Augh! I haven't thought about that book for years! Augh! That's so cool! Yeah, we read it in... second grade, I think.

has anybody ever read The Story of the Mole who Went in Search of Whodunnit? it's translated from German, and I swear, when my teacher read it to us a few days ago, I was about to fall out of my chair! We'd been studying moles [Teacher: A mole is like a dozen, a gross, or a baker's Dozen.
Student: Gross?
Me: [resists urge to use esset in notes that I'm taking to humor the teacher]
Teacher: Yeah, a dozen dozen.
Other Student: hunh?
Teacher: A dozen dozen, 144.
Student: Oh, Ok [reeeealy believably...]
Other Student: Hunh?
Teacher: Well, a mole is 6.02 * 10^24.
Student 3:Hunh? That's not a dozen.
Teacher: No, it's not. it's a mole.
Student 3: A mole?
Teacher: yes, a mole. 6.02*10^24.
Student 3: Huh? I don't get it. I think I missed something.
Teacher: Well, molar mass...
Student 4: What?
Teacher: Molar mass.
Student 4: What's that?
Teacher: That's what I'm explaining.
Student: Wait, i thought we were talking about moles.
teacher: Yeah, moles and molar mass.
Student: So, we've finished moles? I still don't get it.
Other Student: Wait, wait... molar mass?
Student 3: Wait, I thought we were talking about 6.3 * 10/
Teacher: 6.02*10^23, actually, and we still are
Student: I don't get it.
Me: Find and begin reading chapter in book. Understand perfectly.]

Well, as normal I digress. So, our reward for finishing the mole unit-- an entire unit on Avogadro's number: folks, this is the state of public education in America-- was to be read a book meant for preschoolers.
Synopsis:
Mole: There's something brown on my head, but I'm too near-sighted to tell who put it there.
Us: Are we supposed to assume it's... nah, couldn't be.
Mole: [meets pig] Did you do this on my head?
Pig: No, it couldn't be me. i do mine like this. [Sounds written out, description of amount and consistancy. Graphic pics.]
Us: gasp
Mole: [meets goose] Did you do this on my head?
Goose: No, I do mine like this: [pics, sounds, description.
[repeat with various farm animals]
Mole: [meets flies] Can you tell me who did this on my head [that's right, ladies and gents, he still hasn't wiped it off]
Flies: give us a second. [Buzz around Mole's head] Dog. Definitely a dog.
Mole: [head cleared of poo] Of course! It must be the old hound dog! [goes to dog house, does to the dog what the dog did to him]

A little girl I babysit is turning ~*three*~ the eleventh, and I thought I'd get it as a gag gift. Amazon.com said the publisher was out. Scary.

> > -Eo"and you can never go wrong with Dave Barry"wyn14
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> Did you know odango means meatball in Japanese?
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> ~Mina "Dave Barry cracks me up. Ever read his book about bad songs?" moon

No, but has anyone read Dave barry Does Japan? I went through a Barry phase in... elementary sometime. I had a lot of book phases back when I actually had time to read. That was my favorite.

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