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| Straight Out of the WTF? Files ... Wallace and Gromit Spook Island |
| 2005-10-08 |
| Just when you think things can't get more screwy ... Posters for the new Wallace and Gromit film on a south coast island will not feature the word "rabbit" because of a local Les Ames, mayor of Weymouth and Portland, told BBC News that the animals could cause dangerous landslips in the quarries the isle is famous for. "If the word rabbit is used in company in Portland there is generally a bit of a hush," he said. "In the olden days when quarrying was done by hand, if one of these animals was seen in the area, the quarryman would pack up and go home for the day - until the safety of the area had been reconnoitred. "It is an unwritten rule in Portland that you do not use the word rabbit." A spokesman for Aardman Animations said they were happy to respect local |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #6 Can't the Brits just switch fox hunting with wabbit hunting, if a dog can chase a coon then it can chase a wabbit. But that makes to much sense, I guess. Besides I dont know if Bugs will approve, Daffy sure will though |
| Posted by: SCPatriot 2005-10-08 23:27 |
| #5 "In the olden days when quarrying was done by hand, if one of these animals was seen in the area, the quarryman would pack up and go home for the day - until the safety of the area had been reconnoitred... Seems to me that if the rabbits were whacked en masse by the locals, they wouldn't have to be worrying about excessive burrowing. I mean, it's not like they're endangered or something... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-08 23:20 |
| #4 LOL. How about ferrets and moles and prairie dogs? Are those not-to-be-spoken, as well? Oooooooh, so skeery! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-10-08 22:21 |
| #3 if one of these animals was seen in the area, the quarryman would pack up and go home for the day Well doc, I'd say you got one peach of a Union. Muuuuuuuuuuuuumah! |
| Posted by: Fliger Elgerbunny4444 2005-10-08 21:54 |
| #2 Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Rabbit. Four. Macbeth. Four of Macbeth's rabbits. Some of us aren't superstitious. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-10-08 19:20 |
| #1 Kind of like The Scottish Play. Rowan Atkinson did a very funny bit based on this in a episode of Black Adder. The Japanese have a similar thing about the number four. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-10-08 18:15 |