No Rabbits!

Poststructural Pub
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Amazing stuff in the 21st century. Kind of heart-warming in a way too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/4318710.stm

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Wow. Kind of like “the Scottish play”

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If Noah does what he’s supposed to at school today (long story, ADD accomodations, etc.) I have the feeling we’ll be seeing this tonight.

Cheese, anyone??? :smiley:

4

That was precisely my first thought.

Followed by:
“If you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for
death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth… That’s no ordinary
rabbit. That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever
set eyes on! Look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a
killer!”

5

There are lots of local aversions to certain words or phrases in England. For instance, I’ve never met a Yorkshireman who could bring himself to utter the words “My round, what yer havin’?”

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I had a professor in college who believed that if you said “rabbit rabbit rabbit” as the first words out of your mouth as you wake up on the first day of the month, you would have good luck for that entire month. (to think I actually paid for that education! :blush: )

Every month he would remind us to say it toward the end of the month and then ask again on the 1st to see who did it.

I don’t think anyone ever did that whole year but every now and then I remember that and think “d’oh! I missed it again”

7

Some of my family believe that.

8

Was it a psychology prof? If so, maybe he was conducting a viral marketing experiment…

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Sight Screaming and Ear Straining… er… Sight Reading and Ear Training

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Basic Musicianship 105: Sight Singing and Ear Training
Had 2 truly deranged teachers for that course.

In Portland do they say “Furry thing, furry thing, furry thing!”?

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It’s a sad morning for Wallace and Gromit:

Blaze destroys Wallace and Gromit’s history


Firemen damping down a warehouse belonging to Aardman Animations in Bristol England following a fire Monday Oct. 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Barry Batchelor/PA)
Associated Press

Updated: Mon. Oct. 10 2005 8:59 AM ET
BRISTOL, England — A day of celebration has turned to ashes for Aardman Animations, the English studio that created animated clay movie stars Wallace and Gromit.
Aardman said an early morning fire on Monday gutted its warehouse in this western English city, destroying a priceless archive of props, sets and models.
Aardman had just learned that “The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” the first full-length adventure for the eccentric inventor and his indomitable dog, had topped the U.S. box office on its opening weekend.
“Today was supposed to be a day of celebration, with the news that Wallace and Gromit had gone in at number one at the U.S. box office, but instead our whole history has been wiped out,” said Aardman spokesman Arthur Sheriff. “It’s turned out to be a terrible day.”
The Avon Fire and Rescue service said the roof and three interior walls of the Victorian warehouse collapsed in the blaze, which broke out at about 5:30 a.m. (0430 GMT). The cause of the fire was being investigated.
Sheriff said the warehouse contained sets, props and models from all the company’s past productions, from the children’s cartoon character “Morph” through the Oscar-winning, anthropomorphic “Creature Comforts” series to the Wallace and Gromit films.
Aardman said the sets and props from “Curse of the Were-Rabbit” were not caught in the blaze.
Wallace and Gromit’s creator, Nick Park, said the earthquake in South Asia helped put the loss into perspective.
“Even though it is a precious and nostalgic collection and valuable to the company, in light of other tragedies, today isn’t a big deal,” he said.
Founded in 1972, Aardman is closely associated with animator Park, who joined in 1986, fresh out of film school.
Park used stop-motion clay animation to create cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his mute but resourceful dog Gromit. They starred in three shorts — “A Grand Day Out” (1989), “The Wrong Trousers” (1993) and “A Close Shave” (1995). The latter two won Academy Awards.
Park and Aardman’s Peter Lord also directed the 2000 feature “Chicken Run,” which spoofed the World War II prison-camp classic “The Great Escape” with a cast of clay poultry.
“Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” opened in the United States on Friday and took US$16.1 million (€13.3 million) at the box office over the weekend. It opens in Britain Oct. 14.



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Saw the movie last night and enjoyed it immensely.

MarkB

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didn’t get to see it (yet), but I’m sure we will sooner or later. That’s too bad about the warehouse…