[identity profile] elemmennope.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?

Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do.
You see, when she wants one and calls out, "Yoo-Hoo!
Come into the house, Dave!" she doesn't get one.
All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!

This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves'
As you can imagine, with so many Daves.
And often she wishes that, when they were born,
She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn
And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm.
And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim.
And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey.
And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey.
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff.
One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff.
And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed.
And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed.
And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt
And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt
And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate...
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.

-Dr. Seuss

Date: 2006-09-15 10:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-tee.livejournal.com
Ha ha that was always one of my favourites!
If I have a son I'm naming him Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate

Date: 2006-09-15 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sayga.livejournal.com
Soggy Muff? Oh dear.

That's cute. I've never read that before. But I would think it would be SMART to get all your kids running in the house at once, especially at dinner time. :P

Date: 2006-09-15 03:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lostrocket.livejournal.com
Soggy Muff. Oh, no no no.

Date: 2006-09-15 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angelovernh.livejournal.com
I love Dr. Seuss! What book is that from??

Date: 2006-09-16 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invisiblepet.livejournal.com
LOL! Too fun. Love it.

I saw some other readers had my reactions to "Soggy Muff"....but Paris Garters? Weepy Weed?

Date: 2006-09-16 03:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arderei.livejournal.com
I love this story!

My mom used to read it to us when we were little, and get all of us giggling at Oliver Boliver Butt.

:)

Date: 2006-09-16 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cathkitten.livejournal.com
actually kind of like Harris Tweed.
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