FRESNO, Calif. - Susan Montgomery Williams kept the bubbles blowing and the rhymes flowing until the jury burst her bubble.

She called it a case of double bubble trouble.

Williams was convicted Monday of disturbing the court by popping her gum too loudly in a hallway. She was fined $150.

``I guess I just must have made a new law - don't snap, crackle or pop unless you want to stop a cop,'' Williams said.

Williams, a 29-year-old housewife, won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1985 by blowing a 22-inch bubble.

But in October, she was cited at an outdoor concert for popping bubbles so loud they disturbed the performers.

Waiting outside a courtroom for dismissal of that case, Williams couldn't resist popping another one. That drew the attention of two bailiffs, who contended the explosions sounded like .38-caliber

gunfire.