Mr. Rogers

[bridgetester]

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15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5943

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Back when I was in 7th grade I stood up in front of my English class and delivered a tongue-in-cheek, poorly researched presentation on

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Tolerance

[sheherazahde]

"Despite being an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first."

You know there was a time when that sentence would have begun with "Because he was" instead of "Despite being"

Re: Tolerance

[bridgetester]

*nods* Although I've heard more complaints about Southern Baptist conservatism...

[malpomme]

This whole list just made me smile! I especially like #2!

[rainbow_goddess]

And Mister Dressup got his start as a puppeteer on Mister Rogers show.

[bridgetester]

Mister Dressup?

[rainbow_goddess]

Mister Dressup
Ernie Coombs

[conuly]

15. The sweaters. Every one of the cardigans he wore on the show had been hand-knit by his mother.

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Wow.

I never wanna hear another insult about those sweaters again.