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Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« on: January 16, 2010, 11:02:45 PM »
One can't just put out a rabbit trap

It had better be a big trap. I hear this fellow has an appetite for Cardiocrinums!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1615350.ece

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Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 11:22:06 PM »
Dat wabbit is bigger than Miss Lily! :o 
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Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2010, 03:50:59 AM »
Dat wabbit is bigger than Miss Lily! :o 

Dat wabbit's ears are bigger than Miss Lily!

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Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 08:12:04 AM »
One can't just put out a rabbit trap

It had better be a big trap. I hear this fellow has an appetite for Cardiocrinums!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1615350.ece

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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 11:20:43 PM »
Goodness me. I have heard of Flemmish Giant rabbits but that must be at the extreme of the size range
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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 12:24:49 AM »
Goodness me. I have heard of Flemmish Giant rabbits but that must be at the extreme of the size range

I had a huge Flemmish Giant rabbit as a pet when I was a boy, had him for many years... fond memories.
Of course, I named him Harvey    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_(film)   :P
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 09:54:36 AM »
....make a good pie! :P
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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 06:52:54 PM »
Forget wabbit it's the Were-Wabbit
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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 07:04:55 PM »
I was wondering how long it would be before the rabbit was called Harvey. I've not been disappointed ::)

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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 07:14:14 PM »
God, you don't want THAT in the garden, even if it is called Harvey. It wouldn't come under the fence, it would just walk through it!
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 07:22:18 PM »
Wasn't there a Harvey rabbit in a kids TV programme back in the ?70s?
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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2010, 07:57:45 PM »
Don't remember that one Mark, we're referring to the James Stewart film, absolute classic

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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2010, 12:49:10 AM »
Don't remember that one Mark, we're referring to the James Stewart film, absolute classic

Exactly.  My pet Flemish Giant rabbit was quite visible, unlike Jimmy Stewart's friendly yet invisible pooka friend.
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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2010, 07:43:45 AM »
So what do they feed those giant rabbits on - super-sized carrots, pronounced hhhharrots?  ::)
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Re: Giant "pest" -Digression from Calochortus thread
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2010, 08:42:27 AM »
As they are Flemish (=from Flanders in Belgium) they love chocolates !  8)
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