You can't rush a wombat

Upon re-opening this thread, I read Faldage's proposed pithy expression, and this time read it differently from every other time I've visited. I had been reading "rush" to mean charge or attack, as in "As the brilliant panto troupe brought their show to a glorious close, the ecstatic crowd rushed the stage," and assumed Faldage's example to mean that wombats are fierce combatants mano-a-mano, and should be dealt with from a distance.

Just now, I read it to mean wombats are by nature pokey, and they will not be hurried.

Anybody else have this experience?