Where does "Perhaps, rabbit. Perhaps" come from?

January 24, 2005 11:21 AM

"Perhaps, rabbit. Perhaps." - An old boss of mine used this quote all the time. Any clue what it's from?
posted by FreezBoy to Media & Arts (16 answers total)

Best answer: The quote is actually "You might, rabbit, you might It's from Bugs Bunny. Bugs is hiding a gangster in the oven and the police come in looking for him. Bugs does his usual schtick.."Would I turn on the oven like this if he were in the oven??"

And the officer says "You might, rabbit, you might".

One of my faves.
posted by spicynuts at 11:23 AM on January 24, 2005

By the way..it should be done in a thick irish brogue..a la most of the cartoon cops on Bugs.
posted by spicynuts at 11:24 AM on January 24, 2005

Response by poster: You're my hero, spicynuts!
And it's nice to know my boss was misquoting it all this time.
posted by FreezBoy at 11:29 AM on January 24, 2005

"Would I throw in a lit match if he were hiding in here?"

"Hmmmm... you might, Rabbit. You might."

Classic.
posted by bondcliff at 11:30 AM on January 24, 2005

Yes, I agree with spicynuts. A friend of mine says this all the time (with the irish accent) and uses both variations.
posted by vacapinta at 11:30 AM on January 24, 2005

I think I can also quote you the "Atsa mattah you no like me AYYY atsa mattah for you" song by the pizza guy if you want too. That's another one of my favorites.
posted by spicynuts at 11:37 AM on January 24, 2005

Searching the proper quote yields that it's from Bugs and Thugs.
posted by jasper411 at 12:13 PM on January 24, 2005

Either your boss commented on some of these forums, or a number of people have the quote wrong exactly as he did.
posted by spock at 12:37 PM on January 24, 2005

If the boss didn't get it wrong, I'd say it sounds like a Winnie the Pooh quote to me. But I can find no evidence of this on the internet.
posted by frenetic at 12:50 PM on January 24, 2005

Aye, Winnie the Poo was the first thought in my mind as well. I'm not sure if I want to say the Owl or Eeyore said it, though.
posted by jammer at 1:42 PM on January 24, 2005

Yep - definately Bugs. I actually have a copy of the toon. Given the circumstances, is there any legal way for me to share a portion of the vid without breaking the copyright?
posted by whatisish at 1:44 PM on January 24, 2005

Review it (write up some commentary), and make your clip considerably shorter than the whole clip, and it should be covered by fair use, if you're in America.
posted by Bugbread at 2:23 PM on January 24, 2005

it reminds me of the old show, Kung Fu, like that grasshopper quote.
posted by amberglow at 3:41 PM on January 24, 2005

Rather than post a url that will eventually die and corrupt the archives, I'll e-mail the clip to anyone who wants it. Addy in profile.
posted by whatisish at 4:46 PM on January 24, 2005

Myah, Rocky's really mad now!
(love. that. cartoon. Especially 'curtains').
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:53 PM on January 24, 2005

And here I was thinking Updike. Whoops.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:06 AM on January 25, 2005