I love that my kids enjoy Dr. Seuss; reading those books tickles me just in the right spot: my thesaurus. Here are some favorite quotes from the stories Pirate Boy picked out for bedtime reading tonight:
"I will not, will not with a goat."
"I'll blow you," he said, "into pork and wee beans. I'll butter-side-up you to small smithereens!"
The Butter Battle Book became even funnier to me when I discovered that people in England during WWII were encouraged to eat their bread with the butter side down to help them taste the meager amount they could afford to spread on it. Well, OK, not funnier; it actually made more sense, which isn't always the point. But I see it all in a new light. And that's fun.
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Dr. Seuss is so full of innuendo and reference that you could easily do a doctoral thesis on his stuff and still not have explored every nuance.
The man was, truly, a genius.
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