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'{{for|the Intel-Mac OS 9 emulator port "Chubby Bunny"|SheepShaver}} [[Image:Chad Brassil Bunny.jpg|thumb|267px|A man playing chubby bunny]] '''Chubby bunny''' is an informal recreational and [[hazing]] [[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 '''pudgy bunny''', '''fluffy bunny''', '''fuzzy bunny''', '''chubby monkey''', and '''chubby buddy'''. Although the origins of the game are unknown, a 1959 ''[[Peanuts]]'' comic strip shows [[Snoopy]]'s mouth being filled with an increasing number of marshmallows while Charlie Brown keeps count.{{Original research inline|date=May 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1959/02/28|title=Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Feb 28, 1959 |website=GoComics.com|date=28 February 1959|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> == Rules == In the game, each participant usually places a marshmallow into their mouth and says 'chubby bunny'. 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 ones 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=September 15, 2006 |access-date=April 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A183520|title=Fluffy Bunnies&nbsp;– the Game|date=October 13, 1999 |work =h2g2}}</ref> Some variants of the game require the winner to actually ingest the marshmallows. == Cases of deaths == At least two people have died of [[asphyxiation|suffocation]] by choking on 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 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, with the case eventually being settled out of court. They also 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|access-date=May 21, 2007 |date=June 5, 200|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]], reposted by Online Legal Marketing Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2005/05/chubbun_a_civil.html |title=Civil trial begins in 'Chubby Bunny' death |access-date=May 21, 2007 |work=Medill News Service |publisher=[[Medill School of Journalism]] |date=May 26, 2005 |last=Keating |first=David J |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226175438/http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2005/05/chubbun_a_civil.html |archive-date=February 26, 2006 }}</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|access-date=May 21, 2007 |date=August 24, 1999|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 initially came to Rudd's aid prior to the arrival of paramedics from Thames EMS. The paramedics arrived with equipment including a [[defibrillator]] and suction devices, but were unable to remove the blockage in the unconscious woman's throat.<ref>{{cite web|url=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 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20061019131144/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2006/09/14/1839411-sun.html |archive-date=October 19, 2006 }}</ref> ==See also== * [[Competitive eating#Rules and overview of events|Chipmunking]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Challenges}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chubby Bunny}} [[Category:Games of physical skill]] [[Category:Marshmallows]] [[Category:Competitive eating]]'