dr_seuss professor uno When trying to quit smoking in his 50s, he carried a corncob pipe empty of tobacco but full of dirt, in which he had planted radish seeds; he would suck on the pipe while riding the bus, stopping every now and then to take out an eyedropper of water and squeeze a few drops into the bowl. To anyone who took the bait and inquired, he would explain that he was "Watering the radishes." - from Today in Literature 020924 ... Rhin i was born on his birthday. i hate eggs & i hate ham, green or otherwise. 020924 ... Rhin in conclusion... i will not eat them. rhin i am. 020924 ... u24 would you like them on a plane? 040227 ... zeke i would not, could nt on a plane, i could not, would not down a drain. 040227 ... oren Would you like them on the_moon? 051030 ... Shim Would you, could you, with a spoon? 060323 ... oren I could not, would not on the_moon. I could not, would not with a spoon. I_do not like unusually colored eggs, especially when they're green. I_do not like them, do not like them, do not find them keen! 060323 ... Defenseuss At a local coffeehouse there is a "The_Cat_In_the_Hat" book. It is "based on the movie". It does not rhyme. The parents are sitting on the couch on page (x). The cat doesn't do anything naughty and the children say generic things such as, "I sure do like the_Cat_in_the_Hat, don't you?" It's horrible. A real disservice to the original. They took the idea and tossed away Seuss' genius like a... like a... like a used banana peel. While I support the "author's" right to make free use of material, it alarms me that someday kids could know this junky version instead of the scintillating original. Kind of like people who hear "fate knocking on the door" to the tune of G-G-G-Eflat and think of the disco. Imitation is a high form of flattery, or something...? Ooof. It's a scandal. Worse than the pantomime. The circus. The pantomime. Hooray for Dr. Seuss! 060324 ... u24 "Worse than the pantomime. The circus. The pantomime." didi? gogo? 060324 what's it to you? who go blather from