Chubby bunny

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Chubby Bunnies or Chubby Bunny is a recreational game that involves the placement of marshmallows or similar items into one's own mouth and stating a phrase that is intended to be difficult to utter with the filled mouth. The primarily used phrase can vary from the usual "chubby bunny" or its plural, although the words to the phrase are typically not as important as its suppressive structure. It is often played where marshmallows are readily available, including around a campfire when camping with a group of people.

Although viewed by many as a harmless game, at least one choking death has been attributed to the game. [Civil trial begins in 'Chubby Bunny' death]. Medill News Service, May 26, 2005. Retrieved July 7, 2005 [Chubby Bunny Death: A child suffocated while playing a "Chubby Bunny" marshmallow-stuffing game] (Snopes.com) ["The Chubby Bunny Game" May Be Hazardous To Your Patients' Lives] Case review - Joseph R. Hageman, MD, FAAP, FCCM - Department of Pediatrics, The Evanston Hospital, Evanston IL, and Northwestern Medical School, Chicago IL

Rules

In the game, each participant usually places a marshmallow of varying size in his or her mouth and says something similar to "Chubby Bunnies". If they are able to state the whole phrase, usually in a comprehending manner that the other participants wholly concur to, they pass that round. Each successful player then adds an additional marshmallow to the one 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 their 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. Some variants of the game require the winner to actually digest the marshmallows in their mouth.

Forms of cheating in the game may include trying to compress a marshmallow in the mouth or altogether swallowing one. Some versions of the game do not penalize against this action if someone is found out by the other players.

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