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It's celebrated each year on January 18th, the birthday of author A. A. Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956.)
Winnie-the-Pooh was first published in 1926 and was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included poems about Winnie in his books When we Were Very Young (1924) and Now We are Six (1927).
Was Pooh part of your childhood? How will you be celebrating the day?
Note: Anyone who mentions Kenny Loggins will be banned.
I used to love Winnie the Pooh as a small child!
ReplyDeleteAnd if I'm lucky, I'll be celebrating with my face smacked deep in a honey pot!
EROS: Make sure the “honey pot” doesn’t get stuck on your head.
DeleteSorry, have to pass on this, Winnie was no part of my childhood.
ReplyDeleteMAGO: Pooh’s name is Pu der Bär in German.
DeleteIt is never too late to have a second childhood.
The books have been translated into many languages, including Latin.
What a close psychic bond we have between us. I was reading The World According to Clarkson vol 4 in bed last night. He writes a column for the Sunday Times and the book is an annual collection of his columns all very high brow. The article I read in bed was entitled 'I'm a Tigger, he's a Piglet, and you must be a Pooh.' He was comparing people to Winnie the Pooh characters Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Wol, Rabbit and Eeyore. He compared James May as being Wol. I turned the light off and went to sleep, it wasn't a blissful sleep I kept tossing and turning and waking up every 10 minutes something was on my mind, at 2am I roused yet again with the question, Who was Wol? I googled it, turned out it was an owl. I slept like sound after that.
ReplyDeleteMITZI: I think we should start our own Psychic Network.
DeleteI think Jeremy Clarkson is more Golgothan than Winnie-the-Pooh. Jx
DeleteJON: Jeremy Clarkson seems to be one of those personalities who is everywhere (i.e. inescapable.)
DeleteWhat do you think of Katie Hopkins? I can't wait to get stuck into her Rude.
DeleteClarkson and La Hopkins are a match made in heaven. Inescapable, like flu. Or herpes. Jx
DeleteMITZI & JON: Please make Katie Hopkins go away.
DeleteWhen I was in a crib, Mom had a mirror by it and I thought it was the perfect place to smear my poo.
ReplyDeleteDoes that count?
NORMA: You get bonus points if you're still doing it today.
DeletePooh sticks. I will be doing something with them, probably in the lake that has formed in my back garden... perhaps I will take a photo and enter in for the annual Infomaniac gardening event.
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MISS SCARLET: You must be referring to the game of Pooh Sticks.
DeleteAt first, I thought you were cleaning up after your dog.
I loved Winnie the Pooh, but I won't be celebrating like this man. What in
ReplyDeletehell does he plan to wipe with? A pinecone?
MISTRESS MADDIE: Sphagnum moss is the bushcrafters' toilet paper of choice.
DeleteYes, Winnie the Pooh was a part of my childhood - I still have The World of Pooh on my bookshelf to this day. I haven't read it in an age, though. Perhaps I'll brush the dust off for a read in 2018?
ReplyDeleteAs for celebrating the day, no. But I did go to the dentist's and nearly fell asleep in the special chair!
Pooh would make a refreshing change from the Star Trek books.
DeleteYour dental experience sounds much more relaxing than LX's experience.
You better watch yourself Mr DeVice. You THOUGHT that was a tongue depressor he used.......
Delete1. No, not at all.
ReplyDelete2. With this!
LX: Slap several of these on your forehead!
DeleteAnd to think I felt sorry for your dental woes.
As a child, no. As a teenager I considered Tigger to be Snagglepuss's gay nephew. So he was my favorite.
ReplyDeleteCelebrated at dinner tonight by telling my brother and sis in law that my newish co-worker talked like Eeyore. Then I came home and found this thread and my head exploded.
BrianB
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Thank you Mistress for the welcome!
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