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Easter Humor

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the easter-is-inherently-funny dept.

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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  1. Dumping rabbits by jamie · · Score: 5, Informative
    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.)

    1. Re:Dumping rabbits by hpa · · Score: 5, Informative

      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 :)