Princess' Patented Projective Test

I think the way someone eats a chocolate Easter bunny says a lot about them.


Take me, for example. I start from the very bottom, and methodically eat it in vertical stripes, until I reach approximately the neck. At that time, I switch to the ears. Once the ears are done, I nibble around the head, leaving the nose second last, and the eye absolutely last.

I think this is in part a result of my tendency to anthropomorphize everything-- such as my pang of heartbreak when I see an abandoned teddy bear, or a pile of random stuffed animals in the budget bin at Value Village (I have been known to buy random animals, such as a beat-up albino bison, simply because I was afraid that if I didn't buy it, no one would. As I've said before... way too much Velveteen Rabbit as a child).

When you talk to ketchup bottles and lamps, it is easy to see how eating a bunny would feel a little cruel. 

In contrast, the Duke describes his bunny eating strategy as "I go for the kill strike as soon as possible, which you know when you feel the sugary crunch of the eyes against your teeth. I then scavenge the rest over a period of days."

Though, granted, he may be exaggerating a tad for shock value, his bunny is generally decapitated in his first round of gorging. 

When I told him I thought this may be psychologically significant, he told me I was the cruel one, for keeping my bunny conscious as I slowly ate my way up. And here I thought I was being humane!

Seriously, though, ink blot tests are a little passe. 

How about chocolate Easter bunnies as the new projective test?