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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
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bluebird of bitterness 
Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thanks Chris. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing this idea. Happy Library Week. Anita
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Brilliant as always.
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I love the controversial book cartoon. It is so true!
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Yep, he nailed it. 🙂
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Where do I sign up for that pool??? 🙂
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It’s a beauty, isn’t it? 🙂
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Definitely, although I must admit my obsessive side is fretting some about possible water damage to the books!
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[…] Bibliophile humor — National Library Week edition — bluebird of bitterness […]
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Thank you for the link. 🙂
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Love the PC friendly Roald Dahl! Perfect for these wild and crazy times.
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Reblogged this on e-Quips and commented:
More Library Week cartoon humor.
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Thank you for reblogging. 🙂
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Deserved sharing
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Thank you, Pat, for making my day brighter!
Joanna
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Loved these, every one of them. I will never run out of things to read. Ever!
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Nope, me neither.
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I loved them all but especially the reworked titles of Raold Dahl books. I’m still fuming about the ‘sensitivity’ critics that had a whack at those books!
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You have lots of company.
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