Pop goes the Weasel

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An anecdote of possible relevance - weasels really do go “pop” :rolleyes:

Back in college, a friend called me up and said there was a ferret in his yard, that had gone up a tree, and would I come over and help him catch it?

I grabbed a dip net and a ladder and went over to try.

It was not a ferret, it was a least weasel. Undeterred by this, we continued in our quest. However, I had failed to consider that the skunk is a member of the weasel family; or perhaps more to the point, the weasel is a member of the skunk family. :smack:

After a couple of tries, I managed to net the beast, whereupon it emitted a popping noise and a cloud of noxious fumes. :eek: I am unable to state which end of the weasel emitted the pop sound.

At this point, the weasel, my friend, and I all departed the immediate area in radial directions at speed.

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You broke your weasel??? :eek:

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I dunno. What I read could be accurately described as a leaky weasel. It’s not as if the whole thing ruptured.

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Not so much a leak as a vigorous discharge.

Followed by several dramatic ejaculations: “Wheew!” “Oh, God!” “Eeew!” :smiley:

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Technically more correct, but lacks the poetry of “leaky weasel”.

Did the weasel say all of that?:confused::smack::smiley:

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Re: The article.

‘Mulberry bush’? I never heard that version. Born and raised in Southern California, I only heard the ‘cobbler’s bench’ version.

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“Let’s put Mr. Hamster in the microwave… haw, haw, pop goes the weasel!”

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Ditto the born and raised, but I only heard the “mulberry bush” version.

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I learned the cobbler’s bench version first, and then heard the other one, but assumed it was because they got it mixed up with “Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush.”