Comments on: Why are rabbit's feet considered lucky? http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Angus Gascoigne http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1254718 Angus Gascoigne Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1254718 I wonder also about horseshoes ... in the UK I have always seen them nailed to door frames in both the UK and here in Sao Tome e Principe (Africa) upside down (an "n") but I was told that way your luck would "run out" and they should really be hung as a " U" but the ones on my doorpost (actually donkey-shoes) are the only ones I have ever seen hung that way. Can anyone explain? I wonder also about horseshoes … in the UK I have always seen them nailed to door frames in both the UK and here in Sao Tome e Principe (Africa) upside down (an “n”) but I was told that way your luck would “run out” and they should really be hung as a ” U” but the ones on my doorpost (actually donkey-shoes) are the only ones I have ever seen hung that way.

Can anyone explain?

]]> By: wibbled_pig http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1254625 wibbled_pig Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1254625 Same idea with stepping in dog poop, or having a bird deliver its greetings from above.. such an unlucky event your luck is sure to get better afterwards.. at least in italy that's the idea. Same idea with stepping in dog poop, or having a bird deliver its greetings from above.. such an unlucky event your luck is sure to get better afterwards..

at least in italy that’s the idea.

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1253762 JoshP Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1253762   In my research on doing tanning with bunnies I'd read somewhere that rabbit foot charms rose and fell in popularity with bunny fur popularity as a clothing stock.  I got the impression that they were the hotdog of the rabbit industry.  If you take my meaning.  That's just anecdotal, however.   In my research on doing tanning with bunnies I’d read somewhere that rabbit foot charms rose and fell in popularity with bunny fur popularity as a clothing stock.  I got the impression that they were the hotdog of the rabbit industry.  If you take my meaning.  That’s just anecdotal, however.

]]> By: Daemonworks http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1253710 Daemonworks Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1253710 I will never understand people who consider pugs cute. I will never understand people who consider pugs cute.

]]> By: Aaron Swain http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1253633 Aaron Swain Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1253633 Kudos for finding the most perfectly illustrative photo imaginable! Kudos for finding the most perfectly illustrative photo imaginable!

]]> By: Christopher http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1253623 Christopher Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1253623 Two things that always come to mind on the subject of rabbits' feet: first, the saying that they weren't lucky for the rabbit. The second is comedian Robert Schimmel talking about his daughter's pet rabbit. When it got sick his first response was to not take it to the vet because "we're looking at four potential keychains here." Two things that always come to mind on the subject of rabbits’ feet: first, the saying that they weren’t lucky for the rabbit.

The second is comedian Robert Schimmel talking about his daughter’s pet rabbit. When it got sick his first response was to not take it to the vet because “we’re looking at four potential keychains here.”

]]> By: jayzeli http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1253596 jayzeli Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1253596 best collection of insane yet sensical words that I have seen in a while.  "by a cross-eyed, left handed, red-headed, bow-legged Negro riding a white horse." Thank you best collection of insane yet sensical words that I have seen in a while. 

“by a cross-eyed, left handed, red-headed, bow-legged Negro riding a white horse.”

Thank you

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2011/10/26/why-are-rabbits-feet-considered-lucky.html#comment-1253547 Nadreck Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=126115#comment-1253547 Break a leg! Break a leg!

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