It all started with a tickle. Roger Hargreaves’ son, Adam asked him what a tickle looked like. In response, Roger drew a small orange man with extraordinarily long arms that could reach anywhere and tickle anyone.
And so, Mr Tickle, the first of the Mr Men, was born. Mr Tickle was soon joined by Mr Greedy, Mr Happy, Mr Nosey, Mr Sneeze and Mr Bump. The books were an instant hit and Roger went on to create many more Mr Men and Little Miss characters. What Roger really wanted was to make children laugh, which is probably why his own favourite character is Mr Silly.
Titles include:
Not we, as in the good hard-working copywriters of OneDayOnly. But enough of the staff members have entered for us to use the collective "we" without technically lying.
And we wish everybody running the best of luck, as we recline on the couch and chase a Bar One with a Sterie Stumpie. Extra fries > exercise.
We only tell you this because (insert gross assumption here) we know there's every chance you're going to perennially underachieve by comparison today - being a Sunday and all - and we hope to guilt you into making a comfort purchase.
Or buy something of your own accord. It's up to you. We're happy either way.