Comments | the_reverand: from the shores of the cosmic ocean, a mouse

the_reverand

from the shores of the cosmic ocean, a mouse

Dec 06, 2009 21:18

Friday I went shopping with a friend and Kohl's had If You Give a Mouse a Cookie plush mice, and the profits go to charity. This was one of my favorite books as a kid! And I still love it. And while I bought him for my neice and intended to buy the book also and give her both, I have been snuggling him since ( Read more... )

personal, carl sagan, science!, tv, cosmos, my childhood-let me show you it

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nutmeg3 December 7 2009, 04:42:07 UTC

I saw the Mouse on the news the other night, when they were doing a feature on gifts under $10, and he looked awfully cute.

the_reverand December 7 2009, 05:36:33 UTC

He was only $5 at Kohls. As were the books, but they didn't have the Mouse a Cookie book, they only had "If you give a cat a cupcake" and "If you give a pig a party" which both sound cute (the plush pig was particularly adorable!) but neither are as simple a gesture (or as much a fond memory) as "mouse a cookie". And anyway, it seems pretty obvious to me that ifyou give a pig a party you're just ASKING for trouble. :)

I just mailed you!

nutmeg3 December 8 2009, 03:59:33 UTC

The news here said the book was If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, I think. And whee! Going to look right now.

larkworth December 7 2009, 15:42:03 UTC

Awwwww! I love that book! :)

I'm now picturing a sequel... If you give a mouse the first episode of Car Saga's Cosmos...

Nifty! I haven't worked on a science project in ages. How old is your nephew?

the_reverand December 7 2009, 17:58:54 UTC

You'd get this! Sort of.

He's 10. It's about how plants grow toward light. The experiment is all done and he had to write a report and such. He wanted me to dictate it to him. Then he wanted to get veryveryvery upset. So did his mother. It was not awesome!

larkworth December 8 2009, 02:30:10 UTC

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That blew my mind. Woah.

Oh no! When he said "dictate it to me" did he mean, "you will actually write the report and I will physically write it down."?? That never ends well. :(

the_reverand December 8 2009, 03:30:37 UTC

My roommate made that. There was going to be a whole series of wacky Bananamouse YMTNDs, but it never happened. She also had an Eels idea but I beat her to the punch with this one.

Yeah, he wanted me to tell him what to write. He just wanted to go outside and play. He kept saying "this is boring!" Photosynthesis is not exactly Indiana Jones, kid!

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