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A Touching Children’s Book Written While High

A few weeks ago I related a charming anecdote about the Cracked offices that involved thinly veiled racism, sexual assault, rampant stupidity and may or may not have actively advocated huffing gasoline (several times). Then I figured: That would make a great children’s book!

I was wrong, but here it is anyway.

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151 Responses to “A Touching Children’s Book Written While High”

  1. Sarah not too Plain, and somewhat Tall. Says:

    Uhm, I’m pretty sure CreatureFace was making fun of the cockstain who was complaining about the meter shit.

    Anyways. Love it. Completely.

  2. cam Says:

    lol a thousand times lol

  3. Johnny Says:

    My dick became hard while I read this. And it was all because of the awesome.

  4. Bacchetta Says:

    It has already been stated that that wasn’t the point of the article, CreatureFace. So, you know, go pound sand.

  5. CreatureFace Says:

    The meter of this poem is terrible, just terrible. You see, I have no sense of humor or personal experience with a naked woman, however I do have a great deal of knowledge about proper meter. This my friend, is not it. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go exfoliate my face with the jarred semen of a twelve year old Thai boy.

  6. Thalamos Says:

    dude
    awesomeness
    and yes it should be read high ^^

  7. dude Says:

    look at the lava in the form of a flick.

  8. kaly76hummer Says:

    My friends recommended me a very interesting place __AgelessFriends.com __ It’s a nice and free place for Younger Women and Older Men, or Older Women and Younger Men, to interact with each other. Age gap is not a problem there. You may wanna check it out and tell your friends.

  9. Cracked.com4EVER Says:

    LMAO @ quuensativa down there…..LLLLLLLLLLLLOL

  10. Alysspy Says:

    oh my lordy I nearly pee’d my panties! this was hilarious!! people need to thrill-ax and take a chill pill over the whole ‘meter’ thing. As far as i’m concerened, a meter is measuring term SO SHUT THE HELL UP
    brilliant

  11. Kathy Says:

    you deserve a caldecott medal for this. seriously.

  12. Shruti Naik Says:

    EPIC!

  13. melanie Says:

    I loved it, the rhymes though my son won’t be reading something like this till he’s at least 12 :O)

  14. Rina Says:

    First of all i would like to know: did you do all those sweet drawings, dude? Well done to you!
    And also, CARTOON BROCKWAY IS TOO AWESOME. We could all learn a thing or two from him. And i would like him on a t-shirt, please.

  15. Diesel Says:

    (to add on)

    I just read back through the comments and WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT THE RYTHM!

    It were ritten high You should read it HIGH.

    Fuckin tards

  16. Diesel Says:

    Funny shit! Lava sled Hoe looks like (Unhappily Ever After) Nikki Cox!!

  17. CohibaMan Says:

    Brockway,

    That was a great defense but you can do better.

    Use your eye lasers and the mustache beam. Come on.

    Kill them all.

  18. Reneeisme2day Says:

    That as freaken amazing

  19. .... Says:

    QueenSativa= best mom ever.

  20. Reneeisme2day Says:

    That was awesome.

  21. k0dy Says:

    I wasn’t even aware there was supposed to be a rhythm until somewhere toward the end.

    That isn’t bad though.

  22. QueenSativa Says:

    I just read this aloud to my 6 month old. He loved it.

  23. Vladik87 Says:

    LMAO!! I wrote and drew things like that while high. It sure is fun and fucked up. I just might be doing that today after work…

  24. Cheeky hamster Says:

    That was friken awsome

  25. acommenter Says:

    That was great! :D

  26. nick Says:

    did tom green write this book!

  27. Lance Power Says:

    The pictures are epic, especially when he goes into the generator room.

    LOL @ english major cockfags. They got burnt worse than Miyagi the dinosaur

  28. Robert Brockway Says:

    Aw, look at all the kids that took an intro to poetry class!

    Here’s a tip: This is not a parody of a poem. It is a parody of a children’s book. Just because something rhymes doesn’t mean it also has a definitive meter.

    That’s great that you love reading and you’re super excited to show everybody how you’re capable of learning new words, but loosely grasping what meter is doesn’t mean that it suddenly applies to everything. For example, I recently learned about nuclear transmutation and have a loose grasp on the subject, but I don’t walk into coffee shops and tell them that their pastries are “pretty good for a foodstuff” and it’s just too bad that they have “kind of an awkward radioactive decay.”

    I used the barista analogy so you could relate to it, English majors. Now shut up and get me my fucking coffee, and I swear to god if there’s not whip cream and sprinkles on it I am making you take it back.

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  30. GenghisKahk Says:

    This was great. Seriously, who cares about the rhythm?

  31. paul Says:

    sick

  32. Papachabre Says:

    Dudes - who cares about the rhythm? Are you sorry that you can’t read this to your children because not every line flows off of the tongue? I don’t have children, but I don’t think I’d let a little thing like rhythm stop me from reading this to them.

  33. rainletter Says:

    lol mr miyagi karate kid!

  34. justarandomguy Says:

    I liked that.
    But the rhythm would have been better if you had removed the “even” in not even a big deal.

    But I guess you wanted to make a weird rhythm.

  35. humanb Says:

    That was actually pretty entertaining. The illustrations are brilliant. The rhythm is clumsy, but I think that was the point.

  36. Jorn Says:

    Nice.

  37. kaly76hummer Says:

    My friends recommended me a very interesting place __ AgelessFriends.com __ It’s a nice and free place for Younger Women and Older Men, or Older Women and Younger Men, to interact with each other. Age gap is not a problem there. You may wanna check it out and tell your friends.

  38. Superstar2559 Says:

    That was absolutly brilliant. Laughed my ass off at ‘No, you pushed me you fuck!’

  39. ratchet1215 Says:

    Eh, this was okay.

  40. Thrage Says:

    You’re a pretty good comedian …

    … but a pretty lousy poet.

  41. Fapmaster 9000 Says:

    I fapped hard.

  42. lol_alf Says:

    You’re like one of the great wordsmiths of our time! Just like 2Pac, Lil Wayne, and Ol’ Dirty.

  43. Dietle Says:

    Fucking hilarious. Hilarious, breathtaking and touching.

    Hilarious, breathtaking, touching and disturbing.

    Hilarious, breathtaking, touching, disturbing and…
    I think the joke has run its course. But it was funny.

  44. Solostarian Says:

    Two words, FUCKING AWSOME. I wasn’t even stoned and this was great. :D

  45. Jyoticool Says:

    watch meghan mccain photo

    http://zhoola.com/meghan_mccain_photo.html

  46. david Says:

    This is actually pretty weak by the standard Brockway has set for himself.

  47. noirakita Says:

    I liked the pictures. Especially the Hot throbbing cock.

  48. Mr. Bunny Says:

    Brockway’s reach-a-round, Dr. Sedeuss, f’ing meter complaints (really, meter?), and swimming in another’s wake…bad way to start a good day, you know?

  49. kenz Says:

    poor maxwell
    (T_T)

  50. BGH122 Says:

    This was awesome. It’s like Dr Seuss had Dr Seuss been a lot more rad and a lot less wholesome.

  51. Inishi Says:

    I cried when Maxwell died.

  52. Destructicus Says:

    I’d buy that book!

    Also, the word you were looking for to describe Dr. Prehistoria was pterosaur. Means ‘wing lizard’.

  53. CohibaMan Says:

    Don’t cry for Maxwell.

    He’s in a better place now.

    Hell.

  54. anaconda prima donna Says:

    dig it!

  55. Jyoticool Says:

    watch meghan mccain

    http://zhoola.com/meghan_mccain_photo.html

  56. Stationary Says:

    It’s not Edward Gorey, but it’s pretty damn catchy.

  57. ThisIsNotAnExit Says:

    I stopped reading it pretty quickly, but enjoyed the art work very much!

  58. DH Says:

    It doesn’t flow very well, but it’s still pretty good
    The rhyming’s not bad, but I feel that it should
    have consistant spelling - it’s not right to have
    a mixture of British, Yankee and Chav!

  59. Kachwa Says:

    People are complaining about the meter? Seriously?! Mr. Brockway this was bloomin’ amazing. I already loved your articles but this was awesome. Great work and the pictures are-dare I say it- cute.

  60. CohibaMan Says:

    Jimmie,

    Great idea, but careful. “Adult Children’s Book” comes perilously close to “Children’s Adult Book”… and we all know where that path leads.

    Prison. Where the only books you’ll be publishing will be, “Why Does My Ass Bleed When I Poop?”, “1,001 Inmate Love Poems”, and “50 Recipes For Pruno.”

  61. JimmieChewsShoes Says:

    If I were a publisher, I would publish this. Granted you would have to write a ton more so we could have an “Adult Children’s Book” series.

  62. DroidsRule Says:

    Hilarious. I love the accompanying pictures. :D

  63. CohibaMan Says:

    For the record, I’m PRETTY SURE I read that last little tidbit in the MLA Handbook, so it’s GOTTA be true.

  64. CohibaMan Says:

    Besides, this was all based on a true story.

    True stories are allowed to have facts that overlap with obscure pieces of fiction.

  65. Alaska Says:

    hahaha so funny and awesome. am i the only person who doesnt make huge comment paragraphs

  66. Robert Brockway Says:

    Seriously? The boy with the moustache is quite obviously a cartoon me. The dinosaur is quite clearly from the previous post I mentioned right fucking there up top. Am I not allowed to mention dinosaurs or MY VERY SELF now because the extremely generic concepts were mentioned in a webcomic one time?

    You fuckers are reaching.

    For dicks.

  67. Tartra Says:

    Fucking. Awesome. Fucking awesome. The illustrations were great and it flowed beatifully and I seriously didn’t think you were going to put something like this out but I’m absolutely ecstatic that you did. And yeah! You use that minor and put Seer in his place! WHOOOO!!

  68. Emma Says:

    I had some fun but I noticed something. A boy with a mustache and a dinosaur? Doesn’t that look a lot like Dr. McNinja?

    GORDITOOOOOOO!

  69. AllYourBase Says:

    Cracked figured that recycling is good for the environment; too bad they are doing it wrong.

    @siggigod:
    I had not noticed, good find!

    Also, Scribblenauts is FTW.

  70. siggigod Says:

    I had some fun but I noticed something. A boy with a mustache and a dinosaur? Doesn’t that look a lot like Dr. McNinja?

  71. Dragontamer363 Says:

    haha awesome and great drawings.
    I usually expect stuff like this to fall flat on its face, but you did a great job
    *thumbs up*

  72. Sugar Plum Says:

    Hilarious! If you change the dirty to clean, you could write badass childrens’ books!

  73. Otrola24 Says:

    Fuck you, Brockway. I almost choked to death on my Dr. Pepper.
    You sir, are my new favorite columnist.

  74. JAckFoX Says:

    “not being a dick ” nice.This was better then the other one (I tend to lose interest ), also can i request more sexy cave women next time. They don’t even need to be apart of the story you can just sprinkle them around.

  75. McShagworthy Says:

    Probably the funniest thing I’ve read on the site in the last week. Kudos for keeping the rhyme alive through the whole thing. Also, for exposing how every kids book seems to be a sick parable for some major adult issue. James and the Giant Peach? The Giving Tree? The list goes on.

  76. CohibaMan Says:

    Brockway-

    And here I was thinking that your major was Mustachioed Awesomeness with a minor in Asskicking.

    I feel so disillusioned now. I’m going to go shave.

  77. Pie. Says:

    Amusing, but I actually found Schroeder’s poem much more well-written.

  78. AB Says:

    this poem is of the best up to date
    dont mind what Seer says, your writing is great~

  79. Imapotato Says:

    It’s as if he had the 1st couple of paragraphs down in his head, then realized…oh man, I have to fill a page…forcing rhymes and gay jokes

    That went downhill like a broken wheelchair on an inclined slope

  80. Robert Brockway Says:

    Yes, I did the illustrations as well, and yes, I do know what meter is and how to use it. I have an English degree as well, I just also took a minor in “not being a dick about it.”

  81. CohibaMan Says:

    Seer,

    You can just go ahead and join Maxwell in hell for all I care.

  82. CohibaMan Says:

    This is the second time you’ve written about this.

    You’re beginning to worry me a bit, Mr. B-way. I’m starting to think that all this really happened and you are trying to hide that fact by writing about it in order to make us think it never really occurred.

    Or something like that. At any rate, job well done - carry on!

  83. Schroeder Says:

    “Goddamn you, Brockway!” Schroeder barely could cry
    “I choked on a chip, surely I’ll die!”

    The article was great, he thought but couldn’t say
    And O he would have laughed, would have laughed all damn day!

    But you cared not at all for the health of your readers
    Only for your beard and the shafts of black peters.

    Lo, though he died, while choked on a chip
    And though the author cared not a fuck nor a flip

    Schroeder died with a smile and a chip in his maw
    and Brockway laughed heartily with a beardly “Guffaw!”

    Seriously though, good job.

  84. Baldi Says:

    Seriously, Seer? Really?

  85. mampajama Says:

    Having spent the past week reading bedtime stories to my 4 year old nephew; this made me happy in ways I dare not say.

  86. IncrediblyIncredible Says:

    “You pushed me! You fuck!”

    Best laugh of the day (I’m not that drunk yet).

  87. Edgarska Says:

    “and i swear, at the time, this all seemed a lot less gay.”

    hahaha, this is one of the funniest articles i have read so far.

    where can i buy the paperback?

  88. nanakashima Says:

    DUDE BROCKWAY.
    kudos for the rimes, man! and btw, did you do all the drawings?
    love the last 2 lines

  89. Flashpenny Says:

    Funny stuff.

  90. Lady K. Says:

    Seer, as an English teacher, I strongly advise you to shove that diploma you know where and see if the meter stays the same.

  91. Mike D Says:

    “They met two mighty warriors who came from the lands of far East
    Named Long Wang and mighty Dong (and they giggled at each)”

    Seuss would be proud (or jealous!)

  92. TehEpicPhail Says:

    I agree with Seer, but he could have said it without his “look at me I have an English major” attitude.

  93. Chestair the Molestair Says:

    That’s Deep.

  94. TairyHesticles Says:

    mehfag.

  95. Jorgenshpier Says:

    Needs more tits.

    Seer, shut the fuck up.

  96. Seer Says:

    Funny material, but as an English major I was pretty miffed with the constant changes to the meter.

  97. Sam Says:

    I’d read this book to my kids every night. If the government would let me have them back. :/

  98. Pentagoon Says:

    I want the lava sled and the cavegirl to go along with it. I’d buy this book in printed form, no question. \m/

  99. the chef Says:

    brilliant.

  100. Jaqui Says:

    Haaaaaahahaha.

  101. JustSomeguy Says:

    That was funny as hell…. thanks.

  102. FloridaGirl Says:

    I laughed SO hard.. this is pure gold. You should definitely do a weekly installment of the Adventures of The Mustachioed Boy.

    “Suddenly the sled began to yaw, jump and buck
    And poor Maxwell fell! ‘No, you pushed me! You fuck!’”

    Pure. Gold.

  103. Justin Says:

    Awesome, Brilliant, Epic, …..Awesome again.

  104. uberVU - social comments Says:

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Digg by michaelrsa: At least Maxwell can take comfort in the fact that his death allowed for the mustachioed boy to make such a fucking awesome jump. …

  105. KazzyKaz Says:

    “hail the all mighty robert brockway!
    a guy who has a moustache and still is not gay!
    this story has its fun and thrills,
    it has the spookiness and the chills,
    ….”

    fuck yeah its awesome!

  106. Numzy Says:

    Absolutely dongtastic.

  107. RandyChimp Says:

    I’d buy this if it were a book. Seriously.

  108. Long Time Cracked Fan Says:

    Wow, I’m usually a fan of the longer and more wordy articles, but this was gold. Well done Brockway, you actually made me laugh out loud! Did you do the drawings as well?

  109. Rose Brown Says:

    I thought it would never happen. But I was so gloriously wrong. Seriously this was amazing.

  110. Mr Bunny Says:

    I clicked on the link and read the whole bit/
    Doubled over in laughter, I think I just shit/
    You knack for drugs & beastiality/
    Gives rise to the inquiery, are you a furry?/
    …and uh, miles to go before I sleep, yeah, awesome.

  111. PickledBeatnik Says:

    Lauren B.: so do i. ORGY TIME!!!

  112. Jack Says:

    Very good :)

  113. Lauren B Says:

    I want to shag the person who wrote this.

  114. aadam077 Says:

    HAHA. EPIC

  115. Pixie Says:

    It was pretty good … but nothing on the original Brave tale of Maxwell the dinosaur and the sinister Dr Prehistoria.
    *That* was class.

    Still, rock on Brockway.

  116. Doctorchaos Says:

    I…I love you.

  117. Rex-Jester Says:

    LOL! Love it, Mr. B.! An absolute cornucopia of whimsical grit.

    Too bad you can’t get Boris Karloff for the audio book, oh, wait, maybe you can get Hank Azaria doing Karloff!

    Well played… your lit teachers should be proud!

    Can’t wait to see the sequel.

  118. MontyB Says:

    Rhyming doesn’t always work without a good flow, it was still hilarious though, I enjoyed reading this then rereading the original article you wrote about this adventure in, but where’s the scientist/janitor?

  119. Jediknight437 Says:

    Awesome. :)

  120. Nick Burns Says:

    The pictures made this great.

  121. Copperpot Says:

    He stole all the copper wiring … hahahahahahah

  122. Karl Says:

    Aww…i Cried while reading it…it was so sad :(

  123. Chris Says:

    That was epic. I would buy that book for my kids.

  124. Raye Says:

    Oh, dear. Horribly, horribly good. I like the cute, crude little pictures, too.

  125. Lorenzo Says:

    LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  126. mo0ing_duckie Says:

    Mr Brockway,

    I do believe you have an instant classic on your hands. I read this to my seven year old sister before her nap, and she really must have enjoyed it, because she kept weeping tears of joy and saying something about never sleeping again.

  127. Meccone Says:

    Kadosh!

  128. GTJ Says:

    instant classic

  129. shannon Says:

    wicked

  130. TheDarkFlame Says:

    This was brilliant. Pure genius.
    Since when did genius rhyme with penis? pee-ni-us? I have no idea on that one.

  131. MattJacks Says:

    This was amazing.

  132. Darkmage Says:

    Brockway strikes again! I feel like my brain has been raped! (In a Good way!!)

  133. gorden Says:

    lol…really? I found a place that many players are hoo king up with h ot mo dels, seems the club called: __ http://Tallconnect.com ___, do you hear this before?

  134. Red Jen Says:

    You must have an utterly bizarre speaking voice if that poem actually rhymed when you said it aloud.

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  136. BillyBob Says:

    Haha that was great

  137. Laura Says:

    When I have children…I shall read this to them often

  138. RSV1000guy Says:

    This is brilliant!

  139. Esmoreit Says:

    Dr. Prehistoria reminded me of the high-tech dinsosaur end-boss in Chrono Trigger. Very, very awesome!

  140. Alexandra Says:

    Heh, brilliant! Clever, silly, AND epic!! :D

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  142. William Says:

    I like the “Sacrifice.” that was noble.

  143. Cherlindrea Says:

    Very well done! I think this is the only time that story can be reused and be funnier than the first time!

  144. DamienStryker Says:

    Cracked needs more humorous rhyming passages. This and DOB’s “Christmasturbation” are awesome.

  145. Leperkhan Says:

    that was fun to read hehe, good job

  146. Moony Says:

    It’s like Calvin and Hobbes, except a hundred times more awesome.

  147. InuGhost Says:

    Somehow the story seems a lot friendlier and not so violent with the colored pictures. Guess it just shows that almost anything can be made kid friendly if you add kid friendly pics.

  148. BloodLemming Says:

    Holy fuck, Brockway. That was epic!

  149. Knightro Says:

    Very amusing, sir.

  150. Shadowfacts Says:

    Like Calvin and Hobbes on… whatever the hell that was.

  151. Nitai Says:

    I love the illustrations on that! Who made them? Anyway, I liked the whole thing a lot.

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