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Author:  Elanhil [ September 8th, 2010, 8:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Dr. Seuss
Ok, to kindly un-clutter my intro thread and to take the conversation elsewhere, I am making this thread to ask this question. Who likes Dr. Seuss? Who grew up reading his books? What's your favorite book? Now, if you were in my intro thread, kindly get over here.
Author:  Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ September 8th, 2010, 9:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Suess
*meekly* Yes, Elanhil.

I like Fox in Socks best.

Bartholomew Cubbins and the Oobleck is really good.

The Butter battle is awesome, did you know Dr. Suess wrote political stuff? The Butter Battle is about the cold war, down to the letter. It's a must-read.

The Lorax is cool, except those of us who aren't into environmentalism might find it a tad annoying...

Green Eggs and Ham is brilliant.

My sister and I want to put together some Dr. Suess skits, they'll be great if we ever do it. She's in college now and doesn't have much time for my goofy ideas. :D
Author:  Evening L. Aspen [ September 8th, 2010, 10:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Suess
Aye-aye, Cap'n! *salutes*

Ok, this irritates me to no end, (mostly because I am surrounded by Seuss products all the time), "Seuss" is spelled S-E-U-S-S. E before U, not the other way around. Thank you. *bows*

Alright, sorry about the spelling rant. :D My favorite book is either The Big Brag or One Fish, Two Fish. I like all the weird creatures in One Fish, Two Fish. But in the Big Brag, I could never understand how the worm looked all the way around the world, let alone why he had such good eyesight. Unless he was bluffing about having such great eyes. Maybe I should stop analyzing Seuss books... :shock:

Yes, the Lorax is very cool. I did a huge chalk drawing of a Truffula garden once at one of my dad's "business" parties. Someday, I am going to knit a Thneed...
Author:  Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ September 8th, 2010, 11:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Suess
Everyone needs at least one thneed. :D
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 8th, 2010, 11:37 pm ]
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Fox in Sox is the best! Love the 'This book is dangerous' beginning. Talk about tongue numbing! However when all your younger siblings want to hear you ramble through the book you get pretty good at saying all that stuff fast. The Lorax was a good one too. I want a thneed! Perhaps while you’re at it Evening L. you could make me one. ;) I just can’t seem to find the time.
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 9th, 2010, 9:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Suess
Yessir!

I like Green Eggs in Ham. Didn't Dr. Seuss write an ABC book? I remember one that I think was written by him that I LOVED. I like basically all his books...

I want a thneed! I can't knit to save my life, but it would be cool if I could...

I'm rambling now... :)
Author:  Seer of Endor [ September 9th, 2010, 12:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
Sleep book!
Author:  Celearas [ September 9th, 2010, 10:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
I love Dr. Seuss. I still read Fox in Socks and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (possibly my favorite), and it is my dearest hope that someone will give me "Oh the Places You'll Go" when I graduate.
But my theory is, he could've either been hailed as a genius, or thought of as totally insane. The slight difference between "Oh, I really want a Wump!" and "What grown man writes about a bird in a furry creature's ear? What's wrong with him?!"
I love Dr. Seuss. :D
Author:  Elanhil [ September 11th, 2010, 11:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Wasn't that his first book? Sorry about the spelling. Not one of my strong points. :( :) :)
Author:  Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ September 12th, 2010, 8:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
Celearas wrote:
But my theory is, he could've either been hailed as a genius, or thought of as totally insane. The slight difference between "Oh, I really want a Wump!" and "What grown man writes about a bird in a furry creature's ear? What's wrong with him?!"
I love Dr. Seuss. :D


And that's why we all love him. Because, in his own way, he was a crazy fantasy writer too. :D
Author:  Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ September 12th, 2010, 10:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
Pedantic Editor wrote:
Alright, sorry about the spelling rant. :D


*cough*. Alright is the most misspelled word in the English language. I believe the correct spelling would be 'all right'.

Yours truly,
The OTHER pedantic editor

P.S. To think that I saw it on Mulberry Street....the best! :D
Author:  Arias Mimetes [ September 12th, 2010, 12:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
eruheran wrote:
Pedantic Editor wrote:
Alright, sorry about the spelling rant. :D


*cough*. Alright is the most misspelled word in the English language. I believe the correct spelling would be 'all right'.


The funny thing is that I never had a problem remembering when to use which spelling until I started saying "alright" instead of "okay". Now I'm a failure... D:
lol
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 12th, 2010, 2:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
eruheran wrote:
Pedantic Editor wrote:
Alright, sorry about the spelling rant. :D


*cough*. Alright is the most misspelled word in the English language. I believe the correct spelling would be 'all right'.

Yours truly,
The OTHER pedantic editor

P.S. To think that I saw it on Mulberry Street....the best! :D


Really? I didn't know that! Wow, now I feel odd... I have some spelling to correct, I think... ;)
Author:  PrincessoftheKing [ September 12th, 2010, 4:54 pm ]
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Fox in Socks is the best! I remember when my little sister first got it, and my dad read it out loud to her. My whole family was laughing hysterically by the time my dad finished! :D
Author:  Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ September 12th, 2010, 6:33 pm ]
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Actually, misspelled is the most misspelled word. Because no matter how you spell it it's always misspelled.
Author:  Elanhil [ September 12th, 2010, 8:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
Hmmm... The same bunch of people from over in my intro thread...And we seem to be getting off topic again. What does that tell you about us? ;) :)
Author:  Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ September 12th, 2010, 8:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
@Janin: IHNRTT. :D (Look it up on AcronymFinder)

eruheran
Author:  Celearas [ September 12th, 2010, 9:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
I believe off-topicness is a sign of intelligence, because it means the thinker is able to think out of the box and make connections between seemingly unrelated things.
At least I hope so.

Does anyone really like Cat in the Hat? I mean, I know it's talked about as his most popular, and it's certainly gotten the most publicity, but does anyone really like it as a book? There are so many better ones.
And I don't believe I've ever read TTISIoMS. Oh, the shame *hides*
Author:  Elanhil [ September 13th, 2010, 9:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
Yeah, I wasn't too impressed with the cat in the hat. *shudders* what if I had read it first and not ever read any of his others!!! :shock:
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 14th, 2010, 11:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
I like the way someone I know put it: "Dr. Seuss wrote children's books about adult subjects". Horton Hears A Who, for instance, or the book (the title escapes me at the moment...) with the Sneeches.
Author:  Constable Jaynin Mimetes [ September 15th, 2010, 10:05 pm ]
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Or the Butter Battle. Has anyone else read the butter battle book?? It's about the cold war!!! And the Lorax is about conservation or environmentalism or whatever... yeah, the cat in the hat was kind of weird. I remember it kind of confounded me when I was little, and I didn't know about Dr. Seuss and I would get annoyed when people couldn't explain what various words meant. :D Then I got Bartholomew and the Cat in the Hat got lost so my impression of Dr. Seuss is overall good. And Green Eggs and Ham... has that one been mentioned yet? Who doesn't know: "I am Sam. Sam I am."
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 16th, 2010, 10:27 am ]
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We had a computer game thing that read GEaH aloud, and you could play with it... I LOVED that thing! :)

"Would you like to eat green eggs and ham?" I can still hear it being read aloud... :D
Author:  Evening L. Aspen [ September 16th, 2010, 8:39 pm ]
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Ooh, we have/had that computer game too, Shawn. Living Books, right? I will always be haunted by the weird smiley book that appears when the program is starting up...
Author:  Andrew Amnon Mimetes [ September 16th, 2010, 8:43 pm ]
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No! I do not like green eggs and ham! I will not eat them, Sam I am!

LOL! Good memories....


eruheran
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 16th, 2010, 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
Evening L. Aspen wrote:
Ooh, we have/had that computer game too, Shawn. Living Books, right? I will always be haunted by the weird smiley book that appears when the program is starting up...


Yeah! Same here... It was a weird looking book.
Author:  Arias Mimetes [ September 17th, 2010, 2:08 pm ]
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I bought a "1 fish, 2 fish, red fish, blue fish" shirt at Walmart yesterday! =P

I don't think I ever used any Dr. Seuss computer program... I always just read the book.

Anyone else here love the Horton Hears a Who movie? :D
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 17th, 2010, 5:52 pm ]
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*raises hand excitedly* I do! I do! They did a good job sticking to the book, which unfortunately is not very common in this day and age...
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 28th, 2010, 3:38 pm ]
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I didn't know I was spelling alright wrong! This is why I don’t depend on Microsoft spellchecker! They say my name is misspelled and then don’t tell me that I’m spelling alright wrong! English can be a pain!
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 29th, 2010, 6:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
I did not know that either. Thank you, eruheran! :D

Back to the topic, I read Fox in Socks the other day. And I was flipping out over all the words near the end! :shock:
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 29th, 2010, 7:13 pm ]
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I love Fox in Sox, Shawn!!!
Author:  Kiev Shawn [ September 29th, 2010, 7:16 pm ]
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Airianna Valenshia wrote:
I love Fox in Sox, Shawn!!!


Think this would qualify us as kindred spirits, to put it the Anne of Green Gables way? :D
Author:  Airianna Valenshia [ September 29th, 2010, 7:41 pm ]
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Oh yeah! I love those books too!!!
Author:  Aemi [ August 13th, 2011, 3:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
One time Dr. Seuss's friend told him he should publish a political poem. So he took his poem "Marvin K. Moody, Will You Please Go Now?" and replaced the name "Marvin K. Moody" with "Richard M. Nixon". :rofl:

Yes, I like most of Dr. Seuss's books, too. They either play off of childhood fantasies, or they have a hidden meaning to them.

"I got a big bat. I'm all ready, you see.
Soon my troubles are going to have troubles from me!"

"Even if you can't hear them or see them at all,
A person's a person, no matter how small."

"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
And an elephant's faithful. One hundred percent."
Author:  The Bard [ August 13th, 2011, 10:48 pm ]
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I've loved Seuss since I was a little kid. It's so fun to read it to a kid and rap the book. (Scares the kids to death.)
I think I've read too much though because all my poems end up sounding like a Dr Seuss.
Author:  Suiauthon Mimetes [ August 14th, 2011, 2:17 am ]
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I love Dr. Seuss! :D

My favorites are: The Butter Battle, There's a Wocket in my Pocket, Green Eggs and Ham, and Fox in Socks, but I like all except the first Cat in the Hat. :D (for once the sequel was better :rofl: )

The Bard wrote:
I think I've read too much though because all my poems end up sounding like a Dr. Seuss.

I've been having that happen to me as well, but I'm starting to overcome it I think. :D
Author:  Aldara [ August 25th, 2011, 1:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street, and Oh, The Places You'll Go!
I thought it was super awsome when I got Dr. Seuss books for Christmas this year.
Author:  Riniel Jasmina [ August 25th, 2011, 4:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
I still can't decide which my favorite was... My dad always loved the Lorax and the Horton stories because the Lorax speaks for those who can't (he reads it as unborn children) and Horton shows that no child or small person is unwanted. I liked the story of Thidwick for similar reasons. Much of what Seuss wrote was very political. Did anyone know that if someone else did the illustrations Seuss used the Pen name of Theo Lesieg?
Author:  Idril Aravis Mimetes [ February 2nd, 2013, 7:25 am ]
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*resurrects thread* :dieshappy:

I grew up with Dr. Seuss. I think The Cat in the Hat was the very first one we had, though now, I don't think I like it so much. The Cat seems quite freaky, and I would certainly not invite him into my house.

My favorites are And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Wacky Wednesday, Dr. Seuss' Alphabet, and Green Eggs and Ham. :D

We even have the Cat's Songbook and we used to play it on the piano and sing along. ^_^
Author:  Blayne B. Trent [ February 2nd, 2013, 7:54 am ]
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Idril Aravis Mimetes wrote:
I grew up with Dr. Seuss. I think The Cat in the Hat was the very first one we had, though now, I don't think I like it so much. The Cat seems quite freaky, and I would certainly not invite him into my house.

Cat seems too freaky. :P
Favorite book? Well I liked almost all of them.Doesn't know Fox in Sox. :P
Author:  Sir Iarrthoir Criost [ February 18th, 2013, 6:24 am ]
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I like Dr. Seuss! When I was little my favorite book was green eggs and ham. I even had my mom dye my eggs green :D (I had ham with them but it wouldn't dye as well. :dieshappy:)
Author:  Calenmiriel [ June 9th, 2013, 1:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dr. Seuss
My favorite was "Are You My Mother?". At the same time the story scared me because the crane was a terrifying element in the story. To this day, the crane makes me wary. :rofl:
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