eeyore, yap that's a thing i love so much more than anything. what is eeyore? eeyore is a donkey. he is stupid and gloomy. he is a character in winnie the pooh. physically, he described as an old grey donkey. He has a long,detachable tail with a pink bow on the end, of which he is very fond, but that he is also prone to losing. Eeyore lives in the southeast corner of the Hundred Acre Wood, in an area labeled "Eeyore's Gloomy Place: Rather Boggy and Sad" on the map in the book. Eeyore's favorite food is thistles .