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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

Signature Irrelevant

Posted Monday, August 23, 2010, at 12:00 AM

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  • I was thinking exactly the same thing last weekend at a Big Box hardware store. The signature pad was at an odd angle, so my normal scrawl looked even more abnormal.

    My dad had the most beautiful and elegant handwriting I've ever seen. I finally gave up trying to imitate it and reduced my sig to a squibble.

    My hope was that, at the end of the day, some bank would be confused by a signature and decide that the deposit must be mine.

    On the other hand, I was afraid my handwriting was going to win me an all-expense-paid vacation in SE Asia when I reported to the Draft Board at the H & H Building when I turned 18.

    http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/broadway/hh-building-draft-board-and-...

    -- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Aug 23, 2010, at 8:51 AM
  • I think it already is, Rick. I believe next on the list are words. Thanks to the proliferation of texting, acronyms are quickly replacing the English language.

    A lot of people would rather write WTFITWCT instead of spelling out What The Fudge Is This World Coming To. Guess that is what some see as progress.

    TFR

    Man o' War

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Mon, Aug 23, 2010, at 9:36 AM
  • Ksteinhoff, Dr. Bunch got one of my wisdom teeth half pulled and wasn't able to finish. He sent me to an oral surgeon and he was afraid to give more deadner so it was pulloed without any painkiller. I was 12 and didn't go to a dentist again until I was 28.

    Brad, I too have poor penmanship. Maybe that is why I eny so those that do.

    -- Posted by Old John on Mon, Aug 23, 2010, at 9:53 AM
  • Great post. Sometimes I write in cursive just for fun. Well, maybe not fun, because I struggle to get through certain words I haven't spelled but maybe once back in 3rd grade. As a young guy entering the business world, spelling marketing campaign in cursive is harder than implementing one.

    I still refuse to text in acronyms. I always spell it out. The thought of doing what junior kids are doing in terms of communication terrify me.

    -- Posted by phatness on Mon, Aug 23, 2010, at 7:17 PM