Fred's Book Club: I Disapprove!

Welcome to the Wednesday "Hump Day" book feature, Humpback Writers, the book club feature that has many books but very few humps. The variety of books appearing in this feature is breathtaking, and sometimes the books are as well. Today's book may make you reel back in terror from the power of its disapproval. Don't say you weren't warned.

Disapproving Rabbits by Sharon Stiteler is the 2007 book version of the Web site Sharon used to run with her husband, Bill. Featuring their grumpy-looking rabbit Cinnamon and a host of reader-contributed grumpy-looking rabbits, the site was sure to put a sneer in your step as you enjoyed the pictures and commentary.

As Sharon wrote in the introduction:

We have owned many rabbits over the years and have learned the hard lesson that it is just impossible to live up to a bunny's standards. But still we strive, finding it a meaningful goal in this life. 

That's about all there was to it, but it was great fun. All I can do for you today is share pictures of some of my favorites from the nearly 200 revolted rabbits in this book. Those of us who are fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail know just how dangerous angry bunnies can be. Brace for impact.

Well, one day Cinnamon died at a ripe old rabbit age. Sharon and Bill continued with the site, featuring their new extra-large bunny Dougal, but we could tell that some of the old joie de désapprouver was gone. Eventually they said farewell, and after a while took the site down entirely. And so another fine Web page from the oughts left us, like the USS Clueless and Modern Humorist and the Brunching Shuttlecocks and so many others.

Fortunately, for those who need regular doses of disparaging Lagomorpha, Mister Bun has kept the disapproval alive on his Disapproving Bun site. There is so very much to disapprove of at this moment in history that I think we should all be grateful that the rabbits are out there, showing us the way.