too many Dave's

A few months ago we got a book from the library by Dr. Seuss called "Sneetches and other stories." In the book was a story I had never seen but I thought it fit our family rather well. It's called "Too Many Dave's." For those of you who don't know, my dad is a Dave. My brother Delos's first name is David. My oldest sister Alice married a Dave. I married a Dave. Alice named her first son David Logan (he goes by Logan). Delos named his second son David. I named my second son David Noah (he goes by Noah). I have a cousin named David...and guess what his last name is? Davidson. No, I'm not kidding. So what is it with the name Dave? Why is it so popular? I can tell you I named Noah that because I really admire my husband and think he's a good man and wanted his name to be perpetuated. Not that I don't admire my dad or my brother, but Noah is specifically named after his own dad, which I think is neat. So what is it with my family and Dave's? It's weird. But I like that my family has

Too Many Dave's

Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons, and she named them all Dave?
Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do.
You see, when she wants one, and calls out
"Yoo-Hoo! Come into the house, Dave!" she doesn't get one.
All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!
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 Balloon 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 McFate . . . .
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.