# Pay me $50,000.00 or I'll kill and eat this rabbit.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 12, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003 "2005-04-12T18:27:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003/21 "2005-04-13T02:47:24Z")

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Bon appetit…

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**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003/22 "2005-04-13T02:54:45Z")

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Ah, it’s all been done [before](http://www.marksverylarge.com/images/7301cover_s.jpg).

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**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003/23 "2005-04-13T05:15:32Z")

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Mmmmmm, Hassenpfeffer. {/Homer]

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**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003/24 "2005-04-13T05:26:47Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> Y’know, I’m disappointed in the Boy Scouts of America…I was all ready to link to the requirements for the rabbit-raising merit badge (especially the parts where you sell them for their meat), and found out the BSA wimped out and discontinued the darn thing…

Heh - I remember the survival course at BSA summer camp when they had a guest instructor who was an Army Ranger. One of the things he taught us was how to trap, kill, skin and cook a rabbit. He demonstrated the killing method with a live rabbit, which went something like this: "Grasp the rabbit by the hind legs, and apply his head firmly to a tree. _whap_

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-me-50-000-00-or-ill-kill-and-eat-this-rabbit/299003/25 "2005-04-13T13:56:19Z")

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> [@Slacker](#):
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> Does that mean he kicked off? Is that a local expression?

IIRC, it’s from a poem about where beloved pets go when they die.

The bottom part of the following site should take you to a copy of the poem. I don’t think we’re allowed to post whole copies of things here.

[http://forvictoria.com/in\_memory\_of.html](http://forvictoria.com/in_memory_of.html)

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