I found the guy that's going to dig the new Popperville Town Hall basement! Word on the street is he can dig as much in a day as a hundred men could dig in a week.

Posted by Natural-Ad-3666@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 35 comments

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WrenchNRatchet@reddit

Whenever I say “Why not?” I frequently silently add “said Mr. Henry B Swap” and chuckle to myself

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myfrigginagates@reddit

My favorite book as a kid. Paying it forward and gave a copy to my niece for her newborn daughter.

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HopelesslyHuman@reddit

How has no one posted this yet. I friggin loved this book as a kid and this made me laugh aloud when I saw it years ago. I've always kept it on hand since.

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HopelesslyHuman@reddit

It's just an edited picture of the cover meant to be funny.

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Cephalopod_Dropbear@reddit

I was just talking to my kids about Mike Mulligan! One of my favorite books as a kid!

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NachoNachoDan@reddit

Got my copy right here! I love this book

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JustAnAgingMillenial@reddit

Just seeing it again makes me smile. I wonder if I still have mine somewhere...

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Natural-Ad-3666@reddit (OP)

One of my earliest favorite books. Next to the giant jam sandwich and ping the duck.

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Is Ping The Duck considered ok still? I loved the Five Chinese Brothers and thats considered culturally insensitive (which honestly i dont get given that its a story that highlights their brotherhood and strength)

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MediocreVermicelli39@reddit

My absolute favorite. My mom saved my copy and gave it to me to read to my son when he was born.

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Gullible_Rich_7156@reddit

Classic story but I always found it to be somewhat creepy and disturbing that the steam shovel ended up forever entombed in the basement of the school, albeit keeping schoolchildren warm as a boiler.

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Natural-Ad-3666@reddit (OP)

Did anyone else read this as a kid? This one and the giant jam sandwich were my favorites back in the 80s

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

I read (past and present tense) it to my kids still but don’t remember it when I was a kid

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AlienDelarge@reddit

I bought my kids a copy but its more r/silentgeneration things.

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IndubitableMatt@reddit

One of my favorite books as a kid. I read it to my son when he was little, and it quickly became one of his favorites, too.

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RockItGuyDC@reddit

I loved that book!

Her name was Mary Anne.

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lorenzo463@reddit

Does anyone else remember the Mike Mulligan reference in Ramona the Pest?

The teacher reads the book to the class, and the class wants to know where Mike Mulligan was going to the bathroom throughout the day, and why he didn’t realize that he hadn’t left a way out of the hole on a bathroom break.

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Natural-Ad-3666@reddit (OP)

Smart kid.

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Pure-Shoe-4065@reddit

Bro! Loved that book!!!! Man thanks for the feels

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rifunseeker@reddit

I don’t recall reading it as a kid but definitely read it to mine a whole lot.

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Natural-Ad-3666@reddit (OP)

I was very happy that my kids enjoyed it too. Seems so old fashioned that I was surprised they’d even tolerate it.

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sparkyoliver1@reddit

i loved mike mulligan…i know the story is older, but was it a little golden book?

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Natural-Ad-3666@reddit (OP)

I don’t know if it was a golden book too, but my copy was a board book.

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