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in their creative attempts to end their lives using a variety of items. Revolving doors, a toaster, a cricket ball, a boomerang, a hand-grenade, the shining sun, a magnifying glass, smoking of several cigarettes, bowling balls and any combination of these are all featured as suicidal tools. The book
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The cartoons are often drawn in such a way that the bunny's exact method is not immediately obvious, leaving the reader to work out exactly how the bunnies plan to end their lives.
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is also featured: while all the other animals are boarding the ark, two bunnies stay behind suntanning on the beach. There are also several references to
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In September 2010 the Bunnycides app was released, an iPhone app of the Bunny Suicides series. A series of T-shirts was also begun in 2011.
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The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want to Live Any More
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The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want to Live Any More
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where the captain of the bomber rides the atomic bomb as it drops and explodes.
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February 25, 2005 DMCA notice sent to Google about online "Bunnies Suicide"
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features a few cultural references, most notably a parody of a scene from
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movies is included, as well as one to the scene from
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Andy Riley
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0-340-82899-4
OCLC
59290437
Return of the Bunny Suicides
black comedy
Andy Riley
cartoon
rabbits
The Wicker Man
Terminator
Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove
Noah's Ark

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