The Very Hungry Caterpillar...
... is basically my bible.

It taught me about butterflies, which are kick ass. It taught me about the days of the week. It taught me how to count. It taught me that gross weird looking bastards turn out to be amazingly pretty.

But most importantly it taught me that binge-eating is fucking awesome. Particularly combining salami and cherry pie.

For this glorious education in hideous amounts of food and eating until you feel sick, I salute you, you hungry little caterpillar.

(In other news, it's been 21 years and I've been eating as much as possible and I'm still not a butterfly. I'm beginning to think it was all a clever lie.)
(thants, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:31, 5 replies)

I've read it so many times to my daugher
I could probably recite it my heart

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf. Then one Sunday the warm sun came out and POP! Out came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar

He started to look for some food.....
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:40, closed)

On Monday...
...he ate through one apple, but he was still hungry.

On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.

On Wednesday he ate though three plums, but he was still hungry....
(thants, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:50, closed)

It's also George Bush's favourite book.
Interestingly he was in college when it came out...
(Milo Minderbinder, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:58, closed)

wonderful book
It's the holes that did it for me, but what annoyed me were his wings. They're upside down!
( SteamedCleaner, Thu 15 May 2008, 19:11, closed)

he also wrote
the bad tempered ladybird - a very cute little book. i collect ladybird items and my ex-boyfriend bought the book for me and suggested it was written about me!! i still have the book but he is long gone :)
(chameleon61, Fri 16 May 2008, 12:21, closed)