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Evan Kirshenbaum wrote: I learned it as All around the cobbler's bench The monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought 'twas all in fun-- Pop goes the weasel. A penny for a spool of thread, A penny for a needle. That's the way the money goes-- Pop goes the weasel. It apparently was a big dance in the nineteenth century.     

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Author: Richard Maurer
Date: Jun 7, 2007 13:11

robkievit <robkievit@gmail.com> wrote: And in 'Pop goes the weasel', does 'pop goes' mean that the weasel vanishes? This final line of a children's song seems only loosely connected to the text preceding it. It's a complicated question that has been discussed here before. Michael Quinion does a fairly good job of summarizing it in his "World Wide Words" column: http://www.worldwidewords
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:28:30 -0700 (PDT), robkievit <robkievit@gmail.com> wrote: >On Apr 25, 11:08 am, Ian Noble <fr...@dropthis.clara.co.uk> wrote: >> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:49:13 -0400, Marius Hancu <NOS...@videotron.ca> >> wrote: >> >> >Hello: >> >> >"Bang goes", does it mean "fails (with a thump)? >> >> >------- >> >Luisa looks at the boxes. 'Looks like he's going to be away for while     

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Author: Donna Richoux
Date: Apr 25, 2008 12:40

On Apr 25, 11:08 am, Ian Noble <fr...@dropthis.clara.co.uk> wrote: On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:49:13 -0400, Marius Hancu <NOS...@videotron.ca> wrote: Hello: "Bang goes", does it mean "fails (with a thump)? ------- Luisa looks at the boxes. 'Looks like he's going to be away for while.' 'Well, bang goes my first interview with a great scientist," says Luisa. David
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Moe ..Larry....chesse Moe ..Larry....chesse Moe ..Larry....chesse Moe ..Larry....chesse Moe ..Larry....chesse "animatormike" <Mike@magneticdreams.com> wrote in message news:1192723069.756574.54310@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com... >I only have 1: > > I want them to play "Pop goes the Weasel" as I'm carried down the > aisle , and I want the Pallbearers to all do a little jump and 1 > rotation     

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Author: Ian Noble
Date: Apr 25, 2008 05:28

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:50:40 GMT, Charles Wm. Dimmick wrote: Lesmond wrote: On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:35:24 GMT, groo wrote: Why won't anyone explain to me why the weasel explodes in Pop Goes the Weasel? Groo, I'm sure *you* know. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990402a.html Well, what do you know. No weasel guts to be found. Thanks.
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:50:52 GMT, groo wrote: > > >"Lesmond" <lesmond@verizon.net> wrote: > >> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:35:24 GMT, groo wrote: >> >> Why won't anyone explain to me why the weasel explodes in Pop Goes the >> Weasel? >> >> Groo, I'm sure *you* know. >> >> > >Forget the weasel explosions. When/where did I write that? You didn't. I was replying to a completely unrelated     

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Author: robkievit
Date: Apr 25, 2008 02:28

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Author: the rizza's
Date: Oct 18, 2007 08:59

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Author: animatormike
Date: Oct 18, 2007 08:57

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Author: huey.callison
Date: Oct 5, 2006 11:13

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Author: Lesmond
Date: Oct 4, 2006 20:47

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Author: Charles Wm. Dimmick
Date: Oct 4, 2006 18:50

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Author: Lesmond
Date: Oct 4, 2006 10:37

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