DENNIS HOF, OWNER OF THE BUNNYRANCH WAS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE RECENT WAR IN IRAQ, WHEN A SPECIAL FORCES FRIEND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE TA 50, WHICH IN MILITARY PARLANCE, IS A KIT THAT CONTAINS AMMUNITION, COMPASS, CANTEEN, A MEAL AND MUCH MORE. HOF PUT HIS OWN UNIQUE SLANT TO THE KIT AND CAME UP WITH THE T&A 50--AN ESSENTIAL BUNNYRANCH PACKET THAT INCLUDES A BUNNYRANCH TEE-SHIRT, MATCHES, DRINK TOKES, LUBE, CONDOMS AND A FREE PASS FOR THE FIRST FIFTY ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SHOW UP AT THE DOOR. THEN, FOR THE FOLLOWING 50 DAYS, A 50% DISCOUNT IS OFFERED USING THE SAME MILITARY STATUS CRITERIA.
RESPONSE TO THE BUNNYRANCH OFFER HAS BEEN SWIFT AND SUBSTANTIAL, WITHIN 24 HOURS TWO GI JANES SHOWED UP AT THE RANCH AND HUNKERED DOWN WITH THE SULTRY SUNSET--FOURTEEN OTHER ENLISTED MEN SOON FOLLOWED SUIT.
THE BUNNYRANCH HAS ALSO BEEN FLOODED WITH HUNDREDS OF LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS, A COMPANY IN GREAT BRITIAN HAS EVEN CHARTERED A PRIVATE JET TO FLY SOME OF THEIR FORCES OVER TO FROLIC BUNNY STYLE.
PERHAPS THE MOST UNUSUAL REQUEST, HOWEVER, CAME FROM A MOTHER, WHO SAW THE HBO PRODUCED BUNNYRANCH SPECIAL "CATHOUSE" IN WHICH A MOTHER BROUGHT HER VIRGIN SON TO THE RANCH TO LOSS HIS CHERRY TO SUNSET THOMAS. THIS MILITARY MOTHER, BOOKED A PARTY WITH MS. THOMAS FOR HER SON WHO IS HEADING HOME ON AN AIR CRAFT CARRIER HAVING SEEN ACTIVE DUTY IN IRAQ THESE PAST FEW MONTHS.
THE BUNNYRANCH'S CONNECTION TO THE ARMED FORCES IS WELL DOCUMENTED, EX-WRESTLER AND MINNESOTA GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA GUSHED, IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HOW HE VISITED THE BUNNYRANCH UPON RETURNING STATESIDE AFTER HIS TOUR OF DUTY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE MEDIA BLIZT STARTED WHEN KGO RADIO IN SAN FRANCISCO PICKED UP THE ITEM DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH HOF AND SUNSET THOMAS--THE NETWORKS AND WIRE SERVICES PICKED UP ON THE STORY AND IT QUICKLY BECAME INTERNATIONAL HEADLINE NEWS.
CARESSA KISSES, THE PETITE PATOOTIE FROM NORTH DALLAS, HAS SAID, "HEY,
THESE BRAVE SOULS RISKED LIFE AND LIMB, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE A LITTLE
TAIL!" WHILE AIR FORCE AMY, WHO ACTUALLY SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, ADDED
"WE'RE A LITTLE LIKE BETTY GRABLE AND RITA HAYWORTH ONLY WE'RE NOT SELLING
WAR BONDS WE'RE GIVING OUR BODIES TO THE BOYS!"