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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Bunnies

The bunnies have been coming up close to the window by Danny's desk. He spends a good deal of time watching them. They're quite small-really itty-bitty little things. Tonight, we went outside, and left them a carrot.

Those silly bunnies ignored the carrot, feasting instead on the long stems of dandelions they slurp-up like spaghetti noodles. I'm glad for the help with the dandelions, of course, but it would be nice if they'd eat the carrot. I wonder, do bunnies even eat carrots, or is that something I came to accept as fact based on cartoons?

I suppose it would be the height of cheapness to go outside, retrieve the carrot so Danny thinks they ate it, and then wash and cook it. Would that be gross? I mean, they didn't actually eat it, and carrots grow outside...yeah OK, it was a supermarket carrot I shoved in the ground. You're right. I think. Yeah, you're right. No, I'm not going to do it..at least I don't think I will. Maybe. Probably not.

7 comments:

  1. Ok, I can't believe I have to tell you this..... go out there and nibble on that carrot!

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  2. For the bunny's benefit, or Danny's?

    Oh, I think I get it-like Christmas and leaving a bitten-up carrot from Santa's reindeer. Right?

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  3. RIGHT! Did you do it?

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  4. I was going to, but it is gone. I suspect the (many) feral cats that roam the farm made off with it.

    Next time though. Thanks for the reminder.

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  5. Oh, I *LOOVE* the idea of someone buying carrots then sticking them into the ground. That's GOTTA get used in a story sometime. A story of some helpless city girl - A GREEN ACRES EPISODE? - who wants to be successful at gardening. (Why does John Waters come to mind here?)

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  6. Idiocracy.
    "It's got electrolites! Plants crave it!"

    Did you see that movie? It stops being funny halfway through when you realise how close to home it hits.

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  7. That's still on my list to watch. Also, "Religulous."

    You might also enjoy "Schizopolis" by Steven Soderbergh.

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