# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/41 "2009-06-23T02:17:18Z")
Bopping, female, 30s, Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/42 "2009-06-23T02:25:41Z")
Boppin’m’on. Female. 20s. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/43 "2009-06-23T03:06:54Z")
Female, 30, Western PA. Bopping. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/44 "2009-06-23T03:07:28Z")
This girl from Jersey was taught, in the 90’s, that Mr. Foo Foo was found guilty of boppin’ 'em on the head. And now I have that song stuck in my head, thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/45 "2009-06-23T03:19:54Z")
Bopping 'em. Missouri, born in '79, Female. ---
**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, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/46 "2009-06-23T03:21:51Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > 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. I have no idea why. Maybe it’s a sexual harassment thing? Or bopping was too mean? It’s definitely way too bizarre for words. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/47 "2009-06-23T03:47:14Z")
Bopping, female, New York City, 1970s. Don’t get me started on the gelding of the “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” song. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/48 "2009-06-23T04:07:01Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Bopping male I’ll thank you to keep your proclivities to yourself. Male, 61, bawn ‘n’ bred in the SoW. I was completely unaware of the song until the Elder Ottlet was old enough for television and I heard [**The Elephant Show**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant_Show) version, which also says “bopping.” So that’s canon for me. (Damn. I still miss **The Elephant Show**.) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/49 "2009-06-23T05:01:23Z")
Bopping, male. And did you see the [Little bunny foo foo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511491) thread from two or three months ago? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/50 "2009-06-23T07:31:29Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > So it’s clear to me that “bopping” is correct, and only Godless Communist Pervert Terrorists say “popping off their heads.” 😃 Hey hey **HEY!** I learned it as "boppin’ ". :mad: Male, just this side of 40, born and raised in New England. > [@WhyNot](#): > > 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. We had our own song for that: _Mama had a baby and the head popped off!_ - accompanied by the said destruction of dandelion. (If you think of the line “Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch” you have the tune.) Much to my chagrin, I learned how to pop the heads off the dandies only a few weeks ago… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/51 "2009-06-23T12:43:59Z")
I’m a 59-year old man in Indiana. I never knew anything about LBFF until seeing threads on this message board. Now, it’s starting to sound like a little crime story. Maybe I’ll look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/52 "2009-06-23T13:04:30Z")
Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest scooping up the field mice and put them in oven for baby and me. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/53 "2009-06-23T15:51:48Z")
Never heard the song. Never heard _of_ the song. Have heard the phrase “little bunny foo foo” but just in isolation. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/54 "2009-06-23T15:59:17Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 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. No no no. This is just wrong. That’s never done with Li’l Bunny Foo Foo. Rather, one pops off dandelion heads at the appropriate point when singing "Momma had a baby and her _head_ popped off. Yes, it’s bopp’n’em on the head. Female, 32, grew up in western Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/55 "2009-06-23T16:36:52Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Bopping, female, New York City, 1970s. > > Don’t get me started on the gelding of the “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” song. Wait, what? What’s happened there? (I feel similarly about the destruction of “Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts”. What, mutilated monkey meat is too good for you precious snowflakes?!) > [@Olentzero](#): > > We had our own song for that: _Mama had a baby and the head popped off!_ - accompanied by the said destruction of dandelion. (If you think of the line “Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch” you have the tune.) > > Much to my chagrin, I learned how to pop the heads off the dandies only a few weeks ago… I am suddenly filled with self-doubt. ☹ We certainly \*did \*do the “Mama had a baby…” one to popping dandelion heads…did I only imagine we also did it to “Lil Bunny Foo Foo”? Oh dear… ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/56 "2009-06-23T16:51:38Z")
Am I the only person who learned “bashing”?!?? Female ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/57 "2009-06-23T16:52:42Z")
Holy buckets. Not a single person grew up with the more graphic version of Mr Foo Foo. It seems that the men in my life are more blood thirsty then average. Although I am rather relieved that the only person that grew up jizzing on mice is on the board, not in my living room. ETA: just saw feckafree’s answer. Ok. Chalk up one with a violent childhood. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/58 "2009-06-23T20:18:49Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Bopping, female, New York City, 1970s. > > Don’t get me started on the gelding of the “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” song. After wracking my brain trying to remember a verse having to do with castration, I realized you were referring to the the gelding of the SONG. But back to Bunny Foo Foo. What were field mice doing in the forest??? I mean, they’re - duh! – _field_ mice. That’s what I want to know! ---
**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, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/59 "2009-06-23T20:22:35Z")
I have to know, what happened to the Five Little Monkeys song? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651/60 "2009-06-23T21:07:52Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > No no no. This is just wrong. That’s never done with Li’l Bunny Foo Foo. Rather, one pops off dandelion heads at the appropriate point when singing "Momma had a baby and her _head_ popped off. > > Yes, it’s bopp’n’em on the head. > > Female, 32, grew up in western Wisconsin. No kidding. It’s common knowledge (in my family anyway) that Little Bunny Foo Foo hopped through the forest, picked up the field mice and BOPPED them on the heads. Though my son has Little Bunny Foo Foo scooping up worms, goblins and gerbils and bopping them on the head, too. Strange child. Heads really only roll when dandelions are near. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-little-bunny-foo-foo-do-to-the-field-mice/500651.md?page=4)