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A stock image of Bugs Bunny:

Like cartoon creatures in general, Bugs lacks genitalia or any hint of them — but he wields that carrot as a symbolic substitute (“What’s up, doc?” My carrot, of course.)

Earlier phallic carrots on this blog: the comic-book superhero, the (highly phallic) Flaming Carrot, here; and a phallic banana and carrot dancing together, along with the Holtville CA carrot mascot, here.

Keep your carrot up, dude.

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