Gophers

I believe in the right to own guns and think that shooting gophers is an honorable pasttime. ❋ David (2006)

I think Bill Murray should be a defendant [6] in this lawsuit since his failure to destroy the gophers is undoubtedly the ultimate cause of this plaintiff’s problem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think Bill Murray should be a defendant in this lawsuit since his failure to destroy the gophers is undoubtedly the ultimate cause of this plaintiff’s problem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They belonged to one of the little underground creatures, called gophers, that we have all about us. ❋ Caroline C. Leighton (N/A)

But chipmunks, woodchucks and 13-lined ground squirrels (sometimes called gophers) are also members of the squirrel family, even though they don't usually climb trees, and all live in Michigan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Research shows that while rock is weathered by precipitation and chemical breakdown to create soil, the soil itself is moved downslope in many landscapes primarily by the activity of small animals, such as gophers and squirrels, Perron said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Burrowing rodents, such as gophers, will often eat the roots. ❋ Unknown (1985)

The children served as 'gophers', go for this and go for that. ❋ Ahern, Jerry (1984)

Before the arrival of farmers in the Wisconsin woods the small ground squirrels, called "gophers," lived chiefly on the seeds of wild grasses and weeds, but after the country was cleared and ploughed no feasting animal fell to more heartily on the farmer's wheat and corn. ❋ John Muir (1876)

After they were able to leave their nest and play, she went out hunting and brought in many kinds of birds and squirrels for them, mostly ground squirrels (spermophiles), called "gophers" in Wisconsin. ❋ John Muir (1876)

They were left as "gophers" within each agency to muck up the system, and push to continue the Bush policies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Finder's Economy is to online, what "gophers" (go for this, go for that), secretaries, agents, personal assistants and the like are to your life offline. ❋ Kevin Lawton (2010)

Frank Hotdog must be one of their "gophers" doing their little dirty jobs. ❋ Unknown (2009)