Mr Men

I have always pondered about the curious title, 'Mr Men'. I thought that it was some queer artefact of English that combined a plural with singular. It never sounded right. I probably was thinking too hard.

As many of you probably know by now (if you don't, then you will in the next few days), there is a Mr Men phenomena spreading Facebook where an user uploads a picture of Mr Men (or should I say, many Mr Men), and tags each with a friend that closely fits with that description of the Mr Men (Mr Man?).

Seven friends have tagged me as seven individual Mr Men.

Maybe that explains it. I am Mr Men.