“X” Is Not Always For Xylophone
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
No, sometimes it’s for xenophobia, the fear of strange things; like lampreys or the British. That is according to a wonderfully dark children’s book from 1974 entitled The Mime’s Alphabet Book which bucks the trend of most screeds dealing with teaching kids their ABCs by substituting insipid objects like ducks for real world truths, like dying:
Certainly a lesson that could only be realized with art of pantomime.
Mime Alphabet Book, 1974 [Flickr - Thrift Store Hell] uploaded by eliz.avery : Seven Deadly Sinners
Categories: Mimes, Children's Books, Tongue-in-cheek, Flickr
Posted at 9:29 am on April 15, 2008
2 Comments -
Hey Ross, is your title a reference to “Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book”? If so, I want to give you money.
“Maybe someday you can go to Detroit.”
Comment by V. Blame — April 15, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
You know it. Shel Silverstein was a genius but even he could be wrong on occasion it seems.
Comment by Ross Rosenberg — April 15, 2008 @ 2:51 pm