Green eggs and ham!

[Selena]

Here is a great way to celebrate Dr. Seuss's 101 birthday.

How about quoting your favorite Seussian lines or quotes from One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish or There's a wocket in my pocket or Green eggs and ham or any of the other wonderful books? Do you have any Seussian words of wisdom that applies to your life?

You could even tell us what memories this brings back.

[Judith]

"There's a Lorax in my thorax"

[zahncrelnik]

"I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I am."




Yes!! Green Eggs and Ham, the first book I ever
read. I drove my mother nuts with it!!!
To this day if I say "Green Eggs and Ham" she
practically has a hissy-fit.
My favorite, favorite childrens book!

[BrowderChick]

I adore this. Today the K5 kids at school ate green eggs and ham. We had so much fun. :D

This one,
I think,
is called
a Yink.

He likes to wink,
he likes to drink.

He likes to drink, and drink, and drink.
The thing he likes to drink
is ink.
The ink he likes to drink is pink.
He likes to wink and drink pink ink.

SO...
if you have a lot of ink,
then you should get
a Yink, I think.

[Selena]

:snicker: thanks for that BC

[Kurt_eh]

Much Music had Wierd Al to do an afternoon called "Al Music" about 10 or 12 years ago.

Immagine, the music for U2's "numb" starts playing. Wierd Al sits down in a chair and puts on a touque, and all of a sudden: (remember this is to the music of "Numb")

I would not eat
Green eggs and ham
I would not eat them sam...

...

I am...

:D

[malachilenomade]

Favorite Suess thing is "The Grinch That Stole Christmas" (the ORIGINAL) but my brain is too fried from work to remember any lines :(

[La Bomba]

Through three cheese trees
three free fleas flew.
While these fleas flew,
freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made
these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made
these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made made these
three free fleas sneeze.

~From Fox in Socks :D

[BrowderChick]

Bump!
Bump!
Bump!
Did you ever ride a Wump?
We have a Wump
with just one hump.

But
we know a man
called Mr. Gump.
Mr. Gump has a seven hump Wump.
So...
if you like to go Bump! Bump!
Just jump on the hump of the Wump of Gump

[Judith]

I always loved "Horton Hears a Who" the best.

[Kathleen]

BC.. you disturb me how much you know about Dr. Seuss :yes:

[BrowderChick]

On the fifteenth of May,
in the Jungle of Nool,
In the heat of the day,
in the cool of the pool,
He was splashing . . .
enjoying the jungle's great joys . . .
When Horton the elephant
heard a small noise.

[Antrobus]

My fav - The Sneetches On The Beaches

"Just pay me your money and hop right aboard!"
So they clambered inside. Then the big machine roared.
And it klonked. And it bonked. And it jerked. And it berked.
And it bopped them about. But the thing really worked!
When the Plain-Belly Sneetches popped out, they had stars!
They actually did. They had stars upon thars!

.......and it teaches such great lessons about diversity and tolerance. Guess that's why I've always liked it.

[StarsGoBlue]

I like this one because it's fun to read aloud: :fish:

Who am I?
My name is Ish.
On my hand I have a dish.

I have this dish
to help me wish.

When I wish to make a wish
I wave my hand with a big swish swish.
Then I say, "I wish for fish!"
And I get fish right on my dish.

So...
if you wish to wish a wish,
you may swish for fish
with my Ish wish dish.

From One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

but this has to be my sentimental favorite: :santa:


And what happened then...?
Well...in Who-ville they say
That the Grinch's small heart
Grew three sizes that day!


and this just seems to fit the campaign:

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
:love:

[BrowderChick]

Well Im having fun. :D

Would you eat them
in a box?
Would you eat them
with a fox?

Not in a box.
Not with a fox.
Not in a house.
Not with a mouse.
I would not eat them here or there.
I would not eat them anywhere.
I would not eat green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

[I-am-so-Johns-girl]

I love Horton best! :love:

I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent.

*Horton - from Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who"

[Judith]

I like this one because it's fun to read aloud: :fish:




Haven't done this since my babysitting days, but one of the best simple pleasures in life is reading Suess to kiddos and really, honestly just getting into it.

[BrowderChick]

I admit to being a bit animated when reading stories to kids and Dr. Seuss is alot of fun. :yes:

[zahncrelnik]

"Would you like them
here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.

I do not like
green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am."

[KayandTonio]

Green Eggs and Ham is my absolute favorite, so in homage here's this:

Blatantly snurched from http://www.teemings.com/extras/lotr/



GREEN EGGS AND LEMBAS - Excerpt from a screenplay for THE LORD OF THE RINGS

by Whistler

(Scene: Bag End, after Bilbo’s party)

GANDALF:
That Samwise-Sam! That Samwise-Sam!
I do not like that Samwise-Sam!

FRODO:
Would you like some bread and jam?

GANDALF:
I do not want your bread and jam.
I’m busy being mad at Sam.
He likes to sneak. He likes to spy.
I’ll grind him up for hobbit pie!

FRODO:
Oh, do not grind him up for pie!
He is a pretty handy guy.
He mows my grass. He paints my gate.
He is my friend. We both are straight.

GANDALF:
Well, then, I will not grind up Sam!
Bring me bread, and bring me jam!
We’ll talk about another thing.
Tell me, do you have the ring?

FRODO:
I have the ring. I have it here.
But, mercy me! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
I fear the ring is very bad,
The golden ring that Bilbo had!
Tell me, will you take the ring?

GANDALF:
I will not take that evil thing!

FRODO:
Would you, could you, by the fire?
Would you, could you, in the Shire?

GANDALF:
I would not, could not, by the fire.
I would not, could not, in the Shire.

FRODO:
Would you, could you, in a tree?
Would you, on the road to Bree?
Would you, with an orc or troll?
Would you, in a hobbit-hole?

GANDALF:
I would not, could not, in a tree.
I would not, on the road to Bree.
I would not, with an orc or troll.
I would not, in a hobbit-hole.
I will not take it here or there,
I will not take it anywhere!
For it is bad. It’s as you say.
You’ll have to take that ring away
And throw it in the Cracks of Doom!

FRODO:
I’ll need a friend. But who, or whom?

(Gandalf produces Sam, who has been spying)

SAM:
Oh, Master! Master! Sam is here!
He’ll wash me down with beer, I fear!
I do not wish to be a pie!

GANDALF:
I will not eat you, little spy!
But I will send you far away.
You both will go away today.
You’ll go to Bree. A man is there.
The man looks foul. The man feels fair.
He’ll lead you both, if all goes well,
To meet the elves in Rivendell.

SAM:
Oh, Master! We will meet the elves!
We’ll get to meet the elves ourselves
And hear them sing their elven songs!
We’ll hear them bong their elven-gongs
And strum their elven loola-lutes!
They’ll hoot their elven hooty-toots!

GANDALF:
I hope you’ll hear those loola-lutes
And hear the hoots of hooty-toots!
But go with care. To be a pie
Is better than to meet the Eye!
The Eye is mean. The Eye is red.
He rules nine Riders. They are dead.
They’ll try to make you dead, as well.
But will they catch you? Time will tell!

FRODO:
Oh, dear! Oh, dear! This is a mess!
We’ll have to fix this mess, I guess.
So we will go, just Sam and me.
And what will happen? We will see!

(Fade)

[Selena]

:applaud: that is awesome!

I wonder if anyone has thought about coming up with anything Farscapian - other than the Bad Timing - Rhyming thread that is :lol

[malachilenomade]

:roflmao:

That's great!!! :aok: Too bad I can't C&P it on this computer...

[ChianaGray]

One of my big faves was the Lorax, I can't remember how it goes but he's pretty bent up about all the trees being chopped down and it stayed significant in my mind because I heard this was true and all these trees are extinct and not even evident. The only thing left about them is Dr. Seuss's drawings for the Lorax and he had said this was exactly how they looked.

Then there's Horton Hatches the Egg and the two guys who stand before each other for all eternity cause the other one won't budge. They build a whole highway around them and everthin. hehehe

"They taunted.
They teased him.
They yelled 'How Absurd!
Old Horton the Elephant
thinks he's a bird!'"

Be who you are and say what you want, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind"

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."