Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

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My dad used to read Happy Birthday to You! to everyone on his or her birthday. We still quote it to each other every now and then for no good reason.

Hey Pseudoname! Let's have a little talk about Tweedle Beetles!

When Tweedle Beetles fight, it's called a Tweedle Beetle battle. And when they battle in a puddle it's a Tweedle Beetle puddle battle. And when they battle with their paddles in a puddle it's a Tweedle Beetle puddle paddle battle. And when beetles battle beetles in puddle paddle battle and their puddle paddle battle is a puddle in a bottle, they call it a Tweedle Beetle bottle puddle paddle bottle muddle. And when beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their battles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles, they call it a muddle battle Tweedle Beetle poodle noodle bottle paddle battle. And- NOW WAIT A MINUTE, MR. SOCKS FOX.

I've still got it... I think.

I remember checking out The Butter Battle Book from the school library repeatedly. I also have fond memories of playing Green Eggs and Ham on the computer, though I was less than fond of the book's premise. I've always hated eggs and ham, green or otherwise.

I LOVE green eggs and ham! Of course, mine isn't overeasy dyed green. It's spinach and ham chopped up into my scrambled eggs. My kids love it too.

I wrote a paper on The Cat in the Hat for my senior seminar in linguistics.

Katya wrote:I wrote a paper on The Cat in the Hat for my senior seminar in linguistics.

That makes me really happy. What was your thesis?

My favorite Dr. Seuss is one I didn't discover until college. I used to have really bad insomnia until one of my freshman year roommates introduced me to The Sleep Book: "The news just came in from the county of Keck that a very small bug by the name of Van Vleck is yawning so wide you can look down his neck. This may not seem very important, I know, but it is. So I'm bothering telling you so." Works like a charm.

I'll throw out a vote for Yertle the Turtle.

I love There's a Wocket In My Pocket. I was always so jealous of that kid because he so many creatures living in his house and I only had my parents and brother.

My son's favorite is Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, and I think Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose is hilarious. Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! is another favorite, but it's not all Dr. Seuss.

Emiliana wrote:

Katya wrote:I wrote a paper on The Cat in the Hat for my senior seminar in linguistics.

That makes me really happy. What was your thesis?

The paper was an exercise in rhetorical analysis, so we had to analyze who the intended audience was, what they were trying to convince the audience of, what type of paragraph and sentence structures were being used, etc. The assignment was written with something like a New York Times article in mind, but at the last minute I asked the TA if I could analyze a Dr. Seuss book, instead, and he thought it was a great idea. It was actually pretty interesting to study the intended audience, because part of that audience is kids who are pre-literate, which means that the intended audience is actually the parent + the child, and how does that change the intended message? (It's especially significant for The Cat in the Hat, because the story is all about children getting into trouble when their mother isn't home, which is going to be interpreted differently by parents than by children.)

Fox in Socks is still my all time favorite. No questions asked.

Katya wrote:

Emiliana wrote:

Katya wrote:I wrote a paper on The Cat in the Hat for my senior seminar in linguistics.

That makes me really happy. What was your thesis?

The paper was an exercise in rhetorical analysis, so we had to analyze who the intended audience was, what they were trying to convince the audience of, what type of paragraph and sentence structures were being used, etc. The assignment was written with something like a New York Times article in mind, but at the last minute I asked the TA if I could analyze a Dr. Seuss book, instead, and he thought it was a great idea. It was actually pretty interesting to study the intended audience, because part of that audience is kids who are pre-literate, which means that the intended audience is actually the parent + the child, and how does that change the intended message? (It's especially significant for The Cat in the Hat, because the story is all about children getting into trouble when their mother isn't home, which is going to be interpreted differently by parents than by children.)

um, awesome. I do a rhetorical analysis unit in the class I teach. I think it might be fun to let them analyze different types of texts.