Fantastic. Read this wonderful article from the BBC about the folklore of Portland in Dorset.
If you can't be bothered to follow the link then the essence of the story is that the people of Portland will not see the word "rabbit" featured in the posters for the (undoubtedly brilliant) new film featuring Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Apparently this word "rabbit" is taboo in Portland , something to do with superstitious quarrymen.
I actually listened to this Mayor bloke being interviewed on 5-Live this morning and honestly do not how Nicky Campbell and Sheila Fogarty got through the interview with him without dropping with laughter. Mainly because tears were falling down my face as I desperately checked to make sure I hadn't done a Rip Van Winkle and slept through until April 1st.
He said "rabbit" twice and when challenged he said "it was incredibly difficult for him to do so, but in the interests of the programme he had decided to use it twice, but thehe would not be using iut again during the interview. Now, call me an old cynic but its seemed that the presenters, and specifically Fogarty then decided to chuck the word "rabbit" in at every opportunity in order to try and bait this loonie (meant affectionately). Apparently the people of Portland often get ribbed by the people of Weymouth and surrounding areas and taunted by people deliberately shouting the word out in public places.
How fantastically and eccentrically British is this? Surely this is a queue for Dom Joly and some of his animal crew to descend on Portland and start loudly searching for a lost "rabbit" ?
Blimey, you have to wonder what the sales of Chas and Dave's "Rabbit Rabbit" song were in Portland?
Later , BunnyJack
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