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Baitball Blogger

(46,769 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:24 PM Oct 2012

Everything you didn't know about the pancake on the head bunny.

n July 2002, a definition entry for the rabbit was added to the online writing community Everything2[14] and the next year, Oolong’s page was mentioned in a New York Times article[15] about the rising trend of photo bloggers. By 2007, the dismissive phrase “so here’s a picture of a bunny with a pancake on his head” began appearing with photos of Oolong[6], which have been used on discussion forums and image boards to denote confusion, as in “that was nonsense what you just said there, so here is some more nonsense.” The phrase was later used by American humor magazine Mental Floss[5] as the title of an article about the rabbit’s life. Photos of Oolong have also been featured on the Telegraph[4], Urlesque[16] and Metro.[17] In early 2010, two Facebook fan pages[18][3] were created for the rabbit, with approximately 3500 likes between them as of October 2012.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pancake-bunny

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Everything you didn't know about the pancake on the head bunny. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 OP
2012 version Viva_La_Revolution Oct 2012 #1
Must be the first time he ever wore a Yamaha. hay rick Oct 2012 #2
LOL. bluesbassman Nov 2012 #3
Yamaha? He has a motorcycle on his head? sakabatou Nov 2012 #4
I think Mel Brooks is to blame. Throckmorton Nov 2012 #5
Yarmuke is Yiddish. Kippah is Hebrew sakabatou Nov 2012 #7
At the time, the use of Yiddish words were frowned upon in polite company. Throckmorton Nov 2012 #10
Hehehe hibbing Nov 2012 #6
I've replaced it with this one HarveyDarkey Nov 2012 #8
Strong second. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #9

sakabatou

(42,186 posts)
4. Yamaha? He has a motorcycle on his head?
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 02:50 AM
Nov 2012

Oh, right, a yarmulke, otherwise known as a kippah. I just wonder why everyone spells/says the yiddish word for it instead of the Hebrew version.

Odd.

Throckmorton

(3,579 posts)
5. I think Mel Brooks is to blame.
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 03:09 AM
Nov 2012

He used the Yiddish word "yarmulke" in a lot of his works. When I lived in Israel in the late 80's, the only word I heard used was 'Kippah".

Throckmorton

(3,579 posts)
10. At the time, the use of Yiddish words were frowned upon in polite company.
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 08:31 PM
Nov 2012

Last edited Fri Nov 2, 2012, 05:19 AM - Edit history (1)

But is was fairly common in daily vernacular. I havent been back since 1991, so I can't speak for today.

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