# So what DID Little Bunny Foo Foo do to the field mice? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651 "2009-06-22T21:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/21 "2009-06-22T22:53:22Z")
Bopping. Female. Canada. ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/22 "2009-06-22T23:02:46Z")
boppin’, male, Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/23 "2009-06-22T23:02:47Z")
Never heard it. Wisconsin/North Alabama/Eat Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/24 "2009-06-22T23:20:49Z")
Bopping, male, late 30s (though for the life of me, I may be familiar with the lyrics, but cannot recall a single incident where I specifically remember it being sung) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/25 "2009-06-22T23:24:38Z")
Bopping. 23 Female, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/26 "2009-06-22T23:28:28Z")
Bopping on the head, female, learned it in the late '70s in Wisconsin. > [@Yllaria](#): > > I bet the boys made up the other version. I can believe this - when I explained the song to my husband (who’d never heard it before and was really puzzled by the whole thing) he immediately created the “poppin’ off their heads” variant on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/27 "2009-06-22T23:30:49Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > I suspect the latter is a result of the human tendency to shorten things in speech, especially in a case like this when there’s one too many syllables to fit the meter smoothly. I never had a scansion problem with it because I pronounce it “bopp’n’em on the head.” > [@Sampiro\[/quote](#): > > So far, “8 boppings on the head” and “1 jizzing” (same as Ike & Tina’s wedding night) :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/28 "2009-06-22T23:35:36Z")
Bopping, female, probably learned in mid-to-late 70s in Ohio, or maybe in the late 70s to early 80s in Idaho. I am currently [sub]_ZOMG!!1!_[/sub] 40 years old, so I can’t remember which. And may I interject that my personal experience with little bunnies leads me to believe that Foo-Foo \*could \*have bopped, popped, and/or jizzed. Bunnies are like that. ETA: > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I never had a scansion problem with it because I pronounce it “bopp’n’em on the head.” This! ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/29 "2009-06-22T23:45:50Z")
Bopping, female, 27, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/30 "2009-06-22T23:45:58Z")
Most of the time, Li’l Bunny Foo Foo did indeed bop ‘em on their heads. For a short time during dandelion season in sixth grade, however, he switched to "poppin’ off their heads". To better illustrate this fact, the singer would hold a dandelion stem below the flowerhead and pop off the “head” at the appropriate moment. Female, 34, Midwest. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/31 "2009-06-22T23:52:54Z")
Male, bopping ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/32 "2009-06-23T00:01:15Z")
This thread is hilarious if you skip the OP and just read all the answers. Lots of bopping goin’ on… ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/33 "2009-06-23T00:23:12Z")
bopping- Girl Scout Camp counselor 1976 hand motion: make fist with one hand, thumb up (like you’ve got the mouse around the neck), hit top of fist with other hand open, palm down kissing-Disney Silly Songs cassette-mid 1980’s (loud smacking kiss) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/34 "2009-06-23T00:28:08Z")
I saw a Law and Order SVU episode on this. Nuff said… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/35 "2009-06-23T00:30:38Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I saw a Law and Order SVU episode on this. Nuff said… Seriously?! Link? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/36 "2009-06-23T01:36:12Z")
Bopping. Female. NC. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/37 "2009-06-23T01:45:22Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Seriously?! Link? (channeling Fog Horn Leg Horn)…Thats a joke, son… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/38 "2009-06-23T01:49:57Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > (channeling Fog Horn Leg Horn)…Thats a joke, son… Aww. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/39 "2009-06-23T01:50:37Z")
The version I heard (and I’m surprised and delighted to hear the song was this widespread) passed down through my family (my mother’s side, FYI) was “boppin.” Still trying to figure out what manner of beast or fiend a “goon” is, though. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/40 "2009-06-23T01:53:21Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Bopping. Female. New York. > > Though I have heard it’s been changed to “kissing.” Blech. Kissing? Now that just opens up a whole 'nother can of worms. If he’s just kissing them, why does he incur the wrath of the Good Fairy? Then it becomes some sort of interspecies anti-miscegenation tale vs. the simple morality story of not picking on those weaker than yourself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651.md?page=3)