Someone needs to buy me that shirt 
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Vulcat brain meld
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Playtime edition!
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Drama at the rescue today!
My daughter and I were volunteering at the free-roam (where rabbits get to, well, free roam and socialize with other rabbits). Salmiaki-kun was resting in a cardboard tunnel minding his own business.
Meanwhile, one of the lab rabbit rescues got into a ādisagreementā with another rabbit, leading to a chase and almost a fight. The other rabbit skedaddled through the tunnel, over Salmiaki-kun to get away, and the lab rabbit lunged and tried to bite the other rabbit, instead biting Salmiaki-kun.
We broke up the chase, and checked Salmiaki-kun for injuries, but he was fine, just a little fur came loose, no injuries.
We put him back down and he went back into his tunnel, until the lab rabbit came hopping by. Salmiaki-kun bolted out of his tunnel straight at the lab rabbit, with vengeance in his eyes. I havenāt seen him move that fast in ages!
Fortunately we were able to catch both of them before both blood and fur started flying and keep them separated for the rest of free roam. (Queue The Offspringās Come Out and Play.)
Heās all tuckered out from his big day:
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Lookinā like butter wouldnāt melt in his mouth.
I walked into the kitchen to find he had stolen one of the fresh baked chocolate bran muffins from the cooling rack and was eating it on the floor. 
Edit to add: this isnāt the first time heās stolen a nibble of chocolate bran muffins. We usually let them cool inside the microwave. But hubs was cooking bacon for sammies in the oven, which vents thru the microwave fan. He didnāt want the muffins to absorb the bacon flavor and thought (wrongly, as it turns out) the muffins would be safe as he was sitting 5 feet away at his desk and all previous muffin-theft attempts happened when we left one on the table without any people around.
Cat will be fine. He managed maybe one bite and heās stolen that much before. We consulted the vet regarding his previous thefts and they were not concerned. He cruises the table after breakfast looking for crumbs on the regular. At most, heāll have a bit of loose stool.
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I suppose thatās the result of growing up in a lab?
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Exactly! However, once they spend some time at the rescue and are socialized they usually become sweet little cuddle muffins. Sometimes they even bond with other rabbits. Iāve had them sit with me for hours absorbing scritches and cuddles.
This one is still getting socialized, and is usually a very good bunny, but for some reason today was a little too much stimulation. 
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Scary bun fight edition!
Iāll resist the temptation to post a watership downs gifā¦ 
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colloquial (Australian and New Zealand in early use). Not generally used in U.S. English.
- 1872ā
A tea party or other social event, in early use esp. one organized for children or characterized as chaotic. Now often used humorously of a grand or official function.
1872
Distributinā paper to the members as a Sunday school teacher would cake to children at a bun fight.
Herald (Fremantle, Western Australia) 10 August
1902
The best method of impressing the event [sc. the coronation] on the minds of the children would be to give them a colossal ābun-fightā.
Lyttleton (New Zealand) Times 21 May 8/2
1983
He attends nearly all the committee meetings and never misses the December bunfight.
L. Barber, Mostly Men (1992) 303
2016
As it turned out, it only contained a flyer for the SCR annual bunfight.
A. de Moresco, Isleworth Madonna xxiv. 112
- 1932ā
A petty squabble or heated argument.
1932
The first half was about as exciting as a bun fight between a band of spinsters all in agreement.
Truth (Sydney) 5 June 7/1
1993
The Black Music Debateā¦degenerated into a bunfight where white players in the industry competed to tell us how much they had done for black music.
Guardian 17 September b8/2
2023
The recordā¦led to a bunfight between major labels.
Sunday Express 5 March 18/2
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Bun Fight
Can confirm - itās a commonly used expression in both Australia and NZ. Refers to bread rolls being thrown, not rabbits in combat. Basically, a heated discussion, usually surprisingly so. Never a great thing, but rarely an actual disaster.
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Friends on a London-based forum & chatroom used the term, too.
UK chatrooms can be great places to learn how to speak English 
Turnaboutās fair play: they found me a useful resource for learning to talk American
That was also the first place I used the great little top hattād smilies!
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Look, kittens!
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I freakinā love Owl Kitty. Their behind the scenes videos are so fun, too.
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At first I wanted the beige ones. Then I really looked at the other two, and said, āOh, God. I want them all.ā
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This is why i would be a terrible foster. I would want all the cats.
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