bilby hunting

i came across this photo on another blog

i decided that yesterday would be the perfect day to go chocolate bilby hunting cuz i've never had one and it would be a good aussie (commercialized) easter thing to do. any shop that was open had all their easter chocolate 50% off. i thought my best bet would be the big chain stores like k-mart (which had 6 small isles devoted to easter stuff) and any big grocery store. unfortunately by the time i got there in the afternoon it looked like a war had taken place in the easter section. most of the shelves were bare and the few things left were scattered everywhere, broken, opened or pilled in a heap on the floor infront of the price scanner. i walked up and down thru the mess but there were no chocolate bilbies to be found. not even a broken one. i checked the grocery store too and nothing. i find it odd that this was my 3rd easter here and i'd never even heard of chocolate easter bilbies before now. i'm gonna continue my hunt for leftover bilbies this week but i don't think i'm gonna have much luck. next year i'm gonna get in early and get myself (and any other foreigners that i know around melbourne) their very own easter bilby cuz if you're gonna commercialize a very important christian holiday you might as well do it with native animals and give some of the proceeds to help support those animals. 8)

on another random note, i saw this written on the back of a tube of hand lotion:

against testing on animals. supports cancer research.

i wonder if the company has really thought through putting those 2 phrases together on their product. do they realize that a lot of cancer research is done by testing things on animals. maybe they're only against testing their own products on animals.