were did the Easter Bunny come from !!!

My Daughter asked me this morning Daddy were did the Easter Bunny come from . I replied He came from Easter Iland . HEHE sILLY Me did any one get that question today from your kids . Regards Jymmy

I dont know if Chongolio saw it here or somewhere else,
But when I signed on thismorning he told me this joke,

Q. Why does the easter Bunny hide the Easter eggs?

A. So people dont know he's been doin the Chicken.

Then he said were both gonna burn, tellin dirty jokes on/about Easter.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Ow man my Feet are gettin warm .

"Why not goldfish left Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer? Y’know? As long as we’re making #@$% up, go hog wild? Y’know. At least a goldfish with a Lincoln log on its back going across the floor to your sock drawer has a miraculous connotation to it. (Kid’s voice) ‘Mummy, I woke up today and saw a Lincoln log in me sock drawer.’
(Mom’s voice) ‘That’s the story of Jesus.”

"Who comes up with this *&^%? I’ve read the Bible. I can’t find the word chocolate or Bunny anywhere in that #$@!ing book. You all have different books of the Bible than I do? Are you all Gideons?”

Oh Bill Hicks...

[ Edited by: TikiGardener 2007-04-15 20:20 ]

[ Edited by: TikiGardener 2007-04-15 20:21 ]

On 2007-04-15 20:15, TikiGardener wrote:
"Why not goldfish left Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer? Y’know? As long as we’re making #@$% up, go hog wild? Y’know. At least a goldfish with a Lincoln log on its back going across the floor to your sock drawer has a miraculous connotation to it. (Kid’s voice) ‘Mummy, I woke up today and saw a Lincoln log in me sock drawer.’
(Mom’s voice) ‘That’s the story of Jesus.”

"Who comes up with this *&^%? I’ve read the Bible. I can’t find the word chocolate or Bunny anywhere in that #$@!ing book. You all have different books of the Bible than I do? Are you all Gideons?”

Oh Bill Hicks...

TG!
Send me some of those rum bunny laced chocolates you were teling me about!

Hahahahahaa, this is too funny.

Never eat the little unwrapped chocolate eggs the Easter bunny leaves behind
they dont taste so good, and are too Crunchy :-/

Jeff(bigtikidude)

Hey all! Just thought I'd help to clear the confusion!

I've read that the Easter Bunny stems from a pre-christian Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre (Ostara according to continental Germans), the goddess of springtime. Her totem animal was the rabbit, hence the Easter Bunny (the rabbit was also seen in the moon, like we see a "man in the moon" these days - the moon has a seasonal significance, as shown below).

From Wikipedia:

According to Bede (c. 672 - 735), writing in De temporum ratione ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months", the word "Easter" is derived from Eostre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom Eostur-monath, corresponding to our month of April (Latin: Aprilis), was dedicated:
"Eostur-monath has a name which is now translated Paschal month, and which was once called after a goddess of theirs named Eostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated in that month. Now they designate that Paschal season by her name, calling the joys of the new rite by the time-honoured name of the old observance."

"Eostur-monath has a name which is now translated Paschal month, and which was once called after a goddess of theirs named Eostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated in that month. Now they designate that Paschal season by her name, calling the joys of the new rite by the time-honoured name of the old observance."

So there you have it! Not a christian holiday at all, originally!

I thought he came from Easter Island? Hello, is this thing on............?

On 2007-04-27 19:38, Mai Tai wrote:
I thought he came from Easter Island? Hello, is this thing on............?

Easter Island? Rabbit Nui? Yeah, you're probably right! ...Hello?