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Friday
Feb182011

Will The Small Child Nephew Tests Out of Self-Esteem Acutalization Training

I have long maintained that Will The Small Child Nephew is by far the most terrifying of my sister's three offspring:

This week's proving ground was his Aunt Beth's Valentine's Day card, which I have scanned here as state evidence for the criminal charges pending from the Reckless Discharge of a Nuclear Submarine arraignment which will doubtless come to pass before long.

As we can see, Will refuses to be bound by the tyrannical diktats of Big Hallmark.  No greeting card can hold him, no amount of post office regulation crush his burning desire to show The Man what's what.

Behold the cornucopia of psychological insight.  We have careful, perfectly aligned, reasonably sized, chronologically accurate signatures from eldest Jim The Nephew, all of which is dramatically dwarfed by the Parallel Bars of Angst of his middle brother's identity.  As a youngest child, I say:  I feel you, Baby Will.  As an aunt, I say:  Your college fund just became the seed money for your legal defense endowment. 

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Reader Comments (9)

Fight the power, Will!

February 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSeaWitch

hahahaha

He's just practicing his autograph for when he's a reality TV star.

February 18, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterlangrish

...but he forgot to dot the i in "Will"!

WE NEED A SOUSAPHONE PLAYER UP IN HERE!

February 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDreamwalking

And yet? Still more legible and precise than anything I've ever signed.

"...but he forgot to dot the i in "Will"!"

No, it's there. Just really tiny. His great restraint on display.

February 18, 2011 | Registered CommenterBlonde Champagne

At first I thought it was a strange, Dr. Suess-like tree.

Will just went John Hancock all over your Valentine's card.

February 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMike the Long-Term Reader

"Will just went John Hancock all over your Valentine's card."

I've always known it was he who would overthrow me.

February 18, 2011 | Registered CommenterBlonde Champagne

I can just hear him chanting "Marsha Marsha Marsha!"

February 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterTrala

Hilarious! Both your writing and Will's attention-grabbing antics. :-)

February 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJeremiah The Brother-In-Law

Many thanks, Jeremiah The BIL.

February 19, 2011 | Registered CommenterBlonde Champagne
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