The gemara in Pesachim ([9b][1]), in discussing the concern that a weasel may drag chometz around the house and leave it in a spot already checked, makes the following exlamation:

>וכי חולדה נביאה היא

>Is a weasel (chulda) a prophetess?

It happens to be there is a prophetess who was named חולדה, as in  מלכים ב' פרק כ"ב פסוק י"ד, so... yes, חולדה נביאה היא.  Did Chazal intend to make this pun? Is making a joke in the Talmud something Chazal would do?


  [1]: http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%98_%D7%91