[HN Gopher] The legend of the horned rabbit of the West
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The legend of the horned rabbit of the West
Author : samclemens
Score : 20 points
Date : 2022-03-02 05:09 UTC (17 hours ago)
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| jonshariat wrote:
| These always remind me of Bob Saget and his running gag on AFHV
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By9sHP1MWVk
| emsy wrote:
| The German version of this is called ,,Wolpertinger"
| donatj wrote:
| When I was a teen my family took a road trip through South
| Dakota. They've got "trophies" of them them everywhere,
| restaurants, gas stations. It's a big thing.
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| My sister who was maybe 6 at the time swore up and down that she
| saw one on the drive. We all just said "Really?!" and laughed on
| the inside - didn't want to kill the joke.
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| To this day, some twenty years later, we still like to tease her
| about seeing a jackalope.
| gweinberg wrote:
| Utter poppycock! Jackalopes don't have horns, they have antlers.
| givemeethekeys wrote:
| And feral red eyes. Beware!
| JoeDaDude wrote:
| Not far from my neighborhood outside of Philadelphia, there is
| the Jackalope Research Institute [1]. I've often wondered what
| goes on in there, whether it is some eccentric would-be-
| scientist, tax dodge or money laundering scheme, or front for the
| KGB.
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| [1]. http://jackaloperesearchinstitute.org/
| bombcar wrote:
| Apparently it's by a children's book author:
| https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Larkin/e/B002P53NXE
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| Based on http://brucelarkin.com/about-bruce-larkin/ he seems
| like a funny guy.
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| https://www.wilbooks.com is apparently his main site. I bet the
| address there might match up with the JRI.
| datavirtue wrote:
| This site needs submitted for an UI design award.
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