Can I Have Your Autograph?
When I was a little kid, I used to practice signing my name. I paid special attention to the formation of the K of my first name, and the S of my last name. I would often delight in my fortune of having a last name that began with S, because, in fact, S was one of the finest letters that ever was. S is for sophisticated, S is for stately, S is for superb. It just didn't get any better than S. How I labored over practicing that "S".
There was much to consider. Would I write my first name in full, or just use my first initial? You just never know when fame might come at you from left field, and I wanted to be prepared. I didn't want to be caught off guard when an adoring fan approached me with those five words: "Can I have your autograph?" and have my fan underwhelmed by a substandard signature, unbefitting of my celebrity.
It's funny the weird things that kids do. Being a celebrity is the last thing I would ever want to be, and it wasn't meant to be anyway, because I never did come up with a dazzling John Hancock.