Those poor bunnies …
We have always had a wide variety of pets in our family. Skunks, snakes, iguanas, chickens, giant Oscar fish, hamsters, cats, dogs, a bantam rooster, a duck (long story) and several bunnies we saved from certain death as someone’s dinner.
When my father worked as a machine technician, he had a pager where you could leave messages with a service that would call him and relay it. My mother called them after our beloved and elderly bunny had given up the ghost while Daddy was at work. The phone attendant asked what message she could relay and Mom said, “just tell him the rabbit died.”
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and the lady said “Oh, congratulations!” My mother was puzzled for a minute and then realized her faux pas. “OH! No, no, the rabbit actually did die. I just wanted him to know so we could bury it tonight.” Embarrassed and a bit disappointed, the attendant replied, “Oh, well I’m very sorry then.”
Our own house is full of critters. Each of our pets has a very distinct personality and it’s fascinating to see how they all knit together. But this big new house has still seemed kind of empty lately, so we decided to expand our family a bit.
I’m just calling to tell you,
The due date is October 13th.
Congratulations!!!
Long ago, there was a friend of mine living in this area who drove a VW Rabbit.
A mutual friend of ours was her supporter in matters mechanical. He was a pretty good mechanic in his spare time. He lived with his mother.
One day her car suffered a serious mechanical failure and the lady called this gentleman's home. When his mother answered, she said, in some agitation, "Oh, Mrs. _______, the Rabbit died. Where's Bill?"
It was several long silent seconds before she realized what the other lady was thinking and hastily added, "My car! I'm talking about my car!"
Oh, and . . . congratulations are in order!
Woot! Congratulations sweetie!
And by the way . . . congratulations are in order!
Congratulations!
Now I can see why you were so upset about your blood sugars the other day!
The lengths some people will go to just to get people to come over from Livejournal…
Congrats!
Congrats!
Girard Reply:
March 13th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Yay! Rabbit Soup!
Oh wait, no actual rabbits were harmed… pout, no rabbit soup.
Congrats!
Girard Reply:
March 13th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Yay! Rabbit Soup!
Oh wait, no actual rabbits were harmed… pout, no rabbit soup.
Congrats!
EEEEE!
Now you can come get all these tall-people maternity pants
For that matter, expect a big-ass box to appear at the RHFC game. Hah! One more little piece of my attic, CLEAN.
OMG OMG OMG OMG! happy squee dance! OMG OMG OMG
CONGRATS!
That is wonderful news! Congratulations to you both. I hope your pregnancy is easy and restful and your baby brings you much joy.
OMG! Contratulations!
Oh shit man I am crying all over again! You are killing me here. I am going to eccentric-auntie the heck outta this child.
Hooray! Congratulations to you both, what wonderful news!!
I know I already did my jet-lagged squee from a continent away, but let me say it now that I'm recovered: SQUEEEEEE!!! I'm so happy for you guys; you're going to be awesome parents. We have a ton of baby stuff for you if you want it. Yay, a teeny Stryker!
Cute story, precious photo. Congratulations!
Sigh, I am SO thrilled for you. SO.
Yayayayayayayayayayayayay!
So happy for you! Congratulations!
I'm with pseudotheist. But I am very excited for you all! Happy happy!
WooT! How wonderful! You take really, really good care of yourself, you hear? (As if you wouldn't…)
You know how I feel about this already, but I'll sum it up again here — this news is like Christmas morning, a tax refund and weight loss all wrapped up together with a pretty blue and gold bow.
I said it on Facebook, but YAAAAAAY!!! Congratulations to you and Rich! This is great news, and I am thrilled for you guys!.
Congratulations! That's great news! Sorry about the rabbit, though… ;-P
CONGRATS!
That's awesome! Congratulations!!
WOOOHOOO and Congratulations!!!!!
This should go without saying.. but HOORAY!!!!! I'm SO excited for you both! I wanna be another of the little person's eccentric aunts! I want to hold him and pet him and call him George.. no wait… what if it's a girl… Georgina!
(Try to think about the cartoon this comes from.. it's mildly funny.. I promise!) 
It's been a long morning, already.
I really wish all three of you the best! You two will make absolutely wonderful, caring parents. This little one is so lucky!
Woot!
Grace saw the bunnies, pointed and giggled!
Kids are the best, really.
Sweet! I'm so happy for you guys! And here I was ready to get all weepy over a story about a beloved pet dying…
Stumbled on this pic on flickr, vagueley remembered a blog post with a title about a rabbit, then went back to find it…
Yeah, so it took me a minute.
1 + 1 = 3!!!!!
Awesome!
Congratulations!
Congrats!!!
WOW! Very cool!
Congratulatuions!
This is wonderful news; just saw your Tweet!!!
So happy for you!