I sat on Herman thinking he was a bean bag

February 6, 2006 6:36 PM

Giant Rabbit. Capable of balancing a dozen short stacks on its head.
posted by MiltonRandKalman (49 comments total)

Perhaps the man holding it is just really really small.
posted by matthewr at 6:42 PM on February 6, 2006

"Donnie Darko"
posted by justkevin at 6:43 PM on February 6, 2006

posted by ericb at 6:45 PM on February 6, 2006

I'm thinking, two stacks of twelve pancakes!
posted by TwelveTwo at 6:45 PM on February 6, 2006

We sit in the bars, have a drink or two, and play the juke box. Very soon the faces of the other people turn towards me and they smile. They say: 'We don't know your name, mister, but you're all right, all right.' Harvey and I warm ourselves in these golden moments. We came as strangers - soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell us about the great big terrible things they've done and the great big wonderful things they're going to do. Their hopes, their regrets. Their loves, their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. Then I introduce them to Harvey, and he's bigger and grander than anything they can offer me. When they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back.
posted by Simon! at 6:47 PM on February 6, 2006

Beat me to it, Eric.
posted by Simon! at 6:47 PM on February 6, 2006

I think this article is messed up. 7kg and 21 cm (16 pounds and 7in) is smaller than my cat, who's nowhere near that big. Or maybe my math is messed up?

Could a dezinen of a country that uses sensible measuring correct me?
posted by lumpenprole at 6:53 PM on February 6, 2006

The ears are 21 cm, lumpenprole.
posted by Gator at 6:54 PM on February 6, 2006

I know rabbits can get pretty big, but it looks like there's some forced perspective happening in that shot (the head of the rabbit is a lot closer to the camera than the man's head, making the rabbit look larger than it actually is).
posted by gubo at 6:55 PM on February 6, 2006

Be vewy vewy quiet.
posted by milquetoast at 7:01 PM on February 6, 2006

Those feet are adorable.
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:04 PM on February 6, 2006

Hasenpfeffer?
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:18 PM on February 6, 2006

And remember, if you haven't grown into your feet, it's officially cute. It's in the rules and everything.
posted by Gator at 7:19 PM on February 6, 2006

Maybe he can hang out with this guy:


posted by Robot Johnny at 7:19 PM on February 6, 2006

John Craven's Newsround used to be the coolest thing ever for post toddler kids.

There was always a crazy big/small/talking/cheap/expensive/oddly-coloured/mutant/felching animal story.

How I miss those days.
posted by lalochezia at 7:25 PM on February 6, 2006

The ears are 21 cm, lumpenprole.

Oh, crap, that makes sense. Still, pretty light for such a giant beast. My 20 pound cat is like, half his size.
posted by lumpenprole at 7:28 PM on February 6, 2006

But Herman can't 'outcute' my wife's rabbits, Nubby and Barrit:



All hail Nubby and Barrit!
posted by WinnipegDragon at 7:28 PM on February 6, 2006

Late for tea apparently.
posted by Smedleyman at 7:32 PM on February 6, 2006

I think gubo's right about the photo; the photographer's made the big rabbit look bigger by the way s/he composed the shot.
posted by D.C. at 7:35 PM on February 6, 2006

Bunnies aren't cute like everybody supposes. they got those beady eyes and twitchy little noses. and what's with all the carrots? what do they need such good eyesight for anyways?
posted by brevator at 7:36 PM on February 6, 2006

Holy jesus. Somebody explain that giant cat.
posted by josh at 7:45 PM on February 6, 2006

Seen chasing the rabbit was a young girl:

posted by Smedleyman at 7:47 PM on February 6, 2006

Holy jesus. Somebody explain that giant cat.

Sure. It's a fake.
posted by lumpenprole at 7:57 PM on February 6, 2006

And P.S.

Brevator, you rule.
posted by lumpenprole at 7:58 PM on February 6, 2006

The photo's definitely composed...thoughtfully, shall we say.

And yet I can't shake the feeling that, tonight, the rabbits will take over the earth, with this massive creature as their vicious leader.
posted by kalimac at 8:27 PM on February 6, 2006

"Night of the Lepus", anyone?
posted by bunglin jones at 8:32 PM on February 6, 2006

posted by George_Spiggott at 8:34 PM on February 6, 2006

50,000 Cronkites for the one who dares to climb the Schmatterhorn... and I dares!
posted by furtive at 8:35 PM on February 6, 2006

There's only one solution: electrified train tracks.
posted by brundlefly at 8:39 PM on February 6, 2006

Sorry about the fortunecity image. Here.

posted by George_Spiggott at 8:47 PM on February 6, 2006

posted by ericb at 8:51 PM on February 6, 2006

I, for one, welcome our giant bunny overlords.

(Sorry! I never participated before it was stale! Let me have just one!)
posted by mmoncur at 9:04 PM on February 6, 2006

There will only be one pancake rabbit, ever, but that is one Bigs Bunny.
posted by cenoxo at 9:05 PM on February 6, 2006

Unfortunately, one of the world's smallest rabbits is shrinking.
posted by cenoxo at 10:37 PM on February 6, 2006

Tubrabbit, no! Spare the old man!
posted by idontlikewords at 11:19 PM on February 6, 2006

That's one large fucking rabbit.


I need a bigger roasting pan.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 12:15 AM on February 7, 2006

Simon! You missed the best bit:

"...the same people seldom come back, but that's jealously my dear. Plain and simple. There's a little bit of jealousy in the best of us..."

Ah....and now for a good cry.
posted by Jofus at 1:27 AM on February 7, 2006

I need a bigger roasting pan.

Yeah, but Nubby and Barrit would fit just fine.

All hail the Giant Rabbit Stew with Dumplings!
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:44 AM on February 7, 2006

posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome at 3:24 AM on February 7, 2006

posted by Saucy Intruder at 4:00 AM on February 7, 2006

Pshaw! Our rabbits are the same size as a Great Old One!


posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:26 AM on February 7, 2006

it's all a metachat conspiracy!
posted by moonbird at 5:07 AM on February 7, 2006

PeterMcDermott -

Sorry, no one is allowed to eat Nubby and Barrit. I asked already.

sigh
posted by WinnipegDragon at 6:18 AM on February 7, 2006

Big Bun has evidently discovered the Power of Carrots. Trivia:

• The Longest Carrot recorded in 1996 was 5.14 metres (16feet 10 ½ inches)
• The Heaviest Carrot recorded in the World 18.985 lb. 1998
• It's a myth that Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots - he simply did not like them.

More here.
posted by cenoxo at 7:36 AM on February 7, 2006

Why does the huge bunny post get 44 comments?
posted by P-Soque at 8:57 AM on February 7, 2006

I think I sat on that bunny's lap one Easter when I was a kid.
posted by MsVader at 10:14 AM on February 7, 2006

Oh Embleer Frith! Fiver comments and not a single mention of El-ahrairah, Woundwort or the Black rabbit of Inlay? For shame.
posted by Grimgrin at 11:20 AM on February 7, 2006

P-Soque wondered Why does the huge bunny post get 44 comments?

48. Because no matter how many unique, strange or mindblowing things you've seen on the Internets, it is impossible, IMPOSSIBLE I TELL YOU, to look at that picture and not think, "Holy shit! That's a fucking huge rabbit." While all the comments are worded different they say the same thing. "Holy shit! That's a fucking huge rabbit."
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 12:06 PM on February 7, 2006

Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.
posted by shinybeast at 12:52 PM on February 7, 2006