RachelMills ([info]rachelmills) wrote,
@ 2005-02-23 11:58:00
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Save Toby

Now, I don't usually get involved in animal rights issues, but this really must be stopped.

www.savetoby.com

I sent in a dollar.  I did it for Toby.

 


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[info]achanchinou
2005-02-23 09:20 am UTC (link)
You'll probably find this an equally worthy cause...

http://bonsaikitten.com/

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[info]cluebyfour
2005-02-23 09:30 am UTC (link)
The site won't load for me. Who is Toby, and what "really must be stopped"?

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[info]perich
2005-02-23 09:45 am UTC (link)
Websense blocked it for me ("Phishing and Other Frauds"), though I could load it last week.

Long story short: Toby is an adorable bunny, and if Toby's owner doesn't get $50,000 by July '05, he will eat Toby. There are many pictures of Toby.

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[info]perich
2005-02-23 09:45 am UTC (link)
Oh, and last I checked, the guy was at $14,000+.

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[info]rachelmills
2005-02-23 10:22 am UTC (link)
It is tooo hilarious. He's got all these bunny rabbit recipes that he's considering. For example:

Moroccan Hare Tangine

Ingredients:

Toby
Olive oil
Cinnamon
Cumin seed
Ginger
Saffron

After quartering, brown Toby at medium-high heat. Remove Toby from the pan, etc, etc.

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying.

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[info]cluebyfour
2005-02-23 10:31 am UTC (link)
Haha, OK. I think I've seen this before, or something similar to it.

I wonder if eBay would allow auctions where you put up an animal and if the bids don't reach the reserve price, it becomes lunch. Probably not. . . .

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A real hoot. Not.
(Anonymous)
2005-03-07 12:33 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, what a hoot. Not. I can't for the life of me understand why that's supposed to be so damned funny. I couldn't care less whether that guy eats a rabbit (one of my favorite sites is eatbabies.com for instance), but it galls me that 14K that could be going to save actual animals in need is being shit into this guy's paypal account one buck at a time.

If anyone wants to Paypal money for an animal in *real* need, send it to the account of susan@ncliberty.net for the hundreds of dollars of medical care Annabelle (http://www.big-head-ed.com/annabelle/) will be needing in the next few weeks. (the website is woefully incomplete, but you can start sending the money now if you like).

- Susan Hogarth, aka 'wet blanket'

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Re: A real hoot. Not.
[info]rachelmills
2005-03-07 01:26 pm UTC (link)
Neither here nor there. It really has nothing to do with the animal - its the entertainment value. That's like saying "Why don't you send your movie ticket money to the animal shelter" And if that's not your sense of humor, well, then, that's not your sense of humor. No biggie.

I don't believe for a second the guy's going to eat his bunny rabbit. I just think his blatant pandering for money is screamingly hilarious and creative. It entertained me so I humored him.

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Re: A real hoot. Not.
(Anonymous)
2005-03-08 08:52 am UTC (link)
Of course, I understand that. I suppose the humor just fails on me. It's sort of like a web page saying "Im going to slap my mom in the face if you don't send me money". I just don't grok the humor of it, although I see it's evidently there for many people.

On the other hand, I have always been amused by the bonsaikitten website, and eatbabies.com also, so I guess humor is very hard to pin down. Maybe I have a secret anticapitalistic streak ;-)

Maybe it's simply sour grapes. I did once bring up the possibility of sending an animal shelter fundraising letter out with a pic of gun held to a dog's head saying "The dog gets it if you don't send us money!" Somehow the director didn't think -that- was very funny, either ;-) But, hey, it seems to be working for this guy.

- SH

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Re: A real hoot. Not.
[info]rachelmills
2005-03-07 01:34 pm UTC (link)
I visited Anabelle and I have no idea what her story is or why I should send her money... Just a cute puppy dog. Woefully incomplete is one thing, but that was a pointless post.

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(Anonymous)
2005-03-08 01:38 pm UTC (link)
Hey, wasn't it enough that I said she needed money and you could send it ot my Paypal account? ;-)

So here is the much more complete site:

http://annabelle.big-head-ed.com/

- SH

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[info]rachelmills
2005-03-09 06:29 am UTC (link)
Only if you provide some nice Korean recipes...

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(Anonymous)
2005-03-09 06:47 pm UTC (link)
Recipes are for weenies. Real women cook outside the book!

(says someone who STILL checks the 4-ingredient biscuit recipe regularly to make sure she has it right ;-)

- S.

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[info]thereject
2005-02-23 01:41 pm UTC (link)
Toby looks delicious. :(

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[info]bashow
2005-02-23 07:48 pm UTC (link)
What are your thoughts on Eric Clapton's guitar playing?

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[info]rachelmills
2005-02-23 07:52 pm UTC (link)
I think the man's very talented. I especially like "Tears in Heaven". Why?

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[info]bashow
2005-02-23 08:04 pm UTC (link)
I agree completely. He's one of my favorites. I've seen him 3 times in concert, but the last time I saw him, he wasn't playing Tears in Heaven because he said he wasn't so sad about his son anymore and didn't want to play it without all of that emotion. It is a good song. That would be my dream job to play the blues and other things like he does.

What are your thoughts on Jim Croce? If you've even heard of him, you'll be my best friend-hehe.

That was an interesting idea for that guy to make money off his rabbit.

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Don't send money to Toby's Owner!
(Anonymous)
2005-03-17 07:26 am UTC (link)
If you want to stop it you should send money to this site:

http://www.killtobysowner.com

They only want $10,000 to take out the owner!

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Re: Don't send money to Toby's Owner!
[info]rachelmills
2005-03-21 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Touche! That's what I'm talking about. ;)

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does toby need cosmetic surgery?
(Anonymous)
2005-03-17 08:31 am UTC (link)
I totally got confused. I thought Toby needed new boobs (http://www.giveboobs.com)! What a total ripoff.

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Saving the wabbit
(Anonymous)
2005-04-12 05:22 am UTC (link)
Just to let you know that - in retaliation to that the owner of Toby the rabbit AND to raise money for OFFICIAL rabbit charities :-

Visit http://www.pervaders.co.uk/bunny

Cheers from the Pervaders of Justice for Bunnies
PAW POWER!!!


Please pass this link on.
Thank you

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savetoby
(Anonymous)
2005-04-12 03:06 pm UTC (link)
Don't fall for site like that.
I gave a dollar to
tobystew.com (http://www.tobystew.com)

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Thanks for the link
[info]dyre42
2005-04-13 07:35 am UTC (link)
I for one am truly impressed that he has managed to make 24.5K$ off of the web site. PT Barnum would be proud of him. The creator of that site is a budding evil genius. I have offered to send the sites creator an Oficcial certificate of genius from The Crapomatic Institute and a dollar. Thats how impressed I am. I'm off to go look for Guinea Pig recipes. Take care folks.

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Re: Thanks for the link
(Anonymous)
2005-06-05 05:04 pm UTC (link)
http://www.reallysavetoby.com

The "earnings reports" are as fake as the rest of the site. They're blatently doctored images in hopes of getting people to jump on the bandwagon.

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(Anonymous)
2005-04-13 11:40 am UTC (link)
I have heard this may be fake, check out snopes. And it also would appear the Pay Pal may have shut down the donation links. Here are some more sites claiming to harm an animal (is a snail and animal?) but the catch is the viewers decide. LOL it is pretty funny:

saveshelby.com (http://saveshelby.com)

and

smashshelby.com (http://smashshelby.com)

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[info]rachelmills
2005-04-13 01:00 pm UTC (link)
Of course its fake. I sent my money to him because it was so freakin funny - its entertainment.

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[info]dyre42
2005-04-13 03:59 pm UTC (link)
You'll note that the snail made FAR less money than the bunny.

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testing
[info]sechsechs
2005-05-20 06:17 pm UTC (link)
testing http://www.brisktrade.com

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Save toby
(Anonymous)
2005-06-14 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Save toby by exposing the owner's identity: www.WhereIsToby.com (http://www.whereistoby.com/).


He's a good friend of mine... but after he made that site... he's going to get what he deserves.

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Re: Save toby
[info]rachelmills
2005-06-15 07:34 am UTC (link)
If you were a friend of his, you'd have a sense of humor too.

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(Anonymous)
2005-06-24 09:36 am UTC (link)
i hate to say it but your kind hearted donation will

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May be a hoax.
(Anonymous)
2005-06-30 03:03 am UTC (link)
Okay, I can tell you the bonsai kitten thing you mentioned is a hoax. This is because there are lots of website saying this and they have proof from what I remeber. Hopefully the case is it is a hoax anyway!

I have also found websites saying Save Toby is also a hoax, it may be, but I don't know for sure but you can research into it and probably find out if you want. Today is the 30th June 2005,(if it dosnt say i posted this then its probably cos im in australia) the website claimed he is going to eat Toby the rabbit today...but I am on it now and the date for Toby to be eaten has now changed to the 6th November 2006. So, maybe Toby won't be eaten after all. Lets hope not anyway!!! It may just be a hoax to get money...it says something now about selling copies of some Save Toby book...:S. I really don't know what is up with this thing but just the idea of the website is sick & disgusting. Its wrong just to get money off people in this way.
Well thanks and lets hope Toby's safe.

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(Anonymous)
2005-07-26 07:05 pm UTC (link)
I am trying to get a group together called "Actually Save Toby" The AST will kick this guys ass. What a moron!

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[info]rachelmills
2005-07-26 08:05 pm UTC (link)
No, you're a moron. I used to eat rabbit daily on the mission field in Haiti. It tastes just like chicken.

I also used go down to the butcher's Saturday mornings with a bucket and watch the cow get butchered, then take back a pound or two for food that week.

Americans are so sheltered and divorced from their own position on the food chain that its funny.

It's the cycle of life. get used to it.

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