Who nicknames their kid
"Junior"? On the receiving end, who would want to be CALLED
"Junior" after, like, age 12? It is questions like these that
haunt the orderly world of a curmudgeon.
Take a "Junior" I actually
knew - I was 8 or so, and he was, like, 50 and bald. He was somehow
attached to our extended Maine family and therefore part of the annual
visitation rounds we were dragged through upon arrival each summer. I
think his real name was Herbert, so I have a sense why he accepted
"Junior" rather than living with "Herbie". But, come
on, he was no "Junior" to an 8 year old.
Then there's Tony DiNozzo on NCIS.
His father calls him "Junior". The excuse there is that
his dad is Robert Wagner, and, well, Robert Wagner can do pretty much whatever he
wants in my book.
So I repeat - who nicknames their
kid "Junior"?
Herbie and Arleen! LOL - I visited them as part of a round we had to do after my first marriage: Eb and Flo Monaghan (yeah, I know it wasn't Eb, but that's our inside joke), Herbie and Arleen, June and Everett. Remember how strong Captain Hunter's handshake was?? Remind me to tell you the fridge story from that visit to Junior :-)
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