# Rabbit! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923 "2008-07-01T16:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/1 "2008-07-01T16:48:03Z")
Today is the first of the month, and for some reason I remembered to say “rabbit” first thing. Good luck is guaranteed – nice, since I’m in talks for a job I really want. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/2 "2008-07-01T18:08:44Z")
Silly rabbit. Twicksters are for kids. ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/3 "2008-07-01T18:10:40Z")
Isn’t that funny, I told my boys about that last night for the first time, and apropos of nothing. I thought it was unique to my family. Though with us it was this: the last thing you say on the last day of the month is “rabbit, rabbit” and the first thing you say in the morning is “bunny, bunny” and then you get good luck. Evidently in my family you have to work harder for your luck. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/4 "2008-07-01T18:30:00Z")
In our family it was always “white rabbit”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/5 "2008-07-01T19:01:49Z")
Gilda Radner always said “Bunny Bunny” on the first day of the month. SNL writer Alan Zweibel used “Bunny Bunny” as the title of his memoir about his friendship with her. Great reading! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/6 "2008-07-01T19:09:47Z")
I’ve never heard of that. But I do know that if the smoke from a campfire is getting in your face, saying “Rabbit rabbit rabbit” will make it go away. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/7 "2008-07-01T19:16:34Z")
I saw two bunnies on my morning walk today. Does that count for good luck? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/8 "2008-07-01T19:21:50Z")
[My feets, they haz luck.](http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/Flanderguitar/?action=view¤t=100_0139.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/9 "2008-07-01T19:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I’ve never heard of that. But I do know that if the smoke from a campfire is getting in your face, saying “Rabbit rabbit rabbit” will make it go away. [/QUOTE] I thought it was 'I hate rabbits!" ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/10 "2008-07-01T19:33:20Z")
Coyote! What? Okay, I don’t think I understand this thread. _hangs head_ ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/11 "2008-07-01T19:36:08Z")
I always say “Rabbit, rabbit,” and I remembered today 🙂 Hooray for all our July luck! ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/12 "2008-07-01T21:09:01Z")
You can’t say the word “rabbit” if you live in [Portland, UK](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hl=en&tab=wl&q=portland%20uk) Well, you can, but [you won’t be popular.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4318710.stm) For those who cannot be bothered to click the links…saying the word out loud in Portland will cause landslips, earthquakes, etc. I’m serious. The first link is to a map of Portland. The second is a 2005 BBC article about how Portland had to have specially commissioned posters advertising “Curse of the Were-Rabbit” that did not actually mention the word “rabbit”. I love this country 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/13 "2008-07-01T21:13:40Z")
Huh…never heard of this one. But, what the hell, I said it. Now that lady that looked at our house on Sunday and “loved it” better make with a full-price offer. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/14 "2008-07-01T22:17:15Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Huh…never heard of this one. But, what the hell, I said it. Now that lady that looked at our house on Sunday and “loved it” better make with a full-price offer. [/QUOTE] Quite possibly you were too late – it has to be the very first thing you say the first day of the month. Usually I start off with some version of “what the hell are you doing” (addressed to one or both of the cats), if I even remember it’s the first, which I rarely do. Fingers crossed on the house sale though! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/15 "2013-03-01T11:29:38Z")
Zombie rabbit! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/16 "2013-03-01T20:24:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Gilda Radner always said “Bunny Bunny” on the first day of the month. SNL writer Alan Zweibel used “Bunny Bunny” as the title of his memoir about his friendship with her. > > Great reading! [Belushi] " March comes in like a lion and goes out like a salt- marsh harvest mouse. " [/Belushi] [Audio of Weekend Update bit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMZFpf-1wp0) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/17 "2013-03-01T21:03:07Z")
I have a rabbit tattoo on my left calf, so appearantly my lower left leg is always lucky. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/18 "2013-03-01T21:55:56Z")
You called?? ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit/454923/19 "2013-03-01T21:57:30Z")
:smack:D’oh