Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $77,694
95%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 95%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: englishveggie

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • "Monster rabbit" targets vegetable patch

    04/07/2006 9:05:02 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 150 replies · 21,042+ views
    Reuters ^ | Fri Apr 7, 06
    It sounds like a job for Wallace and Gromit. A "monster" rabbit has apparently been rampaging through vegetable patches in a small village in northern England, ripping up leeks, munching turnips and infuriating local gardeners. In an uncanny resemblance to the plot of the hit animated film "Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit," angry horticulturists in Felton, near Newcastle, have now mounted an armed guard to protect their prized cabbages and parsnips. "They call it the monster. It's very big -- it's nearly the size of a dog," said Joan Smith, whose son Jeff owns one of...
  • Bigs bunny: monster rabbit devours English veggie plots

    04/07/2006 1:07:56 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 13 replies · 408+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 4/7/06 | AFP
    LONDON (AFP) - In a tale reminiscent of the last Wallace and Gromit movie, furious villagers in northeast England have hired armed guards to protect their beloved communal vegetable gardens from a suspected monster rabbit. Leeks, Japanese onions, parsnips and spring carrots have all been ripped up and devoured by the mystery were-rabbit -- prompting the 12 allotment holders in Felton, north of Newcastle, to hire two marksmen with air rifles and orders to shoot to kill. "It is a massive thing. It is a monster. The first time I saw it, I said: 'What the hell is that?'" the...