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LONDON – Poster ads promoting the soon-to-be launched
\n animated film ‘Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit’ have
\n been banned on the Dorset island of Portland because they feature the
\n word ‘rabbit’.<\/p>\n
In a story that sounds suspiciously like a plotline from Wallace & Gromit
\n creator Nick Park, Portland locals are insisting that the posters must
\n go. Apparently the word "rabbit" is considered taboo on the island
\n and local people instead refer to the creatures as "underground mutton",
\n or simply "furry things".<\/p>\n
The ban on the poster campaign came into effect when officials were approached
\n by publicists wanting to put posters up to promote the film, which is released
\n in a week’s time. The officials claimed that the ads would offend local
\n people.<\/p>\n
The only poster for the film on Portland is one which uses the line "Something
\n bunny is going on", without mentioning the word rabbit.<\/p>\n
In Portland the R-word is bad luck because rabbits risked the lives of
\n stonemasons quarrying for the world famous Portland stone. The furry critters’
\n burrowing undermined quarries and caused landslides.<\/p>\n
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