Mcr Warrior
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Julius Caesar?
No -- the happening was about as far from Australia, as would be geographically possible.
Is this similar to the Tom Cruise/gerbil affair?Thanks.
Which prominent and "famously ferocious" historical figure was once involved in an embarrassing -- and a little disquieting -- situation, which featured a very large number of rabbits?
I thought that was Richard Gere?Is this similar to the Tom Cruise/gerbil affair?
No -- the happening was about as far from Australia, as would be geographically possible.
Oops! I must apologise to Tom next time I see him.
King Arthur encountered a very dangerous rabbit according to the film.I was being un-technical -- with Aus. being reckoned by us Western European layperson-types, as the Antipodes ...
Other responders -- the incident was a totally "pure" one: nothing inter-species, or indeed in any way, sexual ...
King Arthur encountered a very dangerous rabbit according to the film.
This must be the time when Joseph Stalin owned a pet shop and all the rabbits escaped.
Warren Mitchell?
David Lynch?Good idea (Warren); but, no. The "answer man" is somebody who in the main, would not be suspected to have any concern whatever, with rabbits -- either directly, or wordplay-wise. The incident involved, was a total one-off.
One of Chas ‘n Dave?
David Lynch?
William III, or was that a mole’s hole, rather than a rabbit warren?
@SteveM70 offers Lord Nelson / Napoleon / Hitler. Eliminating-tactics re historical villains, bound in the end to bear fruit: Napoleon is indeed the man.
The story: in July 1807, to mark a recent success in Europe, Napoleon decreed that a rabbit-hunt -- with accompanying refreshments and fun -- should take place near Paris; various of his military top brass, invited. All happened as planned; until it came about that the rabbits -- many hundreds of them -- did not, as anticipated, run away from the guns; but bounded en masse, eagerly towards the humans. Allegedly, some of them swarmed up folks' -- including Napoleon's -- legs, and started climbing up their jackets. The sheer numbers were overwhelming: the invitees fled towards their coaches -- rabbit horde followed, including dividing into two wings on each side of the fleeing humans; some, reportedly, even leaping into the Emperor's coach. (Presumably in the circumstances, opening fire to the max on the creatures was -- with muzzle-loading single-shot firearms -- not a solution.) The party set off back to Paris, discomfited -- the occasion, a definite "flop".
It turned out that Napoleon's chief-of-staff Berthier -- not well-versed in this kind of stuff -- had: instead of going for wild rabbits, wary of humans and "programmed" to flee -- got his underlings to buy in huge quantity, tame rabbits from local farmers; and let them out at the venue. The rabbits, being tame, figured "humans = food", and swarmed toward the shooting party, instead of away.
@SteveM70: your turn to set about the furry vermin. Be merciless !
So that is why he so often seems to be pictured with his hand inside his jacket/waistcoat. A real flop-sy.
Otherwise known as "The Archers" theme tune? (Which the comedian Billy Connolly once famously suggested would make a good replacement British National Anthem).Barwick Green?