I would not laugh at this till my mascara ran. But I am not a remotely nice person, so that is pretty much what happened. It’s something they tell all the new employees: If Eve is in a good mood, you don’t want to ask her why. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/7 "2012-03-31T12:39:52Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > [These](http://www.amazon.de/Unbekannt-Keinohrhase-22cm-Pl%C3%BCsch-Stofftier/dp/B001F69I5G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333180445&sr=8-2) stuffed toys (that resemble the one made in the film) are also pretty popular, and I’m sure many people would have loved to see a Keinohrhase for real. Well jeezuz, they could have just used one of _those_ for the story, and kept schtum on the stepping tragedy. I for one wouldn’t have known the difference, and could have been spared the non hare raising details. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/8 "2012-03-31T14:14:29Z")
How hard would it have been to lop the ears off one of the other bunnies and go, “No, umm, see? Til is just _fine!_” (“And then the director was so upset that Til had died and the other bunnies lived that he stomped them \*all \*to death. The end.” “Oh, Mr. Mike!”) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/9 "2012-03-31T14:21:32Z")
As I’m still waking up, I thought the title said EASTER Bunny! In any case, [Mr.Mike would have used a .45](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEcj4RJcSss&t=2m02s). ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/10 "2012-03-31T14:34:03Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > How hard would it have been to lop the ears off one of the other bunnies and go, “No, umm, see? Til is just _fine!_” > > (“And then the director was so upset that Til had died and the other bunnies lived that he stomped them \*all \*to death. The end.” “Oh, Mr. Mike!”) …is Eve short for Evil..? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/11 "2012-03-31T17:26:08Z")
Well, in other news, Steiff has a new model of stuffed bunny. That “Knöpfe im Ohr” thing isn’t going to work out this time. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/12 "2012-03-31T17:29:27Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > …is Eve short for Evil..? More like “Eve of Destruction” The earless bunny, it is a-croakin’ The zoo director, he’s a-chokin’ “If you’d killed the others, I wouldn’t think twice But that particular rabbit was sellin’ merchandise And now I’ll have to dump it all at half-price” Eve read the story online, about that dead bunny Started laughing so hard, her make-up got runny Can’t tell the people at work, cause they’ll look at her funny So she’ll post in online, at the SDMB Says “It’s okay there, they’re all as sick as me.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/13 "2012-03-31T17:44:50Z")
The first thing I thought of was the scene from the tragically short-lived tv series, “The Class,” where Hollie Ollenbogen has an…incident at the petting zoo. [Scene starts at around 5:40,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZeWKP8mn0) but watch the whole thing if you want a good laugh today. Hell, watch the whole series. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mike-tell-me-the-story-of-the-earless-bunny-that-got-squashed/617264/14 "2012-03-31T18:01:14Z")
_Standing ovation for **Little Nemo** _