Sneetch is a bad word!
I was very excited. After weeks of trying to come up with a vanity tag, I had it. “Sneetch” I love the Sneetches. Most people who know the story alittle think that the Sneetchs are creatures who can’t be taught.
Then, when every last cent of their money was spent,
the Fix-It-Up-Chappie packed up and he went.
And he laughed as he drove in his car up the beach,
“They never will learn; no, you can’t teach a Sneetch!” “You can’t teach a Sneetch”.
But that’s not the moral of the story…
But McBean was quite wrong, I’m quite happy to say,
the Sneetches got quite a bit smarter that day.
That day, they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches,
and no kind of Sneetch is the BEST on the beaches.
That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars,
and whether they had one or not upon thars.
It truly is a story about equality among the masses. No matter your outside appearance. It teaches acceptance.
So, I go to the tag office, after making sure I was spelling “Sneetch” correctly, and stood in line. for 30 minutes. I get to the front of the line, tell her what I want, she checks it out, and it is available. Then she gets this wrinkled brow look as she continues to work the computer.
“It won’t let you have it.”
“Why not? Is it actually taken?”
“No, the state capital considers it a bad word.”
“…huh?”
“Yes, it’s like “Snitch”, and that is not allowed. You’d get into trouble.”
“Um…it’s from a Seuss Story. How could that be bad?”
“Well, Montgomery says it is.”
“Well, Montgomery should read more.”
“You can tell Montgomery that” she said with a sneer…Grinch!
March 20th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Bwahahaha. How funny!
I love that book. I read it to my reading group at the library during Martin Luther King Jr. week. It’s a good illustration.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
hahahahaha!
that made me laugh!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
“Most people who know the story alittle think that the Sneetchs are creatures who can’t be taught.”
Just go ahead and say it: SARAHLENABROWN