# Save Toby...what the hell? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732 "2005-02-24T17:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/21 "2005-02-25T02:09:57Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > This is going to start giving Al-Qaeda ideas. I have an image in my head of a grainy video of a blindfolded and trembling rabbit on a filthy floor in front of an Arabic banner, flanked by masked and headscarved AK 47 toting thugs: “Tell your war-mongering Great Satan Bush that all running dog US troops are to pull out of the holy Muslim state of Iraq by the end of the week, or the infidel bunny rabbit dies!” Be even funnier if they waited until Easter to do it. I know, I know, I’m going to hell. Is rabbit _halal_? I’m pretty sure it’s not kosher (it chews the cud (kind of) but doesn’t split the hoof…kind of the converse of pig, which splits the hoof, but doesn’t chew the cud). ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/22 "2005-02-25T02:13:03Z")
All that Cafe Press shwag, and the stupid twerp doesn’t sell “Save Toby” bunny slippers. Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/23 "2005-02-25T02:25:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Is rabbit _halal_? I’m pretty sure it’s not kosher (it chews the cud (kind of) but doesn’t split the hoof…kind of the converse of pig, which splits the hoof, but doesn’t chew the cud). Well, even so…they don’t _have_ to eat it, just kill it. And the feet could be used to generate good luck for the cause, just in case Allah isn’t paying attention right then. > [@Nametag](#): > > All that Cafe Press shwag, and the stupid twerp doesn’t sell “Save Toby” bunny slippers. Idiot. That’d be an ugly chain of events. Someone goes and buys a pair, and then you have three bunnies to save: Toby, and two others that are now going to be made into slippers. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/24 "2005-02-25T12:51:54Z")
Well, I was going to donate because I’d rather see it fried. Yum, fried rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/25 "2005-02-25T17:59:27Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > And rabbit sausage is yummy. And I want to try Hassenpfeffer one day. I wouldn’t mind trying ( **Bambi** ) **Hassenpfeffer** myself. Unless he’s taken, of course. 😉 WRS ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/26 "2005-02-25T18:07:51Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > I wouldn’t mind trying ( **Bambi** ) **Hassenpfeffer** myself. Unless he’s taken, of course. 😉 > > WRS Hey! No fair! **Bambi** ’s _ **my** _ double-super-secret fantasy message-board crush! ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/27 "2005-02-25T18:54:03Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > I did check **skoopes** but didnt find anything. Well, there’s your problem. It’s “snopes” ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/28 "2005-02-25T19:04:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, there’s your problem. It’s “snopes” _adds **Homebrew** to enimies post-it list_ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/29 "2005-02-25T23:03:10Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > This is going to start giving Al-Qaeda ideas. I have an image in my head of a grainy video of a blindfolded and trembling rabbit on a filthy floor in front of an Arabic banner, flanked by masked and headscarved AK 47 toting thugs: “Tell your war-mongering Great Satan Bush that all running dog US troops are to pull out of the holy Muslim state of Iraq by the end of the week, or the infidel bunny rabbit dies!” Be even funnier if they waited until Easter to do it. I know, I know, I’m going to hell. Considering the last such [hostage](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/01/iraq/main670972.shtml) it seems more likely they’d threaten a toy bunny. Perhaps dressed up in a soldier suit. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/30 "2005-02-27T06:49:53Z")
Well, I dunno about the [About.com](http://About.com) site, but I just donated a penny and Paypal had no problems with the transaction. So…what do you make of that? ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/31 "2005-02-27T06:52:12Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > I wouldn’t mind trying ( **Bambi** ) **Hassenpfeffer** myself. Unless he’s taken, of course. 😉 > > WRS > [@jayjay](#): > > Hey! No fair! **Bambi’s** my double-super-secret fantasy message-board crush! :o No need to fight, boys. There’s more than enough of me for both of you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/32 "2005-02-27T06:57:14Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Well, I dunno about the [About.com](http://About.com) site, but I just donated a penny and Paypal had no problems with the transaction. So…what do you make of that? Evidence my receipt (subtlety altered) Dear Weirddave, This email confirms that you have paid [donate@savetoby.com](mailto:donate@savetoby.com) ([donate@savetoby.com](mailto:donate@savetoby.com)) $0.01 USD using PayPal. This credit card transaction will appear on your bill as “PAYPAL \*DONATE”. Payment Details Transaction ID: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Total: $0.01 USD Item/Product Name: Save Toby Item/Product Number: Buyer: Weirddave Business Information Business: [donate@savetoby.com](mailto:donate@savetoby.com) If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service, please contact [donate@savetoby.com](mailto:donate@savetoby.com) at [donate@savetoby.com](mailto:donate@savetoby.com). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/33 "2005-02-27T07:35:55Z")
So, if the donation channel is open, but that guy might not really be thinking of killing Toby – isn’t that fraud? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/34 "2005-02-27T07:49:39Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Considering the last such [hostage](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/01/iraq/main670972.shtml) it seems more likely they’d threaten a toy bunny. Perhaps dressed up in a soldier suit. The Velveteen Rabbit? Noooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/35 "2005-02-27T07:53:44Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > The Velveteen Rabbit? Noooooooo! I doubt that’d be tasty in the stew … ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/36 "2005-02-27T07:58:25Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > I doubt that’d be tasty in the stew … Lots of fiber, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/37 "2005-02-27T08:08:17Z")
True. Here, li’l velveteeny rabbit …! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/38 "2005-02-27T10:48:52Z")
Stop it! Stop it now! Them’s my childhood memories youse abusifin’! ---
**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 27, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/39 "2005-02-27T23:52:53Z")
Humm. I have a bunny here, and I could use $15K. However, I’m kind of skeeved about suggesting that I would cook and eat him, because I think he would take it personally. I wonder how much $$ I could raise by threatening to put him in his turtle-necked sweater… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732/40 "2005-02-28T01:27:40Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Humm. I have a bunny here, and I could use $15K. > > However, I’m kind of skeeved about suggesting that I would cook and eat him, because I think he would take it personally. > > I wonder how much $$ I could raise by threatening to put him in his turtle-necked sweater… Perhaps you can have him balance pancakes on his head? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-toby-what-the-hell/291732.md?page=3)