Humor: On My Fantasy Bookshelf

This article reaches levels of STUPIDITY unseen before. Not only is it an insult to all of the FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL, and DELIGHTFUL children's books over the decades, it's also an insult to all of us who have treasured and enjoyed these stories our entire lives. If the author of this article thinks this little of these stories, then they had best get out of the journalist profession because they wouldn't know a great book if it bit them, and it should. Also, if they think this is funny, boy, do they have a ton of growing up to do. I wonder, were they born this stupid or did they have to work at it?

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Wow Karen you are a real idiot! That is not what I expected to read on Parent dish. What a shame, won't be reading parent dish anymore!

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Dear writer of this story, you are one helluva big idiot!! You should not be allowed to write articles due to your lack of intellect!!

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My opinion is that this is pretty tasteless. Instead of being creative and truly funny, you bastardize and pervert some great authors and story books. Why not read your two sweet little boys something other than Little House, Charlotte' Web, or Alice in Wonderland? Why not read them (oh my stereotype!) Goosebumps or something driven to a boys natural taste? Instead you spent hours creating these phony book covers when you could have been looking for appropriate reading material for your kids. I'm not saying only "boy" books are appropriate, just that your interpretations of children's classics are wholly INappropriate. Good luck in your quest to enrich your bookshelf.

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How is this supposed to be funny? I agree with above posts that most of these books are childhood classics. I guess I don't get it....

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Dear Pam, Jenny and Randy;

Despite what you think, I thought that some of these titles were cute. I am not a parent, so maybe I am out of line, but what is wrong with having a sense of humor? I loved many of the books she lampooned, as well as the classics set in "olden days." I think my favorite was "Moon, Goodnight Already." The writer has a way with words, in my opinion, and if you can't appreciate it, then don't read her column; I am sure many other parents still will.

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i think this is very funny. children's books are in need of a update to current times. maybe not as these titles suggest but it is a good laugh for a parent to see those titles and how they poke fun of society using children's book.

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Ha, I love how the entire imbecile society came out to snark this very funny post (hysterical, in fact). Actually, when a team of idjits come out to play, saying virtually the exact same thing in every post, you KNOW it's always the work of one deficient individual. I love anonymous morons!! (I adore you, anonymous moron! You and your personalities are absolutely stimulating. I never thought this kind of unimaginative commentary was possibly, but you, you, oh go on, get out you crazy thing!)

Karen, this is hilarious, and your many, MANY fans think so too. Good thing the asshats are always ready to give comedians fresh material. I mean, who can resist the high brow brilliance of a 'basketpam' (how much clever is in that basket, pam?), a jenny cheung (sure you are, dear), a Randy (ooo, scathing, sizzling commentary -rawr!), and a Ja Ja (bastardize and pervert - now yer talking Ja Ja! You rule in verbtown, bebs!)...

Heh, listen, it's always a pleasure to watch jealousy manifest.

And for you, Karen. More POWER TO YOU. You rock it hard and ain't no one going to knock that down.

-Elijah

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This is the best article ever! This is the perfect example of how books "should" be made for those crazy organic, no plastic bags, go green whack-job moms!! hilarious!!

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OMG!! I LOL'd @ this article, even though I truly these books as a little kid :D!!! I mean, like The Berenstain Bears--that's classic!!!

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This added a million laughs to my day and in the mis-quoted words of Ozzy Osborne - Some people should be trundled off to the ER for a frickin sense of humor implant!

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Tasteless, Vulgar and Snarky

And I'm restraining myself from saying what I really thought.

The "Beezus of Nazareth" was utterly out of line. Both the writer of this piece and whoever approved it need to find their way to the unemployment line.

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This is a PARODY and it's supposed to be funny- the writer is clever beyond words.

I am the parent of three and truly appreciated the perspective. Let's see more from Karen Bergreen and less from the folks who seemingly are not smart enough to understand the concept of parody and its application here...

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This humor piece was laugh-out-loud funny. I find the negative comments above simply frightening. If a generation of humorless parents will be raising the "children of the future" we have serious reason to worry. Chances are though, it was just one childish poster. Learn to take a joke ...

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AWESOME! This piece made my day--LOL!! Truly brilliant! I will be sharing it and spreading the joy!!

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Karen Bergreen - you are a genius! I too read these books to my kids, which is how I know how FUNNY THIS IS! One criticism: Walter Farts No More is not nearly as gross and tasteless as the original. You need to kick it up a notch there. I hope we see a lot more of your humor on this site!

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I clicked on this with high hopes for a good laugh, but it was just...not funny. At all. Too bad.

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This was soooooo funny! I'm surprised that some were offended by it. I've taught Kindergarten for years and have read most of the originals of these books to children and love them all, but this just made me laugh out loud. It wasn't written to be taken seriously- I'm glad there's a sense of humor out there.

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