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Title: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 20th, 2003, 7:02am Okay, so I thought it was time to introduce our various Bunnies, Plot, Thesis and all other breeds. Does anyone else feel like sharing a typical day in the lives of their bunnies? KB looked down at Hilde, her favourite plot bunny, in astonishment, verging on awe. Hilde had been holding forth for the past twenty minutes, with barely time to draw breath. Truth be told, KB has stopped transcribing the story almost eighteen minutes ago and had just stared in amazement at the little animal. Hilde finally became aware of the silence and looked up, her whiskers twitching in irritation. "Where are you up to?" she demanded somewhat irritably, having had experience of KB in this mood before. "Er, 'hung by her hair'," KB read, flushing guiltily. "You're only up to that?!" Hilde shrieked, her ears flapping so vigorously that KB secretly wondered if she would take off. "I've produced a work of sheer genius in that time! I can't possibly remember it all!" "Then maybe," another voice said in furry irritability, "you'll let us have a go. We have deadlines, remember?" Hilde glared at the two Thesis Bunnies, who were lounging on KB's bed. "How could I forget?" she demanded. "You remind us of it every hour, on the hour. I could set a watch by you." "If you had one," the other Thesis Bunny pointed out. "But you don't because you ruined the last one by nibbling on it to see if it was made of chocolate and Katherine took it away from you." "KB!" Hilde shrieked indignantly. "Her name's KB!!" "Not for us," Peter the Thesis Bunny retorted. "That's just a silly pen-name. Why, even she thinks it's silly." "Does not!" "Does too," Theodore, the second Thesis Bunny, smirked, which was no mean feat considering the size of his teeth. "Why else would she refuse to use it on 'The Chalet School at Peace'?" Hilde's lower jaw trembled slightly and turned tearful (Plot Bunnies, OOAOML to the contrary, being another animal that can both laugh and cry) brown eyes on KB, who was staring blankly at the wall in front of her and swaying along to the music in the background. "Am I silly?" she asked tremulously. KB started and looked at the three Bunnies. "Where did that come from?" she asked. "Maybe if you'd been listening, you wouldn't have to ask," Theodore, who had a somewhat sarcastic bent, the result of years of suppressed bitterness at having been rejected as a Plot Bunny, snapped. KB got up and walked over to her bed, picking Theodore up by his ears and dropping him into the six-feet-deep box she had created for the purpose of suppressing uppity Bunnies. She had checked with RSPCPB and RSPCTB, and both had greeted the idea with acclaim, immediately adopting it for their own purposes. "Now," KB said calmly, "Peter, you explain it to me." Peter, whose highly valued skill was his brevity, outlined the situation concisely, and KB looked thoughtful. Before she could speak, however, she noticed Hilde's concern and drew the bunny onto her lap. "Sweetheart," she said, smoothing the Bunny's ruffled fur, "I don't think it's a silly pen-name. I love that name." "Then why don't you use it on your book?" Hilde snuffled, accepting the tissue KB offered and blowing her nose with a snort. "Because I also use 'KB' on my other stories," KB replied. "I'm not going to use 'Katherine Bruce' on my book either, always assuming it gets published." "What are you going to use?" came the rather subdued voice of Theodore from the box. "Katherine E. Bruce," that woman replied. "People might think you're imitating Elinor M. Brent-Dyer," Peter suggested. "Apparently, there's a Mills & Boon author who uses the nom de plume 'Katherine Bruce'," KB informed him. "Do you really think I want that sort of confusion to occur?" Hilde, who had once peeped into an M&B book while KB was hunting for Chalet School books, blushed to the tips of her ears and buried her face in KB's tummy. "Well, maybe not," Peter admitted grudgingly, twirling a stray pen he had been using to make notes about one of the many books for Katherine's thesis. "Glad you can see sense," quoth KB, closing down the file on her laptop. "Now, I have to go." Picking up Hilde, KB put her in the playpen where she lived during the day and handed over the previous day's newspaper for her to shred and burrow in. Lifting a chastened Theodore out of the box, she also picked up Peter and lifted them both onto the high shelf on the bookcase, where they stayed while she was out. Then she started to hunt for her keys, helped by 'hot and cold' hints from the two Thesis Bunnies. So who's next? (Oh, and catherine, if you want to use Hilde, Peter or Theodore in your story, go for it!) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 20th, 2003, 8:51am *shaking head* I get worried about you sometimes. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Rachael P on Nov 20th, 2003, 9:03am LOL - very funny! Am now looking forward to hearing about everyone else's plot bunnies, especially Rachel's as they're bound to be good for a laugh! *settles back comfortably* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Annie on Nov 20th, 2003, 9:12am on 11/20/03 at 08:51:23, Kathryn wrote:
*lol* Don't we all! Where on Earth did you get that idea from. It's hilarious! I'm cracking up and I think you already have |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 20th, 2003, 9:30am on 11/20/03 at 08:51:23, Kathryn wrote:
You think I didn't know that? I'm glad everyone enjoyed it... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Katarzyna on Nov 20th, 2003, 10:05am As my PB was sent by you he felt he should join in......... First think in the morning Rupert the PB sat on the kitchen table, just out of reach of the vallhunds, and watched as Katarzyna came too over her first cup of coffee. There was no point in trying to get her to write at this time in the morning her mind just didn’t function. He had learnt a lot since leaving his home in Australia, to be honest, he thought, that KB has so many of us I doubt she will have missed me at all, after all Hilde is obviously her favourite. After landing he had travelled round England for a while, visiting members of the CBB but no one had a home for him, they either had their own PB’s or in the case of one really weird house he visited a whole menagerie of animals who directed the waffling. He had been feeling forlorn and unwanted as he sat on Manchester’s Piccadilly Station when suddenly a relatively new CBBer walked past without a PB of her own. He had attached himself quickly and started to work on suggestions for various stories, one of which caught her interest. By the end of the journey to Sheffield he was sitting on her knee nuzzling her hand and whispering ideas for a story. Katarzyna had unconsciously picked him up and taken him back to her home in Preston the same night. He had serious problems settling in at first, mainly due to the fact that Katarzyna’s home was occupied by a pack of strange little dogs who didn’t reckon that a bunny was much use, except perhaps for breakfast. The whole family now had a predictable routine. Rupert would get up in a morning when the alarm went and accompany Katarzyna and the dogs on their morning walk, an ideal time for him to sit on her shoulder and whisper ideas as to what should happen in her story. She would later take him to work with her and he could really then dictate the story proper. For example today he was sat comfortably on Katarzyna’s lap dictating the next part of her story, he smiled contently and nibbled some of the cucumber she had saved for him from her lunch. Her colleagues didn’t have any imagination and simply didn’t see him, they all thought that she was conscientiously working on the client’s file spread all over her desk. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Rebecca on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:19am Roger the Algebra Problem Sheet Bunny was huddled in a heap under Rebecca's desk. He was a contrary creature who rarely co-operated and had just been kicked there viciously by Rebecca. "I might help you sometimes if you weren't so horrible to me!" he whimpered pitifully. "Why don't you tell me what the answers are, then?" she snapped back. "It's no wonder I lose my temper with you at times! You're hopeless, useless!" More pathetic bleats came from under the table. Roger and Rebecca didn't get on at the best of times and both were looking forward to the next term when they were hoping to part company forever. He risked a peek out from under the desk and saw Rebecca slumped on it with her head on her arms. Then he froze. There was a new bunny that he had never seen before comforting her. Roger knew it was neither Daniel, the helpful and enthusiastic Differential Equations Problem Sheet Bunny, or Claude, the Complex Analysis Problem Sheet Bunny who was generally quite a nice rabbit. It was a stranger yet Rebecca seemed to know him well. "Look here, Rebecca," the new bunny said, "don't worry about all this nasty algebra. Why don't you carry on with your story?" "But my sheet's due in in a couple of hours and I've hardly done any!" Rebecca sniffed. "I can't do any because that stupid Roger won't co-operate!" "But Professor Batty [the genuine name of my tutor!] won't mind," urged the bunny. "Go on! Enjoy yourself! I'll tell you what happens next." "I don't want to hear!" cried Rebecca, jamming her fingers in her ears. "I'll listen to you this evening." "That's what you always say," protested the bunny. "But you're out this evening - it says so on your planner." Rebecca had taken her fingers out of her ears to listen to the bunny, whose name was Don and who happened to be a plot bunny of the most insistent and persuasive kind. She heard a knock at the door and found Maria, her friend who lived downstairs, looking worried. "I heard shouting and I came to see if you were OK," she explained. "I'm fine," Rebecca said hastily. Maria didn't know about the numerous rabbits who lived in her room and she was quite happy for it to stay that way. "Who's with you?" asked Maria curiously as she peered round the door. "Rebecca! We're not allowed pets in college!" "They're not mine, exactly," mumbled Rebecca. "I didn't do anything about them. They just came!" "Oh," murmured Maria as she backed slowly towards the door. "Are you feeling all right?" "Fine," glared Rebecca, hoping to get rid of her friend as quickly as possible. "I've got lots of work on at the moment." "Yes, yes, of course," came Maria's reassuring voice from somewhere down the stairs. Rebecca let her door shut and faced the bunnies angrily. "Right, all of you, in the wardrobe. No, not you, Roger. I need your help, now!" The weekly wrestly with Roger commenced again, though Don's protests from inside the wardrobe were far too audible for Rebecca's liking. It was hard work to resist. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Abi on Nov 20th, 2003, 12:07pm yeeehhee, this is a great idea, can I join in? Percival Nicodemus the PB did not really fit his name. A Percival Nicodemus should be a majestic figure of portly magnificence. But he was not. He was neither fat, nor skinny, nor ugly nor handsome. In fact, he was just a sort of brown bunny - utterly nondescript, really (at least, he looked nondescript). That was why he was generally referred to as "Percy". On this particular morning, Percy sat eyeing the chocolate that Abi was eating for her oh-so-healthy breakfast. Abi gazed with fixed interest at the ceiling and pretended not to notice, scoffing the chocolate down as fast as she could before Percy could claim a portion. Soon Abi was searching her room in a frantic attempt to find Patrick, her essay bunny. It is hard to believe that a bunny could be as lazy as Patrick was, but his greatest joy was to hide away in a corner and munch on lettuce. At last he was found, however, and with his help Abi set to work on her essay. Unfortunately Percy was very, very jealous of all the attention being given to Patrick, and started making rude comments. "Psssst! Oy, fatface!" he hissed. Patrick turned round and scowled. "Shut up, I'm trying to do this essay." "You, writing an essay! I could write an essay better than you!" jeered Percy. Patrick might have been lazy, but he was not going to put up with this sort of thing. He advanced on Percy pugnaciously. "So that's what you think, is it? A Plot Bunny write an essay! hah! That's enough to turn old Father-of-all-Bunnies in his grave!" "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!" "Yeah what?" "Just yeah, yeah and yeah again!" Abi turned round in exasperation. "Look, you two, can you just shut up please? This essay's due in tomorrow morning. Patrick, come here and help me." The two bunnies scowled at one another ferociously, then Patrick turned back to the essay. "Abi," he whined in her ear. "What now?" "He's being nasty to me." Abi threw down her pen. "I don't care! Beat him up afterwards! I need this essay writing - and NOW!" Patrick leapt a foot in the air with shock and scurried to the paper. "Ok, ok, right...... Mary Queen of Scots was...." at last the essay was being written. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by xanthe on Nov 20th, 2003, 6:11pm Admete, Ianthe, Idyia, Galaxaura and Dione were gambolling happily in the sunken rose garden outside old hall when Xanthe walked past on her way back from a netball practice. Delighted to see her they scampered forwards, and attemped to snuggle against her tracksuit, much to her dismay, as she nearly tripped over Galaxaura and bashed into the wall. Ianthe, who was particularly agile, manged to leap up into Xanthe's arms and snuggled there happily, while Xanthe tried to continue her conversation with Katie just as if she hadn't got a fluffy invisible bundle in her arms. As soon as Katie headed off into East Strachey and Xanthe wandered over towards North, the plot bunnies began to clamour. "No essay! You gave it to Jo before netball! We saw you!" Xanthe sighed. What she wanted and indeed needed to do, she explained to the bunnies patiently, was to go and have a shower, get changed, and then go and get some fruit. The plot bunnies gazed at her with velvety brown eyes... "But you'll be singing tonight and then you have supervision tomorrow morning and you'll be listening to Perseis, Ianeira, Akaste,Telesto and Kalypso the WHOLE time again" Admete whimpered. Xanthe, exhausted, flopped onto her bed, and before she realised what a mistake this was, her plot bunnies leapt up and settled themselves comfortably on her prone form. Idyia, who was nearest her head, nibbled gently on her ear to ensure she had her attention, and then began to recount the LOVELY story she'd thought of... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 20th, 2003, 7:25pm Mabel the plot bunny was one of the smallest of her breed, she was little and tubby with long ears that tended to flop over her eyes. Her fur was a soft golden brown, and she had green eyes (unusual in a plot bunny). She lived with Vikki, and often felt a little neglected, as Vikki often had to go to work, leaving poor little Mabel alone with the teddy bears! But she knew that Vikki had to go to work in order to be able to buy carrots, and carrot cake for Mabel. Mabel also found herself competeing with Yolande the yibbling bunny for Vikki's attention (unfortunately, Yolande was much louder and pushier than Mabel). However, Mabel liked being Vikki's plot bunny, as she had her own little bed with a patchwork quilt, and on special occassions she was allowed a little glass of Baileys! (only one glass though, one time she'd found the bottle, and had felt ever so ill the next day......) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 20th, 2003, 7:38pm *hopes her drabble wasn't responsible for unleashing this latest madness* Enjoying it, guys! Keep going! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 20th, 2003, 7:55pm Well, come on then Catherine! Introduce your bunnies to us!!! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 20th, 2003, 8:10pm *wonders how Vikki can be so silly* My bunnies need no introduction dear, they have a thread all of their own, remember? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 20th, 2003, 8:13pm But they'd like to meet all our bunnies on this thread....... ;) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 20th, 2003, 8:24pm Hmmm, will have to think about it. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Chloe on Nov 20th, 2003, 8:50pm Why am i not surprised that your plot bunnies have names that i can't pronounce Xanthe ::) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 20th, 2003, 8:53pm I'm glad other people came to the party on this thread, and it's lovely to meet the bunnies. *produces a very tiny bunny, with white ears, grey paws and the rest of her body brown, who is currently curled up and snoring on my hand* I forgot to include Emintrude in my story. She's my yibble bunny and she's still trying to recover from yesterday's mammoth session with Vikki. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicole on Nov 20th, 2003, 9:00pm Barney the plot bunny has been struggling valiantly to free himself and wreak havoc on Nicole's unsuspecting mind (or what was left of it!). Usually he was a small, unremarkable bunny, but he had been making his presence felt at the most inopportune times (like 2am) demanding for his story to be told. Yesterday he finally managed to beat Nicole into submission and she has made a start.. *and when I have more than 200 words written I'll post it for your enjoyment (or otherwise* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 20th, 2003, 9:21pm *looks forward to reading the results of Barney's labours!!* ;) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Chloe on Nov 20th, 2003, 10:44pm I can't wait to hear what Barney has produced, but i do have such a funny image of what he must look like as next doors dog which is a collie/allsation cross is called Barney |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:31pm *WARNING, WARNING* Somebody has let a PB register on the board. Mabel's owner needs to keep her under better control. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:37pm Bob the PB uncurled his furry little brown paws and rubbed his hazel-brown eyes. Eyeing his mistress warily he considered the implications of sneaking off whilst she was busy scribbling away at more rubbish. 'Really', he mused, 'she'd be better off putting her energies into something she'll actually finish'. And he shook his head sadly at all the wonderful plots he had plotted, only to witness them being half fulfilled before she would move onto the next. 'These humans have no patience' he muttered under his bunny breath. Nicci's quick ears caught the mutterings and she turned sharpish on the perpetrator. Raising her eyebrows and with tone indignant, she replied 'I have plenty of patience thank you very much, but somebody tries my patience a little too often' During this little speech, Bob had been preening his whiskers, feigning unconcern and flippantly pursing his lips in a whistle. At the end of Nicci's mini-rant he stopped, looked hurt, and mimed 'moi?'. 'Yes you!' said Nicci, scowling at the not-so-lovable ball of fluff. 'Ooer, Miss Hoity-Toity. I do wish she would remember I work on demand' he added, to the room in general. A little slow on the uptake (as ever), Nicci looked over her shoulder, expecting to see someone else in the room. After searching under the desk and on top of the cupboard, she finally realised that Bob had in fact been refering to her. 'Ooh, you little rascal' she cried, biting back the slightly more offensive comment on the tip of her tongue. 'Well its true' Bob replied haughtily (as the newest member of the PB's Trade Union he was taking it's objectives very seriously indeed). 'I gave you a delicious plot, twenty chapters in fact, about that dancer girl who got thrown out of the academy, and all you witter on about now is your drabble about Hilda Annersley. I'm working overtime here to keep up with you. But am I being paid overtime? humph, I think not!' 'Actually, while we're on the subject, you're not being paid at all' was Nicci's dry response. 'Do you think I don't know that?' cut in Bob, with a vigour that made Nicci regret indulging his dreams for trade union membership. 'Perhaps if you gave me a starting point on the drabble' she began, pleadingly. Bob, being a plot bunny, was apparently not cunning enough to sense the change in tactics. 'Well, I'll tell ye what. I'll put that in motion - ' 'Hurrah!' interjected Nicci, clapping her hands together in delight '...if you can find another bunny to be your political bunny. I just can't cope with organising the WCP and harrassing you with my plots.' Nicci wailed, 'Oh but you came up with such delicious ideas, the compulsory CS reading for the under 16's, annual hibernation, free wine and cheese for voters...' Bob grinned. The sort of grin that made even the most self- assured person worry. 'What's most important?' he asked wickedly, 'World political domination, or writing your drabble?' And as Nicci struggled to come to terms with the level of power that Bob held over her, that same little imp bobbed away on all fours, intent on telling the other unionists about his rise to global domination. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by plot-bunny-mabel on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:42pm *swoon swoon* Ooohh! That Bob! He's so masterful!! I wonder if he wants a girlfriend......? *trips over empty Baileys bottle* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:47pm *frantic fighting over the control over the computer between Nicci and Bob* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:50pm *storms back into thread* Mabel!!! There you are! What the hell do you think you're doing? You know you're not allowed on the net!!! *picks up Mabel by the scruff of her neck* *apologises to the CBB at large* *takes Mabel home and puts her to bed in discrace* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:55pm Thought it was your PB, Vikki. Be careful with her. There is enough mayhem around without an alcoholic PB let loose on the board! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 20th, 2003, 11:58pm I know! I'm so sorry! I've had serious words with her, spanked her and put her to bed!! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by xanthe on Nov 21st, 2003, 12:15am *is glad to have such well-behaved bunnies and puts it down to their classical education* *apologises for that AWFUL pun, but decides to leave it in anyway* ;) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:05am *hopes none of my bunnies get ideas from Mabel* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:11am Bob already wants to date Mabel. Dread to think of the consequences if that were allowed. *not sure who would have the worst effect on who* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:13am For God's sake, make sure at least one of them has had the snip! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:29am KB!!! It's just taken me half an hour to calm Mabel down after she saw your post!! And Nicci, Mabel says does Bob want to go with her to the Bugs Bunny marathon at the cinema on Sunday? ;) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:32am I'll check and see if he has global domination plans that day. *realises that Bob still hasn't returned* *getting rather worried* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:35am Well, I thought I was safe to make it as she's in bed. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:38am *goes off to check Mabel's still in bed* *finds she is, but not alone* *douses the pair with water* *shoves Bob back down the modem to Nicci!* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:41am *Receives a shivering, soaking wet PB by the name of Bob.* *tells Bob she has no sympathy whatsoever* *apologises to Vikki, and hopes no damage has been done...* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:44am *resolves to take Mabel to the vet's in the morning to get the morning after pill* *assures Nicci that it's not her fault!* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:47am *hopes there won't be a number of fluffy little sequels to this event* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:54am I guess we'll know, when Mabel suddenly becomes busy... *chuckles at thought of ickle Bobs and Mabels* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:54am *points out to KB that that is the purpose of the morning after pill!!!* ::) ::) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:56am Actually Vikki, I think Bob rather liked the idea of extending his family line! ;D |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 1:57am Unfortunately it does have a small failure rate. It might not work with Mabel. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:01am Well, if it does fail, you two can look after the babies, so you'd better hope it does work!! ;) ;D |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:05am Me? Why me? I had nothing to do with it! It's your bunny, and Nicci's, who have the blame for this! You should have taught them better... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:07am *laughs at idea of teaching PBs anything they don't want to learn* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:08am When mine were very young, I sat them down and taught them the facts of life. They've all sworn off that sort of thing until they're married. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:09am *too tired to argue! Going to bed! Night night!* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:10am Good night! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:15am also off to bed, now that have relocated Bad Bob. Won't be around much over the weekend, am partying in London for my friend's birthday. ;D n'night |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by plot-bunny-mabel on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:15am Bob? Bob? Where are you? Are you okay, love bunny? :-* :-* :-* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:18am Nicci, I really hope you're going to take Bob with you!!! :o |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:19am Vikki, can you keep your PB under control please. There are enough PBs around without Bob abd Mabel adding to the population. *pushes Mabel back down the modem to Vikki* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Bob on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:21am Mabel, my dear... is it safe? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:21am Kathryn, I'm afraid that, as Vikki has logged off, Mabel just bounced back down the line to you. YOu'd better shut your office door quickly! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:22am How on earth those chubby creatures squeeze down the line is beyond me *mystified* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:24am I'd already taken precautions so she's just splatted on the door, now laying in a dazed pile of bunny fur. Just packaged her up and sent her express mail back to Vikki. Threatened to dose her with myxomitosis if she returned. Harsh, but necessary measures. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Bob on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:26am *wails* how could you do that to poor innocent little Mabel *sob* Mabel? are you ok? :-* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:27am Kathryn, I hope you realise that as you've battered my bunny, I can't post any more of New Family at the moment? :o |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:28am Oh, Kathryn. did you have to do that? Now I've got a wimpering PB hanging off my shoulders. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by plot-bunny-mabel on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:29am Bob? Bob? Did you get my messages? I've been treated so cruelly tonight!! :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Bob on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:30am Mabel my little hunny-bunny. I tried to stop them, honest injun I did. And if you're well enough on sunday, I'd love to see you. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:33am As I said, Harsh, but necessary measures. We don't want plague of PBs hanging around when we have enough trouble dealing with those that we already have. And Vikki, I did place some supplies, a rug and a hot-water bottle in with Mabel so she will be fine. Nicci, now you can write sad drabbles. ;D |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by plot-bunny-mabel on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:33am Oh, Bob, darling Bob, I'll be there, with bells on!! :-* :-* :-* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Bob on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:36am *struggling as dragged away from computer by Nicci* :-* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by plot-bunny-mabel on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:38am *suffers the same fate at the hands of Vikki* *blows kisses to Bob!* :-* :-* :-* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:53am *seriously unsure now whether this post was a good idea* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:55am I know! I thought the point of this post was to introduce the PBs to other members, not other PBs. It may as well be a dating service as far as they're concerned! ;D |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 2:56am *suddenly very glad I've never let any of my bunnies read this board* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:00am *envious of KB's well-trained PB's* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:00am Are you absolutely sure about that? Aren't they in the room when you are on the board? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:07am They don't know my password, and they're such chatter-boxes that if they ever did get on, they wouldn't be able to resist commenting! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:15am Something which we are truly thankful for. ;D |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:19am As am I, believe me. Oh, and Nicci, my bunnies live in fear, rather than being well-trained. I'm studying the Holocaust at present and I think they're afraid that, if they step too far out of line, I might use some of those things on them. I've told them over and over that I wont, and that the box is the worst they can expect, but I don't think they believe me. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Lisa_T on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:20am Maybe KB has a rebel PB whose real name is Elinor.... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:29am on 11/21/03 at 03:20:07, Lisa_T wrote:
Thought we'd sorted that out earlier. And anywany, what are you doing up at this hour? Also, why have you changed your caption to 'smug grin'? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:31am *goes off to interrogate my PBs* *comes back* They all swore, in fear and trembling, that none of them had been sneakily logging on and posting when I wasn't around. And believe them, too. I know when they're lying. Kathryn, when do we get to meet your Thesis Bunny(ies)? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:35am on 11/21/03 at 03:31:23, KB wrote:
Thesis bunny has decamped to be replaced, theoretically by Article bunny. But he has been shoved aside by Handbook bunny who is laughing manically on my shoulder wielding a shotgun to scare off any of the other bunnies. He's a solid, black bunny, whom you do not want to meet on a dark night; basically a thug of a bunny. Thankfully there is only one of him to deal with, but there will be more in the vicinity around here soon, though they won't be bothering me. *waiting for that time!* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:37am I'm glad you can at least recognise the differences in breeds. But was it wise to let your Handbook bunny get the shotgun? He might use it on you! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kathryn on Nov 21st, 2003, 3:43am No chance! Because his bosses will then use it on him. My HBB is solely using it to prevent AB from doing anything. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 4:09am I'm glad your HBB knows his place... *resolves to be much more careful when approaching Kathryn's office in future* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by LulieCat on Nov 21st, 2003, 8:21am *wonders if I dare introduce my Bunnies to the CBBers. I'm afraid of the potential consequences* ;) :P |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Nicolette on Nov 21st, 2003, 8:49am Hang consequences! Introduce them, please! :) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Katarzyna on Nov 21st, 2003, 10:45am Rupert generally enjoyed weekday mornings, today had been dry for the first time in ages and Katarzyna had taken him to the park to walk the dogs. There were wild real life bunnies on the park which always, unfortunately, led his plots in a particularly un-CS fashion. “I’m sorry” Katarzyna had chided him when he suggested a way in which her story could progress “you have made it very realistic there is no way on earth they would do that!” she sounded quite horrified at his suggestion and he decided to drop the subject for the present time. After breakfast and the short drive to work, in which this morning he hadn’t been able to make any suggestions, instead he had moaned and winged for the entire journey as the car’s heater wasn’t working and Katarzyna wouldn’t let him sit on her knee whilst she drove. Coffee in place on her desk Katarzyna switched on her computer and waited for it to boot up. This was the best part of the day. After she had checked her mails and reviewed her files for the morning she switched to the CBB, which meant for the first hour of the morning she might as well have stuck a sign on the door saying “gone drabbling”. Rupert read the drabbles as well his head sticking up over the edge of the desk. It was a relief to know that his family in Australia were all well, although Hilde still seemed to be favoured rabbit. This morning as he read he became increasingly concerned about the treatment some of the other PB’s were receiving not to mention their own behaviour. Rupert was a young and impressionable rabbit, he felt that Xanthe and Abi were obviously good owners who took care of their PB’s and young Abi appeared to be doing well with Barney, Rupert was looking forward to when Barney had encouraged her to write over 200 words so she could post. However, he was extremely upset by the behaviour of Rebecca, I mean locking her PB in a cupboard so that she could work, what sort for treatment was that for a hardworking PB. In Rupert’s mind there was no surprise that Bob and Mabel had rebelled in the way they had, seeking out each other’s companionship, when their owners were obviously so cruel. In Rupert’s mind Vikki must be the worst owner on the board, allowing her PB to get drunk, allowing others to beat her up. There was nothing for it he was going to have to mount a rescue mission ………….. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Jennie on Nov 21st, 2003, 11:51am Cuthbert the Plot Bunny, yawned, stretched, and gave a discreet burp. It was hell living where he did. Why did that woman think she knew best? He just knew that he was going to have to get his Kalashnikov out, force her to the computer, and MAKE the silly woman do some proper work. Eight, yes, EIGHT, perfectly good opening paragraphs he'd given her for her next drabble, but was she satisfied with any of them? No, SHE thought she could refine them, SHE thought she could write them better than he could. Well, she'd soon know who was boss. SHE just didn't appreciate the sacrifices he made. Why, who ate all the cream cakes in the house, so that she didn't? Here Cuthbert paused in his whinging to listen to his arteries hardening. It was no life for a Plot Bunny, but he'd get her out of bed, and then go through the dreary round of bath, breakfast, out for a walk, shop, then he'd tie her to the PC. Perhaps this time she'd listen to him. Oh well, it was some sort of life he supposed, if only he knew whether there were any other Plot Bunnies he could contact. Then, an idea struck him, The PLot Bunny Liberation Front......... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Rebecca on Nov 21st, 2003, 11:53am Don was happily lying in Rebecca's lovely, comfy wardrobe, along with Claude and Daniel. The latter two had done their work for the week and on Wednesday, Rebecca had found out that Claude wouldn't need to be called on until two weeks time. "And that's fantastic!" Claude grinned. "It's hard work being a Complex Analysis Problem Sheet bunny when you can just spend the week lounging on Rebecca's sleeping bag in here." "Well, I get the week after off," pointed out Daniel. "It's not fair! I like helping Rebecca with her problem sheets!" "What about me?" asked Don from the corner where he was curled up on a heap of Rebecca's jumpers. "I only get called out when she's got nothing better to do." "That doesn't stop you sneaking out, especially when she's trying to sleep and can't see you. Then you distract her! Honestly, it's no wonder she's tired when she has to spend all her nights thinking about what her characters are going to do next," protested Daniel. He was very good friends with Rebecca. "But she doesn't love me," sobbed Don, tears trickling down his bunny fur. "She keeps ignoring me." "Of course she loves you," grumbled Roger, speaking up for the first time after been hurled into the wardrobe. "Look at that ringbinder of story that she's written - all by hand and she's counted every single word and she's going to type it up and finish it off over the vac. It's me she hates. I can't do anything right." None of the other three could argue with that. Except that perhaps Rebecca didn't like Roger because he never did anything right. Don was looking smug from his shelf because Roger's speech had cheered him up. He knew that Rebecca loved him really and was looking forward to the vac when he would dominate her every waking moment. He could put up with living in her spacious wardrobe when he knew that he would be the centre of attention in two weeks time. And given that she really did have a lot of work to do, he had had an amazing amount of influence on her. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Rachael P on Nov 21st, 2003, 12:11pm 8oo These are so good - I wish I had a plot bunny to bring to the party but he's very shy and elusive ... so far this year, he's only popped out to whisper about Grizel and Thekla and now he's off on a round the world cruise >:( More, please, everyone *still waiting hopefully for Rachel's, or is it Rachels' ?!* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 12:21pm What about your Organisational Bunny, Rachael? You know, the one who helps you arrange your day. Mine's called Henry. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Rachael P on Nov 21st, 2003, 12:25pm KB - if you could see my desk you would know that I am in dire need of an Org. Bun! Can you order them? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 12:34pm You could try. :-/ I got mine when my Planning Bunny and my Note-Taking Bunny spent some time together. Fortunately, my Note-Taking Bunny was 'busy' during the holidays, and the result was my very useful Organisational Bunny. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 4:12pm I take exception to the comments about my ownership of Mabel!! She's a very happy little bunny, and it's not my fault that she got hold of the Baileys!! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Katarzyna on Nov 21st, 2003, 4:20pm shocked at vikki's suggestion that her PB can open a screw top bottle all by herself |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by xanthe on Nov 21st, 2003, 4:39pm "Hang on... can you... is that a - no, one, two, five, eight, ten - TEN!... I must be seeing things..." The Captain of St Catherine's netball team stared hard at the sideline for a minute and shook her head. She could have SWORN she'd seen a load of rabbits at the side of the court... and they were dancing... Xanthe, trying her best to mark the Wing Attack, sighed inwardly, and watched her plot and essay bunnies as they skittered up and down the court, singing, dancing, and applauding wildly whenever she got the ball or the Newnham team were doing well. "Story story story!" exclaimed Ianthe, as soon as the match had ended... "We know EXACTLY how it starts, and everything, and..." "Ooooh no," Telesto interjected "essay time... let's go to the library" the plot bunnies twitched their ears unhappily, Xanthe was SO easily persuaded she should be working rather than writing stories... Kalypso tugged at the hem of Xanthe's trousers "LOTS of reading this week... lots and lots... and it's INTERESTING reading, and we've already got some ideas about the essay..." Xanthe sighed, and allowed her essay bunnies to bear her off to the library, while the plot bunnies settled disconsolately onto her bed and decided to chew on her thesaurus to see if maybe that way she'd pay a little more attention to them. "Mind you," Idyia pointed out as she nibbled gently at the entry for "ridiculous", "at least we've got that nice long Christmas holiday coming up... lots of time for stories then..." |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 21st, 2003, 4:58pm I love the imagery there Xanthe!! Did your bunnies enjoy the netball match? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Chloe on Nov 21st, 2003, 5:38pm Oh lummy sounds like my room is gonig to be invaded over christmas by plot bunnies ::) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by LulieCat on Nov 21st, 2003, 9:04pm Moros ground his little bunny teeth and glared at Morpheus, the planning zebra. He'd claimed most of Lulie's attention for the past few weekends and Moros was getting a bit sick of it all. He kept telling Lulie of all the marvellous plans he had for 'CS and a Pagan' but she just wouldn't listen. True, she did write quite a lot on paper, using her trusty purple pencil, but that was so...so...old fashioned! If only Lulie would get a shoulder transplant then all his problems would be over. Though it wasn't so bad. After all, Morpheus had to squeeze into a suitcase full of files, boxes of pens and an alarming number of pairs of scissors. He got to sleep on a hand quilted cushion, one that was mercifully shunned by the C-A-T-S. Moros shuddered at the thought of these dangerous felines, who like nothing better than playing with fluffy little creatures, when they were still alive. He'd been threatened with them more than once, when Lulie had been in an un-co-operative mood, but she was (hopefully) too soft to carry the threat out. Still, it was best not to push his luck in that department. He also got to slurp sneaky slurps of hot chocolate, that regularly had generous dollops of Baileys sloshed into the cup. Lulie was always too busy with the Planning Zebra to notice him doing this! Life wasn't all bad. And then there was the massage class. She had generously paid for him to attend, so he could help her shoulders get better and all the lovely young ladies on the course did tend to pet him quite a bit. It was at the same college that Lulie worked at, unfortunately, but if he worked with her he was liable to get run over by a mad wheelchair, so at least he was at the other end of the building. Moros sighed and switched his gaze to the wall, on the other side of which was Lulie, in the bath again. If she washed much more, she'd disappear. Still, if it made her shoulders better, then all to the good. She could type more then, and therefore write excellent drabbles and perhaps take over the universe instead of Rachel (or was it Rachael? He got everybody mixed up these days) Then Moros could be the left hand bunny, which had distinct advantages. Moros sighed and picked up the Tiger Balm (which didn't contain so much as a whisker, let alone a whole tiger) and went next door to practise his massage techniques. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 9:37pm *giggle* Nice to meet you, Moros. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Lisa_T on Nov 21st, 2003, 10:10pm *hears 'Bright Eyes' playing and cringes* You know you folk, some of those bunnies sound like the nasty one in Watership Down. Strange as it may sound, I hate that cartoon. It gave me nightmares when I was wee, and you lot are going to trigger them off again! *goes off trying to get rid of some of the mental pictures* *decides the safest one is Vikki getting Mabel drunk- I wonder why (?)* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 21st, 2003, 10:15pm *lol* I can't imagine, Lisa. But if it's too hard, please don't read this thread (although I would love to meet and congratulate your PB on its skill). |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Chloe on Nov 21st, 2003, 11:09pm on 11/21/03 at 22:10:05, Lisa_T wrote:
It's not strange i hate, hate, hate that cartoon |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by xanthe on Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:22am on 11/21/03 at 16:58:05, Vikki wrote:
They loved it... they got far too excited and now want to write netball matches for CS staff vs Prefects and so on and so forth... the have also decided that my soft and fluffy tracksuit makes a good place to sleep... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:26am Chloe!!! What are you doing on this thread? With all these bunnies? The title should have warned you!! ;) ;) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by xanthe on Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:40am She is a silly bunny, isn't she... *wonders how the PB is faring as there are boxes on top of the wardrobe and thus not much space* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Chloe on Nov 22nd, 2003, 11:05am I only poke my head round the door now and then Vikki, i don't dare enter. The bunnies happy enough up there i'm not about to touch it and as it seems happy to go wander off and return as it pleases i let it do as it pleases and therefore i need little to no contact with it :) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 22nd, 2003, 11:11am *offers Chloe bunny-proof gloves in case she needs to do something to it* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Esmeralda on Nov 22nd, 2003, 11:43am *Warns other CBBers to stand by to repel a PB invasion - I accidentally allowed mine to catch sight of this thread, now they have realised that other Bunnies have a far better lifestyle and have decided to go and join them! I knew that I should have never let them into the house, but it's raining so hard this morning...... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Catherine_B on Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:15pm Francesca the Plot Bunny gave a pleased twitch of the nose. It was the first time she had ever been on an aeroplane, and she was extremely satisfied with life - all the more so because she had come against Catherine_B's express wishes. Francesca wriggled delightedly as she remembered how Catherine had determinedly stacked away her Chalet books, closed her laptop and double-checked her suitcase for unwanted bunnies. Fortunately, from Francesca's perspective at least, Catherine had forgotten to check the papers in her back-pack. Amidst notebooks, statistical reports and handbooks on poverty monitoring, there had been ample room for the naughty Plot Bunny to snuggle down for the journey. "So," Catherine said earnestly to the mild-mannered grey bunny at her right elbow. "It's just you and me at last. I'm so glad we've finally got some time alone together." She looked apologetic, "I know I've been neglecting you abysmally in recent days. But I promise I'll make it up to you this week." Henrietta the Poverty Monitoring Bunny made a demurring noise. "No, I mean it," Catherine said resolutely. "I've been so preoccupied recently with Jack the Trade-in-Textiles Bunny - you know he kept me awake until 5 o'clock this morning? - and Nathanael the Open Borders Bunny, who never lets me settle down to my proper work, that I've ignored you shamefully." "Don't worry about it," Henrietta reassured her gently. "Everything will be fine -" But Catherine wasn't listening. Instead she was staring in disbelief at the notebook that had just worked its way out of her bag. "Francesca!" she exclaimed in horror. "What on earth are you doing here?!" "I've come along for the ride," the bunny twitched a soft, white ear and looked her most appealing. "Aren't you pleased to see me?" "NO!" said Catherine, so loudly that several passengers turned their heads towards her in curiosity. "That is - no!" she hissed quietly. "Only Henrietta was supposed to come on this trip. You're the last person I wanted to see." Francesca looked decidedly miffed. "Well, it's evidently a good thing that I did sneak on board," she said with some haughtiness. "Jack and Nathan taking up your time, indeed. Had you forgotten about ME?" "No!" groaned Catherine, slumping back in her seat. "I hadn't. But I was trying to." "Well!" The Plot Bunny made herself comfortable on the little table that folded out of the chair in front. She glanced at Henrietta and gave a dismissive toss of one ear. "There's no getting rid of me now." "Oh yes there is!" Catherine seized Francesca with a sudden, murderous violence. "Get back in that bag, you, and don't come out again." She stuffed the Plot Bunny back into her rucksack. "Show your head once more, and I'll pitch you out of the window!" "Humph!" The white bunny disappeared with a disgruntled thump of the foot. "Don't think you've seen the last of me - that's all!" |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:19pm *giggles at the picture this conjures up* Henrietta must be feeling quite miserable and put out! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Carolyn P on Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:31pm Peter the PB groaned, he had been hit hard on the head by Joan the Child development assessment bunny and Harold the equal ops assessment bunny. “What did you do that for?” he groaned. “Because if Carolyn doesn’t let us get on with some college work she is going to run out of time.” “But that’s not a problem, she always gets A’s!” “No, our family gets the A’s, and we have to live up to them. Look at Pauline, the play assessment bunny and Elaine the CP assessment bunny, they started the whole thing, and then Conrad the employment prep assessment bunny and Grace the health assessment bunny just had to carry it on didn’t they.” Harold was keen to make sure that Peter knew what was what. “So what?” asked Peter grumpily. He had a new idea that he wanted to start whispering to Carolyn and these two assessment bunnies were holding him down. “The other assessment bunnies may have gone, but they are getting regular updates on us from that blasted Observation Bunny. All he does is watch and write, watch and write, watch and write, it’s enough to drive a bunny mad. The Family believes every word he tells them, and then start going on at us about family honour and tradition,” explained Joan. “So do something about him, instead of picking on me. I could help a little there, you see I have this idea…” and Peter began to whisper into the ears of Carolyn’s current two assessment bunnies. Over in the corner of the room the observation bunny watched anxiously. He had been doing fine until these plot bunnies started arriving. First there was just one, and it was in the holiday’s so he had welcomed it cautiously, finding it very interesting to see how another breed of bunny wrote. He had waved it goodbye when it finished its story and stood at the door watching it for a few minutes. It had been a good break and the plot bunny had kept him entertained. What Oswald didn’t notice was the new plot bunny climbing in through the kitchen window while he was stood at the front door. This was the bunny that had written ‘Fights at the Chalet School’ and Oswald did not like this bunny. It arrived just as term was starting and told him that it was just a short story, barely noticeable. What a blatant lie that had been. This story had gone on for 78,004 words. Had these plot bunnies never heard of word limits? Oswald had struggled to get any of Carolyn’s attention. He had been good about doing his observations, but getting Carolyn to type them up was another thing altogether. She even had the nerve to try and tell him he should be able to do all his work in her free time at college. Oswald looked out of the window at the rain, would Carolyn ever come back to him, there was so much she missed by looking at her computer all the time. She had even voluntarily missed Eastender’s this week, to say nothing of the books she wasn’t reading and the raindrops she wasn’t watching. Oswald existed to observe, and he did it obsessively, thinking that everyone should be as observant as he was. He was not amused by Carolyn’s threats to take away his glasses, or his telescope, or the microscope, and binoculars he had hidden in his bottom drawer. He didn’t think Carolyn knew about those, but he supposed Peter had told her. Peter was the new plot bunny and Oswald was very worried. Peter seemed to be telling Carolyn the beginning of lots of stories, but wasn’t finishing them. He knew that Peter kept talking about the ’25 Stories’ and as none of them had been finished yet, or not that he could see, he didn’t know what would become of Carolyn. How could she write 25 stories at once? Oswald had been impressed when the latest two assessment bunnies had pulled Peter over backwards, and he had laughed to see Peter rubbing the sore spot between his ears, but it was with anxious eyes that he saw Peter and the assessment bunnies getting friendly. They kept casting surreptitious glances in his direction and he suspected a plot. “What else can you expect from a Plot Bunny after all,” he thought as he wondered off to search out his night vision goggles and crash helmet. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Jennie on Nov 22nd, 2003, 1:06pm Terrific, Carolyn, let's hope they all stay away from Cuthbert, he's a menace that PB, never satisfied. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Catherine_B on Nov 22nd, 2003, 1:55pm Carolyn, I love your tale! What mischevious bunnies!! :) :) -- "Catherine," Francesca the Plot Bunny's voice was imploring. It was the fourth day after they had arrived in Uganda, and she was still in solitary confinement. "Pleeease let me out of your bag - it's awfully hot and dark in here. I promise on my word of honour that I won't disturb you or Henrietta." "Hmmm," Catherine looked extremely sceptical. "You've never behaved yourself before. Why should I believe you now?" "Because I've never been so miserable and uncomfortable in my life," the reply came pathetically. "I'll do anything you ask, if only you'll let me get some fresh air." The owner of the bag looked doubtful. "Don't you believe in animal rights?" Francesca continued in feeble tones. "I thought you were vegetarian." "I'm not planning to eat you!" Catherine was shocked. "Oh, I wouldn't mind you eating me if I die," said the Plot Bunny in a tiny voice. "At least I'd have been of some use, in death." She gave a weak gasp and splutter. "It's so hot in here. I'm afraid the end is near." Catherine's heart smote her. "All right, all right. You can come out." She bent down to unzip her bag, and picked up the quivering white bunny. "Are you O.K.?" "Yes. Thank you." Francesca looked up with big, sad eyes. "I'll just go and sit on the table there. I promise not to be a nuisance." She shuffled humbly away. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Abi on Nov 22nd, 2003, 2:01pm Awwwww, that's so cute, Catherine. What a lovely bunny! Even if she is naughty! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Catherine_B on Nov 22nd, 2003, 2:21pm "Ahem!" At a little cough from her Plot Bunny, Catherine looked up from the documents that she and her Poverty Monitoring Bunny were poring over. "Well? What is it?" she asked with some suspicion. "Nothing, I'm sorry," Francesca's expression was completely innocent. "It's just - you've been labouring over those papers for at least an hour - and it is awfully hot. Wouldn't it be good for you to take a little break. To lie down, you know?" Catherine gave a sigh. "It is hot," she admitted. "And my brain never works particularly well after lunch, even in England." The Plot Bunny's whiskers twitched sympathetically. "Why don't you take a quick siesta, then? I'm sure no one would mind. You and Henrietta can start afresh in an hour's time." Catherine looked apologetically at the little grey bunny who was diligently studying the latest Ugandan Household Survey. "Would you mind, Henri?" "Not at all." The Poverty Monitoring Bunny had become so accustomed to neglect that she no longer expected any attention. "Go ahead - you'll work better after a rest." Francesca gave a pleased little skip. "Oh good," she said with satisfaction. "I'm sure we'll all benefit from the break." -- "Are you asleep?" Francesca asked a few minutes later, back in the guest hut where they were resting. "Mmmm... no," Catherine admitted. "Too hot. And you?" "Oh, I couldn't sleep anyway," the Plot Bunny said brightly. "It's so nice to be out of that stuffy old bag, my brain has been absolutely teeming with ideas." She eyed Catherine with some eagerness. "Would you like to hear them?" "I - NO!" The reaction was firm. "I don't have time to write anything this week. Francesca, you promised." "Oh, no no no, I didn't mean writing anything," the white bunny said in shocked tones. "I know you're far too busy for that. Just, while you're resting, you know, I could tell you what happens next for Nancy and Kathie. It might send you to sleep, after all," she added guilelessly. Catherine snorted. "Well, that wouldn't do me much good on the CBB." She cast a wary glance at her Plot Bunny, then relented. "Oh, very well. I've been wondering who was to blame for the nasty sermon. Go on - I'll give you ten minutes." "Well," said Francesca, taking up a position at the end of the bed and holding up a paw dramatically. "It was like this..." |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 22nd, 2003, 3:29pm Cath-er-ine! I can't believe you let her out your bag! What were you thinking of? You know you're going to have write that little tale for us now! And Carolyn - are you treating us to 25 drabbles - one per day - to mark advent? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 22nd, 2003, 5:24pm It's so nice to finally meet all your bunnies! And they all sound so cute!! :) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by xanthe on Nov 22nd, 2003, 5:28pm My plot bunnies are sleeping peacefully in my room at the moment - it's cold and wet and nasty outside, so they've made a sort of nest out of my gown, because it's the garment I use the least (well that's what Ianthe told me anyway)... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Carolyn P on Nov 22nd, 2003, 5:34pm on 11/22/03 at 15:29:46, catherine wrote:
Well that was Peter's idea, but this is a collaborative effore with Rachel and her menagerie. Wait for next Monday (1/12) when all will be revealed!!!!! If you Dare! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 22nd, 2003, 8:03pm I dare! Looking forward to it! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 22nd, 2003, 8:10pm Catherine, when on earth did you become so gullible?! How could you possibly believe a PB? Don't you know lying is inherent in them?! *sigh* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 22nd, 2003, 10:37pm Hilde opened her beady eyes very early on Sunday morning and stretched, snuggling under KB's arm as she felt the cold draught blow over her and realising that the window had been left open all night. The next instant, she remembered what she had been so excited about the night before and began to bounce on the bed, eventually scurrying up to brush her tail very gently across KB's nose. The silence of the room was broken when KB gave an almighty sneeze, the force of it sending her into an upright position, where she stared around wildly. Then her eyes fell on Hilde, who was trying vainly to hide (her little tail was sticking out of the blankets) and KB picked her up with a glare. "If I didn't know better," she began, "I'd say that was your guilty look." Hilde, who had covered her eyes with her little paws in the hope of getting away with the 'if I can't see you, you can't see me' principle, couldn't restrain a small titter. With an indignant sniff, KB got up and carried the bunny into the bathroom, firmly closing the door. Even as Hilde howled in protest and began frantic apologies, KB turned on the shower, undressed and took the trembling creature in with her. "You never do this to the others!" Hilde howled, trying to escape from the water. "The others don't do things that deserve it, or not now," KB added, thinking of the time when she had had to shower Rupert to stop him trying to give her ideas while she was in the middle of writing a take-home exam. "I was only excited," Hilde whimpered. "The chocolate cake is coming today." "My friends are coming today," KB corrected as she soaped Hilde's back, much to the bunnie's disgust. "If you want any cake, you have to promise to behave. No rude remarks. No giving me ideas in the middle of things. No jumping up to bite people's ears." "But that's no fun," Hilde whined from the soap rack, where she had just been put. "I wasn't going to make too much trouble. Honest, I wasn't." "Honestly," KB, who had much of Miss Annersley's preference for good English, corrected. "And I mean it, or I'll keep you in the myxomatosis all day." It should be explained here that the myxomatosis was the name for the large box in which misbehaving bunnies were put. Theodore had once seen KB looking up the correct spelling for the word and had demanded to know what it meant. Being soft-hearted, although the bunnies would never have believed it, KB explained that it was the name of the big black box, and that had seemed to satisfy Theodore. Hilde shivered at the idea of being in the myxomatosis all day and promised to behave. Still a little suspicious, KB promised to bring her out to meet the others at some point, as long as she stayed in her room for the rest of the day, along with yesterday's newspaper. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 22nd, 2003, 10:41pm Awwwww!! Poor little Hilde!! :o :o :o |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 22nd, 2003, 10:45pm You mean you've never washed your bunny? Theodore loves his twice-weekly bath in the sink! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 22nd, 2003, 10:51pm KB, don't you know yet that PB's love baths, but can't stand showers? :o |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Nov 22nd, 2003, 10:54pm *explains patiently* Yes, dear, that's why it's a punishment... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Nov 22nd, 2003, 10:57pm Which is why I was sympathising with Hilde..... ::) ::) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Nov 22nd, 2003, 11:20pm on 11/22/03 at 20:10:25, KB wrote:
KB, when on earth did you become so sceptical? :P |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Catherine_B on Today at 9:15am Two hours later Catherine and Francesca were disturbed by a timid tap on the door. “Sorry to interrupt,” a grey nose peered into the room, “But I wondered if you were ready to start working again.” Henrietta looked anxiously from human to rabbit. “I’ve read all the budget reports and spreadsheets and I’d like to know what to do next.” “Aaargh!” Catherine threw down her notebook. “Francesca, what did you do to me?” “Whoooops.” Her Plot Bunny looked supremely innocent. “Did we get a bit carried away?” “A bit?!” Catherine didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Look at that rabbit,” she said eventually, pointing at the shy Henrietta who was standing in a corner of the room. “That, Francesca, is not merely the Poverty Monitoring Bunny. It is the Saving Starving African Children Bunny. The Doing Good For The World Bunny. The Voice Of Our Consciences Bunny. Whereas you – you –“ she spluttered, “Are nothing but an indulgent waste of time!” Francesca looked shocked. “Henrietta, would you please wait outside for one moment,” she said with extreme dignity. “Catherine and I need to have a private word.” “No!” Catherine stamped her foot. “Francesca, I’m going.” The Plot Bunny eyed her cannily. “Of course you are. I just think we should make a decision about when to meet next. Set up your schedule, as it were.” ”My schedule isn’t going to involve you at all!” “Oh, please,” Francesca looked unimpressed. “Everyone needs some time off every now and then. And it’s good to let your imagination loose every now and again.” Catherine glared at her. “What are you trying to say, exactly?” She picked up the bunny by the scruff of her neck. “Well?” “Nothing!” the bunny squeaked, in tones not unlike Joan Bertram’s in the instalment of Alternative Romance that she had just dictated. “Well, I just meant… seeing that you’re single, you know, perhaps writing a romance is kind of therapeutic…” “Shut up!” This comment had hit a raw nerve. “If I didn’t spend every evening listening to you, things might be quite different!” “Oh, sure,” Francesca smirked. “Remind me when you last went out with anyone?” The smirk disappeared from the bunny’s face as Catherine picked her up by the ears and held her with furry tiptoes barely reaching the ground. “Yeeeeow!” “I refuse to be insulted by my Plot Bunny!” There was a nasty pause. “Francesca, did you see that spider in the shower today?” “The – the five inch one?” With the hairy black legs?” The rabbit paled beneath her white fur. Her fear of eight-legged creatures was even greater than Catherine’s. “The very one,” the tone was grim. “Francesca, if I hear another word from you today, I’m going to feed you to that spider. Do you understand?” “Yes!” The bunny quivered in terror. “I won’t say another word!” Catherine released Francesca’s ears and watched as the bunny scurried hastily under the bed. “Good!" she said cuttingly. "And don’t come out again!” |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Chloe on Today at 10:28am on 11/22/03 at 11:11:25, KB wrote:
Thanks you KB it may be useful, but if there's a problem i'll leave it til xan comes home as its only a week or two away :) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Trish on Today at 11:21am Somewhere on a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean... Bethany sighed happily as she rubbed the zinc cream onto her little pink nose before stretching out on her beach towel. This extended break is really doing me the world of good she thought contentedly, much better than the non-stop plotting of the past year. She briefly wondered how Trish was going until a passing lifeguard caught her attention. Meanwhile, somewhere in Australia... "Bethany!" Trish wailed in frustration. "Why have you deserted me? And why now of all times!" "Ahem" a small voice interrupted. "You still have me and Rupert." Trish looked at the two tiny grey plot bunnies and rolled her eyes. "But you can't help me, you know that. I need Bethany right now! I have to finish this in less than 3 weeks and she's the only one that can do it. She was only supposed to go on a 2 week holiday but that was in September!" Seeing the look of hurt pass over Raphael's face she sighed. These two bunnies were so touchy and over-sensitive, not like Bethany at all. "Look," she attempted to reason with them, "when Bethany decides to get her little furry butt back here and I get this done, then I promise I'll listen to the two of you. Okay?" And then maybe I'll find out just where you come from and who I can blame... Back on that tropical island... "So what's a nice bunny like you doing in a place like this?" Bethany looked up at the words but her annoyance quickly faded as she got her first look at the speaker. An extremely handsome black and white plot bunny was smiling down at her. Somehow she knew then and there that a return to Trish and Australia wasn't going to be in her immediate future. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by KB on Today at 11:35am *giggle* So Bethany is going AWOL? This could be very interesting! And Catherine, good on you for standing up to Francesca. I think we all need to do that to our PBs every now and then... |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Kirsty on Today at 12:21pm Bronwen the Plot Bunny was bored rigid with her dull life of trying to make Kirsty write down the lovely beginnings, middles and ends of the stories Bronwen whispered regularily in her ears. Somehow Kirsty was able to block out the subliminal murmurings for weeks on end, and Bronwen was fed-up! None of the other PB's had this problem; they may be locked in the cupboards, or stored under the beds, but they were never ignored for this length of time. Bronwen was gazing sadly out the window, feeling hard-done-by as Kirsty ignored her again, prefering to read her new book over writing a gorgeous story Bronwen had given to her earlier in the day. Suddenly, there was a shooting star streaking across the sky. Bronwen remembered something that Kirsty used to do, and screwing her eyes tightly shut, said "Wish I may, Wish I might, Have the wish, I wish tonight! I wish I wasn't ignored any more!" * * * The next day, Bronwen woke up feeling...peculiar. She hadn't been inundated with new story ideas from the moment she opened her eyes - instead she wanted to read something! Something she had never read before! She nudged Kirsty gently in the ear. "Get up. I want to read something new." Kirsty, not being a morning person in the slightest (generally needing at least 2 cups of coffee before the higher brain functions kicked in), muttered "Not now, I'm sleeping. Go and look on the computer, there's bound to be something there from last night." Bronwen squeaked in glee. She had never been allowed unsupervised on the computer before! She quickly found a lovely site which sold lots and lots and lots of books Bronwen had never heard of before. She was in bunny-reading-heaven! All that remained was sneaking them in from the mailbox & hiding the credit card statements.... * * * "That's it!" Bronwen decided. "I'm quitting the Plot Bunny Union. I'll starting up my own one. The Book-Buying-Bunny Union!" |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Today at 2:19pm *giggles* Yay, go Bronwen!! (Hope she's going to share those books with you though Kirsty!! ;)) |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Today at 2:21pm Feeling very sorry for Kirsty and her credit cards! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Abi on Today at 2:37pm on 11/23/03 at 09:15:46, Catherine_B wrote:
Uurrghh, PLEASE don't talk about spiders! Even the word sends shivers down my spine andnow I'm looking all around me to check there aren't any. *wonders what books Bronwen is reading and if Kirsty would approve of them* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Catherine_B on Today at 3:14pm *can count eleven spiders from where she's sitting but fortunately all with spindly legs which makes them much less intimidating* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Abi on Today at 3:19pm Oh yes, those ones aren't so bad as long as you don't have to touch them (except that they eat each other which is disgusting). It's the little black ones and the little stripey ones and worst of all the huge black or brown ones that are really awful. Once there was one in my bedroom and my dad picked it up (aagghh) and threw it out of the window but i still slept in the living room for three nights after that!! Abi *wondering if this is very silly* Edited to add: wow! 200 posts! woohooooo!!! ok, so thats not much compared to some people but I'm still quite proud! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by catherine on Today at 3:24pm Absolutely not! When I lived in London, one of my housemates had a real phobia of spiders. We were on our own in the house one night and I heard a yell from the bathroom and pushed open the door to find her standing with one foot on either edge of the bath, having the screaming heebie jeebies because there was a spider on the floor by the door. She refused to come down until I'd put a bowl over it and even then, she wouldn't go to the loo or anything unless the door was open and I had to sleep in her room for two nights running! |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Catherine_B on Today at 3:27pm Not silly if you're scared! I once spent a night sleeping in the Newnham common room after I found a spider in my room at 3am ;D (Was too ashamed to wake any of my friends up to rescue me - did email them all, but unfortunately they were asleep!) The ones I am most terrified of are the ones that jump. Spiders moving in three dimensions - urrrrrghhhhhh :o We were having a team meeting here a couple of days ago and one bounced its way across the table in my direction - admittedly it was only about 1 cm in size but with horrid hairy black legs and white jaws that were gnashing up and down. I was totally petrified and would probably have fainted if it had actually ended up on my lap - fortunately it veered off to the side at the last minute, but it was a very close shave! *wonders seriously whether a career in development was really a good move* |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Abi on Today at 3:32pm Oh my gosh, Catherine, that sounds horrible! I have never met a spider that jumps, I have to say, and I don't think I want to. I do remember another occasion when there was a huge one in my room at Uni and i fled and knocked on the boy's door who was next to me and he came and chased it down the corridor, but for the rest of the term I slept with a towel blocking up the crack under the door and ran down the corridor in case it jumped on me. |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Lesley on Today at 4:59pm The small pink bunny, with long floppy ears and small, but perfectly formed teeth, frowned at the CBB. It seemed that a drabble on there was entitled ‘Introducing your plot bunny.’ He opened it, perhaps it was a form of dating agency, he quite fancied meeting another bunny - it was a while since his last walking holiday, and when he’d visited Rachel’s house at Halloween the only thing he had met was a Chastity Cat and a mild but worrying skin complaint. He glanced in horror at the pages, it seemed as though others of his kind did not have the same equable arrangement with their humans. He read of bunnies being stuffed in haversacks, under beds, washed and generally treated with contempt and almost hatred at times. It seemed that he, Nigel Alfred Graham, (also known as Nag) was in a privileged position. He frowned at a sudden noise from the bedroom next door and went to investigate. As he walked in he found Lesley just returning to her cupboard with a very guilty look on her face, “What are you doing out of your cupboard?” he thundered. “I-I-I was just visiting the bathroom, Nag,” Lesley replied defensively, “I’ve told you before, that’s what the newspaper in the corner of your cupboard is for!” Nag was cross, “If this behaviour keeps up I’ll not allow you to go to work tomorrow!” “Oh please, Nag,” Lesley’s voice became very whiny, “please, you said once I’d finished Real Chalet School, I could use the computer, I’ve got lots of reports to write for work,” “I said you could use it if you finished Real Chalet School quickly,” Nag shot back, he hated Lesley whining, “it took you more than two months, stupid excuses you kept coming up with - ‘I have to eat, I have to sleep, my family want to see me’. I won’t have it you hear? The next epic we start on is going to be much better organised. Now get back in your cupboard or I’ll keep you home from work for the entire week!” He watched as his human scuttled back into her cupboard, and then returned to the computer. It seemed that others of his kind were in dire need of help. He’d have to think about how he could liberate all plot bunnies… |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Vikki on Today at 5:47pm Oh, Lesley!!! 8oo Nag sounds scary! Do you want us to come and rescue you? |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by Lesley on Today at 6:12pm Vikki Lesley does not require rescue! >:( Nigel Alfred Graham |
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Title: Re: Introducing our Bunnies Post by LulieCat on Today at 6:24pm on 11/23/03 at 18:12:44, Lesley wrote:
Well, excuse me, Mr Nigel Alfred Graham, but Lesley DOES require rescue, el pronto. We've a good mind to report you to the RSPCH (PB Branch) My human treats all her Plot Bunnies, and other Animals, with respect and care. We see no need why humans need locking in cupboards, and to keep them with no facilities is worse than BARBARIC. We're off to make 'FREE LESLEY' placards and we hope you choke on your bestial lifestyle, Moros and Heph'Astus the Plot Bunnies, Morpheus the Planning Zebra and Desmond the Bush Baby. |
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