Dr. Seuss and Frog/Bl*gs
Jun 24th, 2007 by Paul Moor
Goosed by a passer-by who stopped briefly at this dump, I’ve done a bit of Googling myself and excavated this:
“September 24, 2003
“Dr. Seuss on Blogs
“I was reading to Colter tonight and discovered a story called “Scrambled Eggs Super” in a Dr. Seuss collection. It was published in 1953, so the next time someone wants to debate who invented the word ‘Blog,’ be sure to give him credit. Here’s an excerpt:
“Previously in the story: Peter T. Hooper is traveling all over to track down eggs for a miraculous breakfast he’s planning to make.
“I went for the kind that were mellow and sweet
And the world’s sweetest eggs are the eggs of the Kweet
Which is due to those very sweet trout which they eat
And those trout … well, they’re sweet ’cause they only eat Blogs
And Blogs, after all, are the world’s sweetest frogs
And the reason they’re sweet is, whenever they lunch
It’s always the world’s sweetest bees that they munch
And the reason no bees can be sweeter than these…
They only eat blossoms off Beezlenut Trees
And those Beezlenut Blossoms are sweeter than sweet
And that’s why I nabbed several eggs from the Kweet.”
“I think Dr. Seuss was right. Blogs are frogs, hopping from one website to another in search of the best lilypad.”
“Posted at 09:57 PM | Permalink. . . .”
Historically interesting, I grudgingly concede, – but Dr. Seuss, damn it, cut loose with that fillip of typically Seussian whimsy in a concept utterly alien to what that philological abomination has come to mean today.
