Dr Seuss is completely nuts a genius

The benefits of being a parent are far too many to list in one little blog. Perhaps one of the least appreciated is the hours one gets to spend reading and indeed memorizing Dr Seuss books.

How do I love Seuss, let me count the ways

Leaving aside the cute illustrations and wicked rhyming skills, the best thing about a Dr Seuss book is the man’s uncanny ability to anticipate problems and deal with them even though no one else could ever have thought of the possibility of such problems, no not in a million years.

For example, had I thought about what happens when gooses sleep, I suppose that after much thought I might have realized that they sometimes dream of goose drinks. By inference, it is only logical to conclude that a moose in a similar situation would be dreaming of moose drinks.


Only Dr Seuss, however, thought to alert the world to the frightening possibility that a moose and a goose might be asleep at the same time, and each of them might dream that they were drinking the other one’s juice.

This is too stupid for words a very serious issue. The consequences are dire indeed. But, fortunately, the good doctor has the solution. What’s more, he is able to explain the problem and solution in terms so simple that even a child can understand immediately, as follows:

So, when goose gets a mouthful of juices of moose's
And moose gets a mouthful of juices of goose's
They always fall out of their beds screaming screams
SO…
I’m warning you, now! Never drink in your dreams.



Sorted.