Bunny Bowling

A favorite activity of mine and my friends whilst habitating in Laws Hall dormitory was “Bunny Bowling.” A guy who lived next door to my roommate Bill and me had a pet rabbit in his room which in hindsight was probably not a very good idea. Nevertheless, a plan was hatched to set up a bunch of empty beer cans in a crude bowling pin configuration. The rabbit was then slid gently, yet purposefully toward the cans. Technique evolved with each frame. I developed a strategy that involved giving the bunny a slight spin, which caused him to splay his little furry legs out in an attempt to find purchase on the slick linoleum–to no avail of course. But the rotation of the rabbit almost always resulted in achieving a strike. One would think that after being tossed like a bowling ball, Petey the rabbit would run and hide between frames, but on the contrary, he always ran straight back to the bowler, thus making it possible to pick up spares. No harm came to Petey, although we did dye his snowy white fur with muliti-colored highlighters which made night bowling under a blacklight a thing of sublime beauty.