Lars. The first casualty...

As many of my regular readers know, I have a pet rabbit named Lars. He came to me as stray and has lived in my side yard adjacent to the Trickhart’s home for over seven years.

Since Lars lives outside and we live in Phoenix I have set up a misting system to keep him cool in the Summer. On several occasions, if I had forgotten to turn on the water before I left for work in the morning, I would return home on my lunch break and "mist my bunny".

I should have thought to explain to my coworkers what that meant since It was about two years before they even knew I had a bunny - which now explains why they would gag and throw out their lunches whenever I entered the company break room and reached into a communal bowl of potato chips.

This weekend Lars began acting very strangely. I don’t mean “Joaquin Phoenix on the Tonight Show” strange. It was more “David Hasselhoff eating midnight-carpet-cheeseburgers” strange. Lars was dazed, drifting, and disoriented, but still more tidy than Hasselhoff.

I thought Lars may have had a stroke and took him to the veterinarian for advanced medical treatment. As it turned out, he was only suffering from an inner ear infection. The veterinarian asked me many questions and ruled out many causes. Then she asked me, “Has Lars ever been exposed to loud noises?”

The concussion blast of the Trickhart’s basement excavation immediately came to mind. So I told the veterinarian, “The concussion blast of my neighbor’s basement excavation immediately comes to mind."

When I asked her if that could have been the cause her response was, “Maybe.”

This confirmed what I knew all along... The Trickharts are evil-doers.

With this testimony from unbiased, highly trained, medical personnel I have amassed additional evidence for my lawsuit against the Trickharts. It's bad enough to torment me - but to victimize a defenseless little woodland creature is inexcusable.

Luckily, an inner ear infection is treatable with antibiotics but the damage could have been much worse for the bunny. Loud noises can cause tinnitus, permanent hearing loss, acoustic neuroma, and even nasty headaches.

On a related note;

David Hasselhoff may not be a drunk.

He may just have an inner ear infection.

- C Smith