Easter always reminds me of something.
I don’t like bunnies.
There are whole websites whose reason for being is photos of rabbits. Photos of cats and dogs have an endless range of character and shenanigans. But the most popular rabbit-devoted website I know of is called Disapproving Rabbits – effectively illustrating that as far as expression, personality and activities go, rabbits are one-note creatures. Their rodent brethren – rats, mice, squirrels – can be cheeky, amusing, disgusting, curious or even affectionate creatures, but I have never met a rabbit with the slightest bit of interest in a human. In my experience, rabbits do little but vibrate their noses, nibble, stare, drop poo pellets like a box of BBs with a hole in it, and hop away from you.
As a child, though I loved my Easter baskets, I never really entertained the idea of the Easter Bunny, and thank goodness for that, because there is something unpleasant about rabbits – something vaguely creepy about their beady, inscrutable eyes. If I had believed that there was a rabbit big enough to carry a basket and wily enough to get silently in and out of a locked house to bring me a chocolate version of himself, I would have been terrified.
Mom puts this fellow out every spring. There’s something sinister about him.
He’s not thinking good thoughts about us.
A man dressing up as Santa Claus? That’s ok. But a full-grown man in a full-body bunny costume? Not so much. Somehow Easter Bunny masks always have a fuzzy, manic gleam, with pointy, disproportionate ears oddly askew. As soon as a person puts on that grinning, buck-toothed, weird-eyed, furry white suit, something decidedly evil emanates.
Courtesy of Awkward Family Photos.
For peerless proof of the dark side of Easter bunnies, visit The Happy Easter Slideshow at Awkward Family Photos.
But please, don’t let me have the last say.
This was an updated re-post in honor of Easter.
