Easter Humor

sohp writes "The longest running Internet cartoon of all, Dave Farley's Dr. Fun, has this laugher on some tasty case mods for the Easter season." cojoco sends in a webpage covering the secret dangers of bunnies, and we here at Slashdot would like to make a public service announcement that humans have a responsibility to care for their pets even if they chew through computer cords. linuxwrangler writes "It's Easter and the 50th anniversary of the Marshmallow Peep. The fine folks at Peep Research have found them to cooperative test subjects. People with too much time on their hands (tm) have braved copyright complaints to create "Lord of the Peeps, FOTP" and we can't forget NASA's brave peep-o-nauts. Happy easter."

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Dumping rabbits

[jamie]

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood...

One of the hats I wear is volunteer for the House Rabbit Society (Michigan chapter). We get hundreds of calls every year from people who get a rabbit for whatever reason -- gift from girl/boyfriend, Easter gift, parents bought to teach kids "responsibility," or like this case, someone who took a stray into his home instead of calling his local animal control facility.

Probably 95% of these calls are dump calls. People get sick of an animal and want to "get rid of" it -- and yes, those are the exact words they use, almost every time, "get rid of."

Most of those are just people who don't know how to take care of the damn thing. For cripe's sakes, people, when you get an animal, go buy a book and read it. Rabbits are not dogs or cats. For starters, they chew. And maybe I'm just in a bad mood but how much of a genius do you have to be to turn a chewing animal loose in your home without protecting your precious computer cables? Baby gates, plexiglass and cable wrap -- this is not rocket science.

How much of a genius, to not realize that an animal that chews through a power cord will very possibly kill itself?

And how much of a humanitarian, to blame the animal for your own fuckup, and dump it on a shelter?

(If you have a rabbit, by the way, we recommend the House Rabbit Handbook because it's simply the best guide out there.)

Re:Dumping rabbits

[hpa]

As a rabbit owner and heavy computer user (just google for my name if you don't believe me) I can positively confirm that a rabbit can be safely kept in the same room as the computer... in fact, that's where she lives. She even lived in my office at work for a while (and yes, she did run free when supervised.) What's the secret? Neat Ideas Cubes, and a little planning. These cheap little grid squares protect the backside of my desk where all the cords are, and cords that have to go through rabbit space are all wrapped in plastic piping -- makes them too big to chew comfortably, so she leaves them alone. Cute bunny in the office :)

Re:Dumping rabbits

[athakur999]

My girlfriend works at Petco. Their store actually stops selling rabbits for about a few weeks prior to Easter until a few days after, just for that reason. Lots of people buy them on impulse and most of them end up neglected or returned once Easter is over. She gotten yelled at a few times by customers who wonder where the bunnies are, and when she tells them they usually shut up and look guilty :)

Not the longest running Internet cartoon.

[matt-fu]

From the slightly-out-of-date Doctor Fun FAQ:

Is Doctor Fun the oldest comic on the Internet?

No. That would be "Where the Buffalo Roam" by Hans Bjordahl. "Where the Buffalo Roam" started in 1991, and had its own Usenet group long before Doctor Fun came along, and is still running on the web.

I am not trolling, eat them don't waste them

[linzeal]

I say eat it, use those knives you never use to skin it and dress it. I suggest a heavy citrus, scotch bonnet, salt (not too much) and vinegear marinade but that is just me.

If you are not familiar with cooking game, so to speak I would suggest James Beard's, "American Cookery". It is full with the history of the recipes and their particulars not just in a culinary manner but some social and cultural insights as well. A good read.

nope

[SweetAndSourJesus]

Rabbits can be litter-box trained quite easily.

Re:Rabbit! Tasty!

[Fished]

Why stupid? Christmas is just a bunch of pagan celebrations (Winter Solstice, etc.) misapproprated by christians for their own use in forcing their beliefs on the general public. Think Easter is any different?

Guarantee you I know more church history than you do, and I think you are more or less full of it. For example, Easter is timed to coincide (more or less) with the Jewish passover, not the Vernal Equinox. The Celts tried to change easter to more closely match the vernal equinox (more or less - at least that was what the Roman church assumed) and very nearly got inderdicted for it. Christmas, on the other hand, you have a case.

However, as far as "forcing beliefs" on people - you are a bit of a jackass, aren't you? Do you honestly think that you celebrating the easter bunny forces MY beliefs on YOU? How 'bout when they teach my children about Santa Claus in the public schools? Who is having beliefs forced on them?

Re:Ah, yes...

[Mononoke]

It's got nothing to do with God coming to earth in the form of a man to pay the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Let's dress this holiday up just like we dress up every other Christian holiday and turn something sacred into a great way to sell Cadbury Eggs.

It's a pagan holiday. Just because you christians decide to celebrate somthing else this weekend doesn't mean you can dictate the was the rest of us spend our day.

Don't believe me? Here's the real story about how Eastre was originally a pagan celebration

Re:This can only be countered with...

[Anonymous Coward]

Mentioning that all of those lyrics are from Fuck the Creationists by MC Hawking (http://www.mchawking.com/) might not be a bad idea.

Re:Heh

[eclectro]

Happy Jesus on a stick day

"Jesus on a stick day" would be traditionally "good Friday", or the Friday before Easter, when he died on the cross.

The day that he rose from the dead and left the tomb is Easter and celebrated today.