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'[[Image:Chad Brassil Bunny.jpg|thumb|267px|A man playing Chubby Bunny.]] The world record belongs to Luke Daneel with 20 marshmallows. '''Chubby Bunny''' is an informal recreational [[game]] that involves the placement of an increasing number of [[marshmallow]]s or similar items such as cotton balls into one's own [[human mouth|mouth]] and stating a phrase that is intended to be difficult to say clearly with a filled mouth. The game is often played where marshmallows are readily available, such as around a [[campfire]]. Variations include similar sounding phrases such as '''Fluffy Bunny''', '''Yummy Bunny''', '''Chubby Monkey''', and '''Pudgy Bunny''' Although the origins of the game are unknown, it may go as far back as 1959 when the ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip from February 28 of that year showed [[Snoopy]]'s mouth being filled with an increasing number of marshmallows.<ref>http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/02/28</ref> == Rules == In the game, each participant usually places a marshmallow into their mouth and says "chubby bunny" or something similar. If they are able to state the whole phrase, usually in a comprehensible manner that the other participants wholly concur to, they pass that round. Each successful player then adds an additional marshmallow to the one already in his or her mouth and repeats the phrase. A player who fails to complete the phrase is eliminated from the game. The process continues until only one player remains. After the penultimate player loses the game, the winning player might have to place one more marshmallow into his or her mouth and may have to state the phrase once more. The winner of the game is the player who fits the most marshmallows into his or her mouth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/chubbybunny.asp |title=Chubby Bunny Death |work=Snopes.com |first=Barbara |last=Mikkelson |date=2006-09-15 |accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A183520|title=Fluffy Bunnies&nbsp;— the Game|date=1999-10-13|work =h2g2}}</ref> Some variants of the game require the winner to actually ingest the marshmallows. == Cases of deaths == Chubby Bunny has caused at least two deaths, both from [[asphyxiation|suffocation]] due to the throat being blocked with marshmallows. *On June 4, 1999, 12-year-old Catherine "Casey" Fish died after choking on four marshmallows while playing Chubby Bunny. The contest was scheduled for the annual Care Fair held at [[Glenview Public School District|Hoffman Elementary School]] in [[Chicago]]'s [[North Shore (Chicago)|North Shore]] area. It was to be supervised, but Casey and some of her friends began playing while the teacher was momentarily away. She collapsed, and was taken to Glenbrook Hospital, where she died a few hours later. Fish's parents subsequently sued the school district and appeared on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' to warn about the dangers of Chubby Bunny.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/chubby_bunny|title= Glenview Elementary School District 34|accessdate=2007-05-21 |date=2005-06-05|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]], reposted by Online Legal Marketing Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://web.archive.org/web/20060226175438/http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2005/05/chubbun_a_civil.html|title= Civil trial begins in 'Chubby Bunny' death|accessdate=2007-05-21 |work=Medill News Service|publisher=[[Medill School of Journalism]] |date=2005-05-26|last=Keating|first=David J}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pedsccm.org/RARE/Chubby_bunny.html|title= "The Chubby Bunny Game" May Be Hazardous To Your Patients' Lives|accessdate=2007-05-21 |date=1999-08-24|last=Hageman|first=Joseph R|work=PedsCCM.org|publisher=Illinois Pediatrician, reposted by PedsCCM}}</ref> *On September 12, 2006, Janet Rudd, 32, from [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] died in a Chubby Bunny competition at the [[Western Fair]]. [[St John Ambulance]] volunteers came to Rudd's aid with a [[defibrillator]] and suction equipment, but were unable to remove the blockage in the unconscious woman's throat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061019131144/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2006/09/14/1839411-sun.html |title=Woman who choked on marshmallow dies|work=London Free Press |first=Joe |last=Matyas |accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chubby Bunny}} [[Category:Games of physical skill]] [[Category:Marshmallows]] [[Category:Competitive eating]] [[Category:Camping]]'