i love the evolution of language sometimes. just now learning that the first book dr. seuss published was a compilation of jokes and humorous blunders called "the pocket book of boners"
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in this series you had such titles as "boners," "more boners," "still more boners," "prize boners of 1932," and my favorite, "bigger and better boners." the wikipedia page adds that "all boners in the book are anonymous"
the thought process that lead me to this discovery was "i wonder what bill hader's been up to since barry" → "oh he's gonna be the cat in the hat in the new animated film" → "was that the first dr. seuss book? what was the first dr. seuss book" → this
funniest thing, as english for me is a second language, for a while didn't quite get what's the deal with this panel, since the word "boner" was completely unknown to my younger self. what a sweet summer child i was
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