Dr. Frank's What's-it

Autograph Techniques

When I was a kid I used to write to famous people requesting autographs. In the end, I had hundreds. Some don't seem to have survived (like the one where General Westmoreland returned my own handwritten note, having scrawled "lack of public support" next to my question: why did we lose the Viet Nam war?) One that did survive was a card from Georges Simenon who ignored my question about his claim to have slept with twenty thousand women, but did write: "Thank you for your kindness: for my part, I have no opinion on Maigret. Regards."

Here's what I got from Dr. Seuss:

I realize now that the Dr. Seuss approach is one I've taken when signing my own autographs for people.