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.
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BAMBI
BLACK BEAUTY
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
THE SNOW QUEEN
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
SLEEPING BEAUTY
THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
THE SECRET GARDEN
SNOW WHITE
CHICKEN LITTLE
PUSS IN BOOTS
HANSEL AND GRETEL
DRACULA
WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD
THE WIZARD OF OZ
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW
HARRY POTTER
TREASURE ISLAND
MACBETH
LITTLE WOMEN
THUMBELINA
THE HORSE AND HIS BOY
THE FANNY FARMER COOKBOOK
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It’s the birthday of Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), author of Roget’s Thesaurus*, which is all the excuse I need for indulging in a little bibliophile humor.
*Full title: Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition. I kid you not.
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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 sister-in-law Sybil
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
