When he's not in 'his' spot in front of the log burner (regardless of whether it's lit), Charles our grumpy middle-aged rabbit lives in the enclosed passageway that runs from our front door along the length of our house. One consequence of this is that we occasionally come home to half chewed bits of mail, (including, on several occasions, mail for next door), giving a new meaning to the phrase 'a digested read'. Luckily for us, Charles shows more interest in junk mail than letters, as the former tends to come through the letterbox scrunched up and so present more surfaces for nibbling on. Recently, our daily helping of takeaway menus, adverts for gardening services, sash window double glazing, and pleadings from local estate agents seeking similar properties in our area, has been supplemented with leaflets from election candidates. Last week, we noticed that Charles had nibbled round the edge of the Lib Dem leaflet, leaving the central picture of our local Lib Dem MP, Julian Huppert, lying in his food and litter tray. What did this mean? Was Charles decorating his living area, or leaving it next to his toilet in a pointed political statement? We couldn't tell. However, a few days later a similar fate had befallen the Labour candidate.
I've decided that the only fair test is to leave each leaflet in the passageway for the same number of days, and then cast my vote according to the tastiest candidate. This isn't quite as risky as it sounds as central Cambridge isn't exactly a UKIP target seat. And if it turns out I'm wrong we have plenty of other digestive systems to put the leaflet through :)
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