Where were they for you, Oolong?

July 13, 2004 6:59 AM

German police revive rabbit"....by breathing through a ball point pen after he passed out in a house fire.....officers opened Napoleon's mouth with a pen and breathed down it while giving the pet a cardio massage, a police spokesman said on Saturday....The officers then rushed [ the rabbit ] by police car to a vet."
posted by troutfishing (17 comments total)

One heartwarming story deserves another.
posted by of strange foe at 7:10 AM on July 13, 2004

My lord, that's impressive. I'm most impressed that they even thought about doing it!
posted by PigAlien at 7:20 AM on July 13, 2004

!!! awesome.
posted by mcsweetie at 7:26 AM on July 13, 2004

Apparently, zee Germans are quick with und pen. In the Tykwer film "The Princess and The Warrior" an impromptu tracheotomy is performed under a truck/lorry using a pen.
posted by shoepal at 7:35 AM on July 13, 2004

shoepal, actually, in P&W, it's done with a straw. Same diff though. :)
posted by dobbs at 7:50 AM on July 13, 2004

meanwhile, LA police beat a rabbit unconscious with their ink pens during a routine traffic stop.
posted by quonsar at 7:59 AM on July 13, 2004

That wasn't just any rabbit, quonsar. I heard Bugs was pretty bugged out on PCP.
posted by weston at 8:16 AM on July 13, 2004

Excuse me, you're both wrong. The bunny was raped with a toilet plunger and he was completely innocent. To make things worse, they planted him on a doorstep when they were done and riddled him with bullets.
posted by PigAlien at 8:28 AM on July 13, 2004

Yeah, but that was one hell of a big bunny and mean. That big bunny was just no fucking good.


posted by troutfishing at 8:43 AM on July 13, 2004

About 10 years ago a veterinary clinic near here burned down. Luckily, all the patients were saved, but I'll never forget the photo in the paper the next day: Two firefighters giving CPR to cats stretched out in the parking lot. (They, too, used some sort of straw-like device.) It was just so danged heartwarming...
posted by Oriole Adams at 8:55 AM on July 13, 2004

Just look at that poor bunny now!
posted by BobFrapples at 9:21 AM on July 13, 2004

Whoops. Nice catch, dobbs. /sheepish
posted by shoepal at 9:54 AM on July 13, 2004

Crunchy.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:20 AM on July 13, 2004

Is it too late to revive Oolong?
posted by moonbird at 10:34 AM on July 13, 2004

Yeah, but that was one hell of a big bunny and mean. That big bunny was just no fucking good.

He was probably scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
posted by weston at 6:43 PM on July 13, 2004

Is it too late to revive Oolong? - no, we can revive the rabbit with the power of lightning.
posted by troutfishing at 8:20 PM on July 17, 2004

I saw this process in the movies.
posted by troutfishing at 8:21 PM on July 17, 2004