How to eat a chocolate rabbit

[pbray]

Take the chocolate bunny personality test.

In my family there is a ritual to devouring the bunny.

First, pick up the bunny.

Second, swing the bunny and whack its head hard against a flat surface, such as a table or counter. This will stun the bunny.

Third, while the bunny is stunned and unable to feel pain, bite the head off. You may now gnaw on the rest of the bunny at leisure.

Yes, this is how we eat chocolate rabbits in our family--a tradition that has been passed on from one generation to the next. I never gave it much thought until I stunned my college roomates as I casually picked up a chocolate rabbit, whacked it against a desk, bit the head off, then asked what they were staring at.

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[hundakleptisis.livejournal.com]

LOL I love it. I can see a rather funny novel in there too :)

S.J.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well for an SF writer, it's a great insight into unconscious assumptions, and how the cultural traditions of one tribe will be completely mystifying to another.

Plus, of course, it's all about the chocolate.

[hundakleptisis.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't mind but I wrote a 1024 character ficlet (http://ficlets.com/stories/1804) based on this blog, and let them all know you drove me to this mad moment of creativity.

Some days it just doesn't pay to be born English, and eccentric.

S.J.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

>>Cool,” Dan said. “Let’s show you to the boss.”

Hee! Cute story. I'm flattered that you found the post inspirational.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

At least you did not stun your roommates by whacking *their* heads against the table!

That's a great tradition. :)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

My grandfather, who was born & raised in Kerry, started the tradition. Since rabbits to him were meat, not pets, this may have colored his behavior.

Or he may have just loved chocolate. Or mystifying his children. Or all three, because that's the kind of guy he was.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Oh he was, was he? Did you know you're eligible for Irish citizenship, then?

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's one of those things I thought about, but never looked into. I know a couple of my cousins did in the 1980s, so they could travel on an Irish passport, back in the days when hijacking was everyone's main concern, and an American passport was a red flag.

Both of my mother's parents were from Kenmare, and I've been there a few times, though now only distant relatives are still living there. Most of them emigrated in the 20s when my grandparents left, or their children were the ones to leave, in the 40s and 50s.

[tavella.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you should do it while you have the chance. Though I think the applicable parent has to get citizenship first.

Seriously, an Irish passport is an EU passport, and that's DAMN useful to have.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

You know, the more I think of it, the more I think I should start the process.

The applicable parent, in this case, is dead, but according to the website for the Irish consulate I should still be able to go through the process if I get copies of the relevant birth & death certificates.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yep! It takes about a year from when you get the paperwork in, so the faster you get that done the better. Also, from my experience, it will take more than a year, and then you contact them politely and say, "13 months ago you said it would be a year," and two weeks later the papers arrive in your mailbox. :)

EU passport *goooood*. :)

[janni.livejournal.com]

Because Passover and Easter usually overlap, I've never had the opportunity to develop my own chocolate bunny eating routine--chocolate bunnies usually containing corn syrup and other grain products. I did used to save the jelly beans I got on Easter Egg hunts so I could eat them after the holidays, though!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It's never too late to start :-) Since the bunnies go on sale after Easter...

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

...i break their necks humanely.

o.o

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It's for the best, really.

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I never knock them out first, I just start devouring the ears and nibbling on they tiny feets.
Does this mean that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Chocolate Bunnies are gonna come after me? *chews talons nervously* Hmmm...*eyeballs chocolate bunny* What the heck! *Crunches a whole chocolate bunny*

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well, if you don't hear it screaming, it was most likely already dead when you bought it.

Probably.

Then again, that's what they say about mattresses.....