Roommate's dead pet rabbit.. how to tell her???

**~~Twilight~~** · 05-31-2001, 08:29 PM

i have a big problem: i just went out to my deck to open the door to get some air in here, and found out my roommate's pet rabbit is dead in his cage out on the deck.

my roommate has had a really bad day already, she found out today that her exboyfriend slept with some other girl a few weeks before they broke up. she is going to completely lose it when she gets home. she's over at her boyfriend's place and no one answers the phone over there because i think they're all outside bbq-ing.

the really bad thing is, i think she killed him... he's always been kept indoors, but yesterday she took his cage out on the deck, and she made sure he was in the shade all day yesterday and today, but i think he probably got too hot and died - it was 90 degrees today! i actually told her NOT to put the rabbit on the deck, because i was worried it would get too hot, but she said she knows someone who lives in the apartment complex next to us that has a rabbit that lives in a cage outside.

this is the second rabbit she's killed in 6 months! she had the last one for two whole days before it died.... and it lived in the cage out on the deck.... this rabbit didn't make it 24 hours on the deck.

i've never had to tell anyone that their pet died. this is really going to suck.

**Black Francis** · 05-31-2001, 08:45 PM

You could always just not tell her, and let her find it for herself......play ignorant.

Its crappy, but it gets you off the hook....only other option is to just come out and say it.....good luck

**~~Twilight~~** · 05-31-2001, 08:47 PM

I've already left a message at her boyfriend's place that she needs to call home or come home as soon as they get the message, so I can't let her find out by herself.

**m0j0** · 05-31-2001, 09:00 PM

tell her you're pregnant

sorry...that's not productive. i don't think there is an easy way. but the ex boyfriend thing...if she has a bf, then bfd. i mean, it hurts, but the rabbit may be like a real thing

**~~stupidzbu~~** · 05-31-2001, 09:00 PM

this story just sounds too FUNNY!!!

i mean.. COME ON!! who goes through TWO pets in 6 months!!!

should she even HAVE a pet?!

why would she even CARE about the ex-bf?? i mean.. he is an EX for a reason.. does it really matter what you find out AFTER you break up?!?

if anything... that would make me happier.. cuase i figured out what an ******* that person really was... and thank god i realized that person should be out of my life!!

if *I* were you... i'd put the rabbit in the bed via Godfather and have a good laugh... but that's just me..

**Jenny** · 05-31-2001, 09:07 PM

that was a real mature, sweet, and STUPID reply stupidzbu. Guess you are just following your nickname, huh? geez...

**~~stupidzbu~~** · 05-31-2001, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by Jenny
that was a real mature, sweet, and STUPID reply stupidzbu. Guess you are just following your nickname, huh? geez...

what part was stupid?

are you talking about the HUMUROUS end to my post??

or the fact that if you kill the same damn animal not ONCE but TWICE... that you shouldn't have one??

or how about the fact that she is dwelling on the past over someone that doesn't matter anymore?
is that the stupid part??

if THAT is what you mean by stupid.... then......
oh well..

**cruelpupet** · 05-31-2001, 10:50 PM

advise her to try out a plant first...if that dies...she shouldnt have pets or kids.

**m0j0** · 05-31-2001, 11:09 PM

have her take care of stupidzbu

**TheLoneGunman** · 06-01-2001, 12:08 AM

How about this....

Twilight: You wouldn't believe this!! Glenn Close stopped by!

Roommate: Like totally, that is so cool!

Twilight: Yeah, we got to talking about some of her classic past roles.

Roommate: Fer Shure! I am totally stoked!

Twilight: In fact, she and your rabbit re-enacted that scene from Fatal Attraction

Roommate: Totally. Like that is just so rad. Was my rabbit convincing?

Twilight: The rabbit was great. In fact, when it played dead, I believed it completely. It is still playing dead!

Roommate: (looking at rabbit) Grody! Gag me with a spoon! This is like a good thing... NOT!

**for20** · 06-01-2001, 12:25 AM

I went through 6 by the time I was 4, each a poor victim of exposure afer I would insist on "cleaning" them with the garden hose. The seventh was a feral beast which our ecuadorean maid Maria's brother had caught for food but which she gave to me instead; it did not put up with its hose "shower" for one sec, scratching me severely and then bookin like speedy gonzales

perhaps she should consider a tamagotchi instead

**oblongmelon** · 06-01-2001, 04:36 AM

dump the rabbit in its favorite burying ground (dumpster) and leave the cage open. Then tell her the rabbit got out somehow and is now wandering away in the city. Or- maybe she did it intentionally to see what kind of "I'm sorry your bunny died" gift she gets. HEY! YOU NEVER KNOW.

**jase71** · 06-01-2001, 05:49 AM

Hmmm....

I'd make a nice stew with it... and then serve it for dinner without saying a word.

And then when she's full, content, and relaxed, I'd break the bad news to her.

Ok, ok, I'm kidding....

**topane** · 06-01-2001, 05:59 AM

How about tell her with a riddle?

Q: What do Frank Sinatra, Buddy Holly, and your rabbit all have in common?

A: They're dead

**ArkiStan** · 06-01-2001, 05:59 AM

Since she's already upset about the ex-bf, just blame everything on him and make it easier for her to forget about him. Make up a story...like...

Twilight: Hey roommate, guess what? I found out that the person(?) the boyfriend slept with was actually your RABBIT!! that's one sick bastard!! you should totally like forget about him, ol' roommate!! The rabbit probably died of some STD or something...aren't you glad you broke up?? It could have been YOU lying out there on the porch!!!....

Roommate: Really?? Whew!! that was close!! Wait, maybe I should go and get a check up....

there you go...you're roommate already has her mind on something else.

good luck

[Edited by ucbstan on 06-01-2001 at 06:05 AM]

**Speedfreak** · 06-01-2001, 09:09 AM

How far up is this deck? Would the rabbit die if it got out of it's cage somehow and jumped (fell) off?

**~~pennypinch~~** · 06-01-2001, 09:10 AM

Seriously, here's what you need:

Can of spray paint
Large stick
Shovel

Take the stick, and break both you and your neighbor's window. Bury the dead rabbit, and take the neighbor's rabbit out of it's cage and release it somewhere. Finally, spray paint "ALF" on both condo units. Just say both were liberated.

Easy-peasey!