Blazing Bunny

Blazing Bunny
Originally uploaded by mryosemite.

Reuters
August 13th, 2004

London - A rabbit set alight by a bonfire at a cricket club got its revenge when it ran burning into a hut and set it ablaze destroying costly equipment.

Members of the cricket club were burning dead branches when a rabbit hiding in the brush pile sped burning from the flames spreading a fire which destroyed lawnmowers and tools worth $110,000.

"After it had been going 5 minutes, the rabbit shot out of the bonfire on fire and went into the hut where our equipment is stored." club chairman John Bedbrook told Reuters.

Two fire engines were called to extinguish the blaze. The rabbit's skeleton was discovered in the charred hut.

Journalism has hit an all-time low. News Corporations have resorted to recycling old cartoons. I'm tellin' ya, this isn't a real story, it's an episode from the Looney Toons. I think I remember this one. Elmer Fudd is trying to catch Bugs Bunny but Bugs is hiding in his hole. Elmer Fudd tries to smoke him out with a fire. Bugs' tail catches on fire, he runs through Elmer Fudd's house and burns it down. Elmer Fudd calls the fire department and an ACME fire truck shows up.

Next week we'll probably read a story about a bewildered hunter that doesn't know if its duck season, rabbit season, or baseball season.