Denis Leary pitching.
Funny how we differ on what we find scary or kinky or odd.
We went to breakfast with the Easter Bunny on Saturday. Now the EB is one dude I've always found outre. I'd love to kn
ow who came up with the idea. EB is just a poor excuse for Santa now that the kids all sit on his furry lap and get their picture taken.But that wasn't what bothered me. The EB was accompanied by a dude wearing a tux and top hat. And I mean escorted really; they came down the aisle as if they'd just been wed. Is this traditional?
My son told me it was because EB couldn't see through his mask. But why put the escort in a tux. How about a farmer's outfit instead? Do we really want our two-year olds dreaming of a dude in a tux escorting a huge rabbit down the aisle of a room used for wedding receptions later in the day. Do we want our kids to be exploring this moment in a shrink's office 25 years from now.
Do you find this weird or is it me? What freaks
you out that other people don't seem concerned with?
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That is pretty weird. I guess the tooth fairy is too, when you think about it. Honestly, what I've always found weird even though I grew up with it, is almost all religious ritual, especially communion. I don't mean to offend, it's just a quirk I have that when I separate myself from the religious meaning and look at what the act symbolizes, I find it really bizarre. And now I'm probably going to hell for saying that.
I agree---pretty strange. My kids used to ask NOT to see what they called Easter the Bunny.
Tux and top hat, as in "Easter bonnet" ready for the film version of EASTER PARADE...you think that would freak the kids out, more than the giant anthropomorphic rabbit itself? I don't think most pre-school children will be too concerned with the interspecies wedding overtones that got to you...
Lisa, any god-thing who'd damn you for that probably isn't worth hanging around..."Hell is the absence of god"...
Not enough people are upset by:
1. Circumcision, of either sex.
2. Earrings on babies.
3. The notion that "Intelligent Design" is even arguably science, since it as a theory can never be discarded as insufficiently true, unlike real scientific theory, since it Must be true that there is a Creator.
4. The Electoral College
5. The continuing gutlessness of the Democratic Party
...and, less upsetting, except both viscerally and in the abstract...the notion that getting a tattoo is in any way a rebellious act. At least now.
You're right, Lisa. We get used to the rituals of our own church/group but find others strange.
Todd-you're right. EB didn't scare Kevin at all. Right now witches scare him-although in October he loved them.
Debra-and they probably grew up to be highly rational folks.
That if you don't get your child baptized (or its equivalent) that child will go to hell or purgatory or whatever when/if s/he dies. I mean, really? That's a ridiculous notion. Yet, baptisms happen continually.
Often to please some relative. That's why I did it.
I have no comment. I was confused by the title of this post, and thought you had the Easter Bunny FOR breakfast. I'm still recovering.
The first laugh I've had today, Dana.
I agree it is odd, but I'm not in favor of any of these traditional pretend visitors after stubbornly believing far longer than I ever should have as a child.
That is so bizarre. Perhaps he was really escorting Harvey. ;) *L*
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I think perhaps you are thinking too deeply on the subject. Perhaps a chocolate bunny snack might help rearrange those pesky thoughts.
Consumption of Easter bunnies must go beyond the symbolic consumption of chocolate and marshmallow! EBphagism now!
We had some marshmellow chicks in the house for about two minutes last week. I am a Peeps addict, I'm afraid.
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