tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post114323825024717291..comments2023-11-02T08:39:44.093-07:00Comments on Up Popped a Fox: Blogging about the BlogVikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11241303252794599873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1143495953772665402006-03-27T13:45:00.000-08:002006-03-27T13:45:00.000-08:00I think the new colors are FA-BU-LOUS.I think the new colors are FA-BU-LOUS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1143471453199844582006-03-27T06:57:00.000-08:002006-03-27T06:57:00.000-08:00Try this out, i condensed it a little bit: Up pop...Try this out, i condensed it a little bit: <BR/><BR/>Up popped a fox is a phrase that I have only heard my mother say. <BR/><BR/>When I was young, my mother and I played cards every weekend. She began teaching me rummy as soon as I knew my numbers and could learn the suits. I still remember my tiny hands aching from holding those 13 cards. I didn't win a single game until I was 10. My mother didn't believe in letting people win, even if the opponent was only 6. <BR/><BR/>Some of my best memories of my mother are from those card games (for more information on my mother, see my Porcupine memoirs). She was so animated and fun and present when we played. It was just me, my mother and the deck of cards. <BR/><BR/>During a game, as my mother drew cards, she would occasionally say, "Up popped a fox!" in her southern drawl, her cigarette clenched between her teeth. She would let out a little laugh and proceed to kick my ass. This was my mother at her most charismatic (and she is one charismatic gal). <BR/><BR/>So, the phrase "up popped a fox" means that something has caught you by surprise and changed your outlook completely.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599323156818972787noreply@blogger.com