Round and round the mulberry bush
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.
Is it just me, or is there a meaning hidden in this little rhyme?
Where did the weasel go? Into some tunnel, into some other dimension -- who knows? He went Pop!
What happened to the monkey? Who knows?
Spools and threads and needles are useful things -- strong, continuous, readily available, and cheap; and so is the money that buys them.
Both the monkey and the weasel are conscious, animate beings; but the weasel displays a mode of consciousness and an agility that the monkey does not.
The smart money is on the weasel.
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Spoiler alert: that is NOT what Wikipedia thinks it means.
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