That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 07, 2012

Damn you, you’ve killed Peter!!

I think this guy did what my husband does and only listens to half of what’s being said. He missed the “egg” part.

At least SOMEONE who’s read Watership Down.

Must be a hare…that is one BIG bunny!

All religious cant is allegorical mythology. Today’s magic words: say Egg Hunt really fast.

“I’d like to return this rabbit.”

“Ah, yes, the Flemish Giant. What’s wrong with it?”

“He’s dead, that’s what’s wrong with it!”

“Dead? No… He’s, uh, probably pining for the gorges…”

“The gorges?”

“Yes, Belgium has some gorgeous gorges! To die for!”

but, but…i like rabbits(sobbing.)

Was that Elmer Fudds punk rocking son singing that song?

Be vewy, vewy quiet….

Click-to-enlarge image.This and a few other works by this artist.So far, only work by this artist (usually no van in his name though) to appear in Mr. Melcher’s blog.

this holiday is going to the dogs.

Am I the only one who sees the dog peeing on the…um…egg?

Congrats on being in the picture today!

Thanks, I did know that.It also appears identically in Mayan, Hindu, early Mesopotamian, pre histroic European and ancient Asian cultures and can be found facing both ways and both tilted and straight. Fascinating really. Lord Baden Powell who’s military writings inspired the Boy Scouts and who became the leader of the worldwide Scouting movement, used to give swastica pins as a good luck symbol to Friends of Scouting. Of course he stopped when Hitler’s National Socailists adopted the symbol.

Just goes to show that anything can be given new meaning — whether good or bad.

i like hares. many of mine are gray…

Baslim, you’ve made me want to read Watership Down and Shardick again. I read them when they were new.I wonder how much they are on Kindle?

Coyoty, very talented updating of one of my favourite Monty Python sketches! Now I have a mind worm with “pining for the fjords” running around in circles!

From the History Channel:

“The exact origins of this religious feast day’s name are unknown. Some sources claim the word Easter is derived from Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility. Other accounts trace Easter to the Latin term hebdomada alba, or white week, an ancient reference to Easter week and the white clothing donned by people who were baptized during that time. Through a translation error, the term later appeared as esostarum in Old High German, which eventually became Easter in English. In Spanish, Easter is known as Pascua; in French, Paques. These words are derived from the Greek and Latin Pascha or Pasch, for Passover. Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection occurred after he went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), the Jewish festival commemorating the ancient Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt. Pascha eventually came to mean Easter.

Easter is really an entire season of the Christian church year, as opposed to a single-day observance."

The article goes on to explain that the Easter season begins with Lent 40 days before Easter and going 50 days after to celebrate the Ascension and Pentecost.

Also, as the article suggests, Easter takes more from the Jewish Passover than any pagan religions, which is why it usually occurs around Passover time. Jesus is our Passover Lamb.

it’s Ostern in modern German. Sounds like a derivative of Eostre to me.