“We shall creep out quietly into the butler's pantry--" cried the Mole."--with out pistols and swords and sticks--" shouted ther Rat."--and rush in upon them," said Badger."--and whack 'em, and whack 'em, and whack 'em!" cried the Toad in ecstasy, running round and round the room, and jumping over the chairs.”
“Planetologist call it the conundrum of unforeseen ecological consequence. I call it the whack-a-mole rule of human meddling. She clasped both hands like a child hammering. WHACK! We change something here. Oops, that makes another problem pop up there where we didn't expect it. WHACK! So, we whack that mole. Oops! We're so smart that we're a menace.”
“Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.”
“People pay money to go in there and that row thrown at them? Could stick your head in a bucket and whack it with a stick for free...”
“Are you going to answer my questions, or do I have to whack you with a stick until delicious candy surprises fall out?”
“Relationships are like Whack-a-Mole. You squash one annoying deformity and another one pops up in no time.”