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I’ve always been profoundly “creeped out” by Dr Seuss’ books—the text and the illustrations, now as much as when I was a kid and part of the target demographic.
You probably want to avoid The Seven Lady Godivas then.
Speaking of creepy kids’ books, what gives with Marianne Dreams? It felt like real nightmare material when I read it as a mature adult.
Offtopic, but on the topic of green eggs, several differents breeds of chickens can lay green, and even blue and lavender colored eggs.
Do you mean the shells, or the yolks? The illustrations in the Seuss book show lime-green yolks.
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Hemingway also allegedly won a bet with a six-word fiction: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
This is a job for QuoteInvestigator! https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/28/baby-shoes/ (It was not Hemingway.)
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You probably want to avoid The Seven Lady Godivas then.
Thanks, I hate it. :) Speaking of creepy kids’ books, what gives with Marianne Dreams ? It felt like real nightmare material when I read it as a mature adult.
At our local library newer books sometimes make an attempt but mostly limit themselves to token depictions of a head coverings, black kids, and wheelchairs.
I hope even the somewhat sanitized recent edition will have the staying power of the other more well known stories.
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Laugh tracks do make things funnier
SNL is filmed in front of a live audience
I disagree that laugh tracks make things funnier, though.
At this point, the character has realized that his quite firm refusal is having no effect. Growing weary of being ignored, he makes a show of capitulation and eats, exclaiming faux appreciation to Sam for his efforts.
After this episode, he never eats green eggs nor ham again. In adulthood, he would often think back to this moment with regret for having failed to stand up for himself.
I often battle an odd insecurity about taking too long to do things. I've taken some time to write this comment, for example, and I can't help but wonder how long all these other comments took to write -- How normal do I compare? If I'm slower than average, is there something wrong with me, and is there something wrong with that? Surely, I tell myself, I must be focusing on the wrong things, and my time would be spen…