sally Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Whats this...... Does the rabbit have a pancake on his head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I will give you the full answer Sally. From Wiki; Oolong was a well known Internet phenomenon, through a large number of photographs posted by Akutagawa on his website. The site featured "photo journeys" of the domestic rabbit traveling with his master through the house, yard, and other locations. The website became known to a wider audience when it was covered in 2001 by Syberpunk, a site which focuses on odd things in Japanese culture.[1] Oolong attracted attention because Akutagawa had trained the rabbit to balance objects on his head, an art called "Head Performance" by his owner.[2] The first object balanced on Oolong's head was a 35mm film canister on 25 May 1999.[3] Soon, Akutagawa had the rabbit balance a variety of things on his head, including tea cups, bread, fruit, pancakes (actually dorayaki), and even a rabbit skull. Although most reactions on the Internet were positive, there were some complaints by people who believed the practice to be cruel to animals. In response, Akutagawa wrote in a message to website visitors: "Some visitors have written me e-mails, accusing me of being cruel to my rabbit and that I am abusing my pet. This was never my intention when I included numerous links to photographs, showing Oolong's unique ability to hold objects on his head. This is not a site to mock rabbits, or demonstrate animal abuse. I'm sure you understand it if you see whole my site [sic]."[4] Throughout the rabbit's lifetime, the photographer continued to document his journeys through natural and not-so-natural environments as well as take hundreds of pictures of the rabbit balancing objects. Oolong has been noticed by the media, including the New York Times,[5] and has become a widespread Internet meme. The best known of Oolong's photographs was one that was widely used as an image macro called "Bunny Wafflehead". Featuring Oolong balancing a dorayaki on his head, it had the tagline "I have no idea what you're talking about... so here's a bunny with a pancake on its head." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Ok, How random!! I will google it now! Guess i never read about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Its a very strange one. I only know because I asked the same question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Here is the original: Sadly oolong is no longer with us, but his memory lives on in this picture, t-shirts, paintings and even internet smilies like ours PS. moved thread to off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurrish Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Is it wrong to think that looks mighty appetizing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 reminds me of Watership Down.....you've read the book, seen the film, now eat the pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurrish Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! But imagine the little cute bunny barbecued and diced up on the pancake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! But imagine the little cute bunny barbecued and diced up on the pancake served with hoisin sauce, cucumber and spring onions oops, wrong sort of pancakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! But imagine the little cute bunny barbecued and diced up on the pancake Im a veggi!! Poor little bunny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurrish Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! But imagine the little cute bunny barbecued and diced up on the pancake Im a veggi!! Poor little bunny. Its ok there will be a side dish of vegetables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! But imagine the little cute bunny barbecued and diced up on the pancake Im a veggi!! Poor little bunny. Its ok there will be a side dish of vegetables Or rather, a sidedish of Rabbit Food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurrish Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 apparently "Vegetarian" is an old Native American word meaning "poor hunter", i.e. one who never caught any meat to eat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pancakes yes, Bunnie no! But imagine the little cute bunny barbecued and diced up on the pancake Im a veggi!! Poor little bunny. Its ok there will be a side dish of vegetables Or rather, a sidedish of Rabbit Food took me a minute to get that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sally Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Any hoo, Why, one day would you decide to balance objects on your bunnies head? Such an odd thing to do? Not sure i like it! The bunny doesnt look to happy about it. Also, Seems like a great waste of pancakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hmm, rabbit stew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hmm, rabbit stew. Keep me out of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Hmm, rabbit stew. Keep me out of this! Lol, cheeky monkey. Stew you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I reckon its glued on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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