Something bunny going on

I’m looking forward to seeing the “Wallace and Gromit” movie – and hopefully I’ll get to see it sooner than the people in Isle of Portland, Dorset, get to see the poster for the film … because according to Ananova (and Sky News), the poster has been banned (unofficially). Why? Because they are superstitious about the word “rabbit” – which really does need to appear as the film is The Curse of the Were Rabbit. For more than 100 years the word "rabbit" has been considered bad luck there because burrowing caused by rabbits has caused land slips in the area's famous quarries. So, instead of having rabbits, they have “underground mutton” and “furry things”. In fact, in the past, if quarry workers (stone from the area is world-famous and was used to build St Paul’s Cathedral) saw a “furry thing” they would stop work and go home for the day. The only poster for the film on Portland is on the road off the island and says: "Something bunny is going on".