i double-dog bear you to read these.

they are jokes about bears, mainly.

dear friends who are bears and friends who are not bears,

i am glad you’re here.
thank you for so being (here)!
here are some sillies.¹

A) the first TED talk:

…was given by Ruxpin.²

B) another bear-related talk:

"nothing to fear but fear itself"
"you mean BEAR itself, right? nothing to fear but bears"
"oh yeah that was a typo... fear and bear are one letter apar…