Dear Abby [1] 토끼 이야기가 너무 웃겨요 -_-

 2009/08/07 01:18

Dear Abby:     
 
Last year, my husband's pet rabbit, "Blossom," died.

My husband -- I'll call him "Edwin" -- went into the back yard to feed Blossom one morning and found her lying dead in her cage.

He gave Blossom a little funeral and buried her in our yard.

Later that day, our neighbor's dog dug up the rabbit.

When the neighbor came home for lunch, he found the little body on his doorstep. Thinking his dog had killed Blossom, he panicked. He ran out, bought another rabbit that looked just like Blossom, and placed her in our cage.

 

When Edwin returned from work that night, he was stunned to find the rabbit sitting in its cage munching a carrot. He rushed over to Blossom's grave and, of course, found it empty.

Edwin immediately concluded that a miracle had occurred -- Blossom had returned from the dead.

Ever since, my husband has treated the rabbit like a little deity.

He built an altar for her and puts flowers on it every day.

He sits in front of her cage and talks to her.

When I come around, he stops talking until I leave.

The neighbors have since moved, but last week I ran into the wife and she told me the story I have related to you.

Thinking it might help Edwin, I repeated the story to him.

He became irate and accused me of trying to ruin the only miraculous thing that had ever happened to him.

Should I insist that Edwin seek counseling, or should I continue to live with this?

I really don't know where it will end. -- AT MY WIT'S END

 

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Dear WIT'S END:     
 
You may not, but I do.

It's going to end here and now.

According to snopes.com, your rabbit tale is an urban legend, and so old it has whiskers. In January 1989, Johnny Carson related it as an event that had happened to a neighbor. In June 2000, a guest told it to Jay Leno. In July 2000, William Shatner repeated the story, claiming it had happened to his co-author.

It turned up again in 2001 on the Chris Isaak show.

Thank you for sharing it with me.

It's still a thigh-slapper.

 

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munch

 

altar

 

deity (철자, 발음 주의) 신위, 신

 

relate 1번뜻 = 말하다

 

at one's wit's end

 

have whiskers, thigh-slapper -> 참 재밌고, 기발한 표현 ㅋㅋㅋ