This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves'
As you can imagine, with so many Daves.
And often she wishes that, when they were born,
She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn
And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm.
And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim.
And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey.
And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey.
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Baloon Face.
And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff.
One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff.
And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed.
And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed.
And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt.
And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt.
And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFatee...
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.

The material on this and connected "pages" are from the story "Too Many Daves" from the book "The Sneeches, and other stories", written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1961. This book is copywright 1961 and 1989 by Theodor S. Geisel and Audrey S. Geisel. It is reproduced here without permission, but with full recognition of the artists ownership, I offer it as one of the many wonderful stories which were part of my life.

Being a "Dave", this story often comes to mind. At one job, I shared an office space with three other Daves. Many of my peers, with whom I interact regularly, are also Daves. Recently, on one online system, I had selected "Dave S" as my name (handle) and found a lot of confusion as the system sent messages to other Daves when friends abbreviated my handle. Remembering this story, I chose TooManyDaves as a new handle.

Thank you, Dr. Seuss.

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