Rabbit Rabbit
Rabbit. Rabbit. I bet that no one who reads this will understand what that means. This is a very old story, and a little out of place for my blog, but since it is a new month and new year…why not? Here goes.
When I was in fourth grade (sometime in the mid-80s) we had a substitute teacher one day. I recall that she said that when it was the first day of the month you should say “rabbit rabbit” first thing in the morning when you wake up, and if you do so, you’ll have good luck for the month. This had to be the first thing you said or it wouldn’t work. You’re probably wondering why I still have this memory. Well, in high school, it popped in my mind and I told one of my friends about the memory. This exchange was never forgotten and it has stuck ever since.
Me and my friend Chad still keep in touch today and for the past several years we have written each other an email on the first day of the month to try to beat each other to the punch to get “rabbit rabbit” on the others screen. There have been times when I have sent him an email at 12:01 on day one of the new month, usually with a silly masked subject line. This has been kept alive for so long. Years back, my friend told his work friends, and soon they were in on it too, trying to email him and beat him to the punch. Of course, neither of us remember to do it every time, but it is something that has stuck for all these years. Even if a few months pass without remembering to send the message, it will start again sooner or later.
Happy 2007!
Much to my surprise, I did a Google search on “Rabbit Rabbit” and there is a whole section on Wikipedia about this very topic. I’m floored!