Posted on 3 Nov, 2007 35 comments
Hi folks, we have a request to make – a rather strange one but one which is bound to cause quite a few chuckles along the way – please everyone join in!
As some of you may have read on our website (click on link at the end of this blog), we open our garden for the NGS each Spring and as part of their visit people like to take a stroll along our woodland walk. The path will be extended this year and thus our need for your help.
Whilst we have managed to keep rabbits out of the garden by erecting a rabbit fence around the perimeter, our furry friends do have a free reign in the woodland and have dug innumerable holes. For a laugh, we always put a sign outside each rabbit hole depicting some sort of profession or facility (see the 3 photos we’ve just added to Grows on You to get an idea of the principle.) For next year we’ll obviously need lots more ideas and as ours have run dry over the years, we desperately need the assistance of your grey matter!
So far we’ve come up with:
Buck, Teeth & Co. – Dental Surgeons
Doug Deephole & Sons – Excavation Machinery Hire
Happy Hoppers Day Nursery
Dr. Bunny Boiler – Marriage Guidance Counsellor
The Pines Residential Rest Home for Retired Rabbits…..
you get the gist. Please come up with lots of ideas everyone – the sillier the better, but please remember the signs have to make suitable reading for both adults and children! Many, many thanks.
our website
4 Nov, 2007
Bunny in the oven - Bakery
4 Nov, 2007
The Bunny Hop Dance School
4 Nov, 2007
Hole-istic Medicine Centre.
5 Nov, 2007
Bugsy Malone Residence - Gangsters
Warner Bros - Cartoonists
5 Nov, 2007
Thanks to Tussie, spritz and ajay for their fabulous suggestions for rabbit hole names - keep them coming everyone, we need lots!
5 Nov, 2007
Hi LittleLarford. I just noticed your blog entry got picked up by bunny blog "Hop Scotch" - http://dothehop.blogspot.com/2007/11/hares-looking-at-you-beauty-parlor.html
They suggest "Hares looking at you - Beauty Parlour" :) Check it out.
5 Nov, 2007
Brer Fox's B&B for rabbits - We Enjoy Having our Guests!
Foxes' Travel Agency - We'll see you off!
'Hole in One' Golf Suppliers
Beautician - Get your ears pierced here...
5 Nov, 2007
Thanks spritz - these suggestions are fantastic. You really have got your thinking cap on haven't you. I must admit it becomes a bit of an addiction once you start! Keep it up.
5 Nov, 2007
Roger Rabbit - for all your framing needs
Warren Peace - Bookshop
5 Nov, 2007
Thanks Maple - Warren Peace is absolutely brilliant. We've had some definites already and that's one of them. Keep 'em coming folks.
6 Nov, 2007
A couple of controversial ones from me:-
Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit - Council chamber
End of Kerb Crawling Zone - The Buck Stops Here
6 Nov, 2007
Kittens & Kindles - babyshop
Tesdoes - supermarket
Buck & Hare - funeral services
6 Nov, 2007
buckingham palace
6 Nov, 2007
Playboy night club.
6 Nov, 2007
Thanks today to AndrewR, maple, marieballs & Tussie - all fantastic suggestions - we're so grateful to everyone for taking part - more please!
6 Nov, 2007
Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow - Hairdressers
Hop-A-Long Cassidy - Cowboy Supplies
Hare-y Jumpers - Knitwear Store
Mr Digwell - Burrow Surveyor
6 Nov, 2007
Many thanks AndrewR for 4 more excellent suggestions. Particularly liked Mr Digwell. Unfortunately someone told us today that hares don't dig burrows so we may not be able to use hare-related names. Shame that because we've had some really great ones from everyone. So it looks as though we'll have to think of more rabbit-related names instead!
6 Nov, 2007
Thumper demolition services
Bobtail fashion designers.
6 Nov, 2007
Thanks Tussie - Thumper and Bobtail are 2 more difinites.
7 Nov, 2007
Hope you don't mind the first one -
Lettuce Pray - Rabbit Chapel
Doe-Re-Mi Music Shop
7 Nov, 2007
Love these 2 spritz - they're definites. See what I mean about this hole naming becoming a bit of an addiction!
7 Nov, 2007
You are so right! I walk the dog every day with my thinking cap well and truly on...
How about
'Bugs' Bunny - Private Investigator
7 Nov, 2007
Hi spritz, it took a moment or two for 'Bugs' Bunny to twig - Bugs as in bugging a phone, brilliant. Thanks spritz. So glad you have a dog to walk!
8 Nov, 2007
No doubt you've already realised the biggest and grandest hole belongs to that well-known rabbit actor Warren Beattie?!
8 Nov, 2007
Or the unfinshed hole is the Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunny-an?
8 Nov, 2007
Thanks AndrewR. Not only are you an expert on plants but you also have a knack for choosing fantastic rabbit hole names! Would never have thought of either Warren Beattie or John Bunny-an - very clever.
10 Nov, 2007
i have a couple for you but they may be a bit near the mark - see what you think they gave us a good chuckle anyway!
Bunny Boilers - saucepan shop
Watershipdown Bistro - 'you've seen the film - now eat the cast'
19 Nov, 2007
Bunnyinoven - baby clinic
Warren beatty s house its handsome and vane
19 Nov, 2007
Buck Rogers - NASA Reseach Centre
19 Nov, 2007
Lucky Rabbits Foot - Animal Rights Protest Group
20 Nov, 2007
Many thanks CarolynCherry for your kind comments on our photos and also for the excellent rabbit hole names - We can't believe what a wonderful response we've had to our request for names. Thanks everyone.
6 Dec, 2007
Hi, I think that i maybe 2 late for the hole-naming, but may I suggest the following? A sign outside a hole saying "Rodger - I'm out!". Or have a hole with floral planting around, depicting a (garden) designer Irish theme pub named "Bunny Guiness"?
10 Dec, 2007
Hi David, sorry I haven't replied before now - haven't logged on for a few days. You're definitely not too late for hole-naming and many thanks for the suggestions. Not only are we going to give the holes names, we've also come across someone who's going to wood carve a few rabbits peeping out of unused holes - it should look good!
1 Aug, 2008
How about:
Bob-The Tailer
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