A little bibliophile humor today in honor of the birthday of Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), author of Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition.
Home sweet home
Bob's sister Hannah
Bob's sister Ada
Bob's brother Otto
Bob's sister Eve
Bob's sister Nan
A baby picture of Bob and his siblings (clockwise from upper left: Otto, Eve, Hannah, Ada, Bob, and Nan)
Bob's childhood home
Bob's mom and dad
Bob in his youth
Bob's cousin Alphonse
Bob's Uncle Ralph and Aunt Edna
Bob's cousin Archibald
Bob's stepbrother Herbie (who really needs to quit smoking)
Bob's cousin Chester
Bob's Great Uncle Norbert and Great Aunt Phyllis
Bob's cousin Saffron (who will do anything for a drink)
Bob's cousin Thorndike
Bob's brother-in-law Vinnie
Bob's cousin Orville, who loves the Green Bay Packers
Bob's nieces Lulu and Bitsy, the biker chicks
Bob's stepsister Eloise, with the twins, Rudy and Trudy
Bob's Uncle Henry and Aunt Rowena
Bob's niece Esmerelda (who likes to live dangerously)
Bob's Great Uncle Arthur up in Saskatchewan
Bob's cousin Louie, the grackle of grumpiness
Miss Screech, Bob's journalism teacher
Bob's nephew Winthrop, who loves sports
Bob's Uncle Seymour and Aunt Bernice
Bob's second cousin Schlomo in Brooklyn
Bob's nephew Baxter
Bob's cousin Darrell
Nigel, Bob's pen pal in New Zealand
Bob's sister-in-law Delphine, who volunteers at the animal shelter
Percy the Pickpocket, Bob's third cousin once removed (the relative no one likes to talk about... every family has one)
The Bluebird of Happiness™ (no relation to Bob)
A pair of boobies (also no relation to Bob, but included for readers who desire titillation)
A pair of tits (in case the boobies were insufficiently titillating)
Bluebird Bitter™, the beer they named for Bob
Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks Chris. 🙂
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Reblogged this on blogging807.
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Thanks Rae. 🙂
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Thank you, Bob! Great as always, full of laughter. Have a great weekend. 🙂 Michael
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Likewise, Michael. 🙂
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;-))
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Good one!
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Reblogged this on Cage Dunn: Writer, Author, Teller-of-tall-tales and commented:
Nostalgia – and you’ll love the editor! Enjoy – thanks Bluebird of Bitterness …
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Thank you for reblogging. 🙂
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I particularly love the one of the dog. Our first child used to eat the newspapers and we laughed and said he would grow up to be an editor and he did!
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Hilarious. I especially liked Little Orphan Annie being bounced from the book club meeting. 😀 — Suzanne
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Love these! Clever and fun.
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Reblogged this on Its good to be crazy Sometimes and commented:
I have a few friends who would love this
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Thank you for reblogging. 🙂
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most welcome, thank you for the giggles
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