# The weasels have a point **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699 "2010-08-09T12:45:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/1 "2010-08-09T12:45:07Z")
Comedian Steven Wright said, “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.” The weasels are [high-fiving each other](http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/08/alaska.flight.aborted/index.html?hpt=T2) today. I wonder if Alaska Airlines will suffer any bad publicity for ingesting the national symbol? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/2 "2010-08-09T14:37:17Z")
It doesn’t say Bald Eagle, could be one of those Un-American eagles. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/3 "2010-08-09T14:46:43Z")
Golden Eagles are un-American? \>Johnny Carson\> I did not know that. \>/JC\> ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/4 "2010-08-09T16:07:12Z")
If it got sucked in head-first it’s bald now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/5 "2010-08-09T19:18:41Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > If it got sucked in head-first it’s bald now. Balled? Screwed, more like! ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/6 "2010-08-09T21:11:35Z")
Sliced, diced and pureed. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/7 "2010-08-09T21:21:49Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Comedian Steven Wright said, “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.” > > The weasels are [high-fiving each other](http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/08/alaska.flight.aborted/index.html?hpt=T2) today. > > I wonder if Alaska Airlines will suffer any bad publicity for ingesting the national symbol? Steven Wright? I always wondered where that quote came from. I would have put my money on the Simpsons or Dilbert. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/8 "2010-08-09T21:27:59Z")
Will they be charging the pilot? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/9 "2010-08-09T21:31:46Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > > [@Sailboat](#): > > > > Comedian Steven Wright said, “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.” > > > > The weasels are [high-fiving each other](http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/08/alaska.flight.aborted/index.html?hpt=T2) today. > > > > I wonder if Alaska Airlines will suffer any bad publicity for ingesting the national symbol? > > Steven Wright? I always wondered where that quote came from. I would have put my money on the Simpsons or Dilbert. Are you thinking of the time Homer said, “Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals! Except for the weasels.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/10 "2010-08-10T00:54:55Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > > [@Sailboat](#): > > > > Comedian Steven Wright said, “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.” > > > > The weasels are [high-fiving each other](http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/08/alaska.flight.aborted/index.html?hpt=T2) today. > > > > I wonder if Alaska Airlines will suffer any bad publicity for ingesting the national symbol? > > Steven Wright? I always wondered where that quote came from. I would have put my money on the Simpsons or Dilbert. I’m not so sure. It doesn’t sound like him. I’d ask for a cite if this were that sort of thread. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/11 "2010-08-10T01:58:21Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > > [@Sailboat](#): > > > > Comedian Steven Wright said, “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.” > > > > The weasels are [high-fiving each other](http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/08/alaska.flight.aborted/index.html?hpt=T2) today. > > > > I wonder if Alaska Airlines will suffer any bad publicity for ingesting the national symbol? > > Steven Wright? I always wondered where that quote came from. I would have put my money on the Simpsons or Dilbert. Sounds more like a Jack Handey “Deep Thought” to me. But I have no cite. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/12 "2010-08-10T02:03:58Z")
It’s not on either of his “I have a pony” albums. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/13 "2010-08-10T12:05:22Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > If it got sucked in head-first it’s bald now. It was a female eagle, sucked in tail-first. Disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/14 "2010-08-10T12:14:29Z")
Eagle McNuggets, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weasels-have-a-point/549699/15 "2010-08-10T13:20:47Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > > [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > > > Steven Wright? I always wondered where that quote came from. I would have put my money on the Simpsons or Dilbert. > > I’m not so sure. It doesn’t sound like him. I’d ask for a cite if this were that sort of thread. Well, hrm. Many sites list it as a Stephen Wright quote: [individual example](http://www.freemaninstitute.com/Wright.htm) [86,700 hits](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Stephen+wright+%22Eagles+may+soar%2C+but+weasels+don%27t+get+sucked+into+jet+engines%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=8631cdd35a4d476d) But others give credit to John Benfield, [whoever that is](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benfield): [quotations page](http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Benfield/) [33,200 hits](http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Benfield/)