# What did the Dormouse say? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773 "2001-11-16T18:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/1 "2001-11-16T18:25:07Z")
What did the Dormouse say? Remember what the Dormouse said “\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_” _White Rabbit_ ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/2 "2001-11-16T18:27:40Z")
Oh, I was also wondering if the Dormouse said anything in “Alice in Wonderland”. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/3 "2001-11-16T18:30:41Z")
did he do the Twinkle Twinkle little bat poem? or was that the Mad Hatter? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/4 "2001-11-16T18:32:54Z")
The dormouse said: “Sixteenth.” “You’ve no right to grow here.” “Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.” and “Treacle.” Hope that answers your question. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/5 "2001-11-16T18:40:46Z")
I always thought the Dormouse said, “Feed your head.” At least, that’s the next line of the song, whether or not it appeared in “Alice in Wonderland.” ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/6 "2001-11-16T18:41:39Z")
Didn’t he also say, “You might as well say that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe.’”? ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/7 "2001-11-16T18:43:51Z")
“Feed your head” ---
**Author:** ![BuddhaDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@BuddhaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuddhaDog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/8 "2001-11-16T19:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*did he do the Twinkle Twinkle little bat poem? or was that the Mad Hatter? \*\* _I_ may be mistaken but I think you are confusing the Disney movie with the actual book. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/9 "2001-11-16T21:44:03Z")
The dormouse says a few things. Here’s the chapter where he makes his appearance. [http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/alice-table.html](http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/alice-table.html) ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-dormouse-say/93773/10 "2001-11-16T22:56:20Z")
**During the tea party:** “Twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle…” “Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.” “I wasn’t asleep, I heard every word you fellows were saying.” “Once upon a time there were three little sisters, and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well–” “They lived on treacle.” “So they were, very ill.” “It was a treacle-well.” “If you can’t be civil, you’d better finish the story for yourself.” “One, indeed!” “And so these three little sisters–they were learning to draw, you know–” “Treacle.” “Of course they were --well in.” “They were learning to draw, and they drew all manner of things–everything that begins with an M–” “–that begins with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness-- you know you say things are ‘much of a muchness’–did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?” **During the trail:** “I wish you wouldn’t squeeze so. I can hardly breathe.” “You’ve no right to grow here.” “Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.” **The Mad Hatter’s Testimony:** `But what did the Dormouse say?’ one of the jury asked. `That I can’t remember,’ said the Hatter.