Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF The Easter Bunny was banned outright here in St. Paul City Hall... <a href="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/letters/14226327.htm" target="_blank">http://www.twincities.com/mld/ twincities/news/editorial/letters/14226327.htm</a> (These are letters to the editor; the stories about this are all archived already.) I heard on MPR today that he's been given a reprieve. People were leaving marshmallow Peeps at a statue in front of the building as a sort of protest.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Wow. I'm glad some of you all are passionate about this subject. I just get muster up outrage over changing the name of the Easter Bunny. But, right on!
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Geez, I hadn't even heard about the St. Paul flap until today; it happened around 3/23, I think. I'm finding we have plenty of yahoos in St. Paul. First it was the bronze Peanuts statues in a historic park in downtown, and now this...
Originally Posted By jdub Did you hear about the girl who died after kissing her peanut-eating boyfriend? Statues of peanuts can be viewed as a THREAT.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Actually, that was recently proved not to be true. I don't remember the exact cause of death, but authorities did rule out the peanut butter aspect of it.
Originally Posted By jdub Also, when you don't prounounce the word "peanuts" correctly, you run into a possible civil conduct/FCC violation.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA This just in: April showers will no longer be acknowleged as bringing May flowers. Wanted everyone to know.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060303/peanut_allergy_060303/20060303?hub=Canada" target="_blank">http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/Arti cleNews/story/CTVNews/20060303/peanut_allergy_060303/20060303?hub=Canada</a>