[longshadow]

Did I mention I weigh 380 pounds and am the oldest NFL All-Pro defensive tackle ever? I can still bench press the Pittsburg Steelers offensive line, although since I turned 50 I have to use both arms.

Oh, yeah? What about your Uncle? That (in some people's minds) is the real meausure of a man.

< /proxy argumentum ad Uncle mode>

[balrog666]

Right. I have an uncle who used to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before he went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when he got home, his dad and mother would kill him and dance about on his grave singing Hallelujah.

And then after he got is 19 PhD's, he worked for 9 US Presidents and 4 Prime Ministers while inventing the printing press, the atomic bomb, the Apollo project, the laser, the transistor, the communications satellite, the ballpoint pen, milk chocolate, internet spam, and latex condoms. He retired at the age of 17½ with 482 bazillion dollars in the bank, 91 ex-wives and 273,114 children. He still dabbles in financing the US Treasury out of his petty cash and likes to encourage internet flame wars in his spare time.

Oh, and he laughs at Intelligent Design masquerading as science since he invented it as a party joke.

/ flaming-idiot uncle mode

[PatrickHenry]

argumentum ad Uncle

Barbarian! Must I always clean up your grammar? It's argumentum de avunculo.

[VadeRetro]

What about your Uncle?

He can still whup me, of course! But when he turns 75, I think I'll be ready to take him. ;)

[PatrickHenry]

Oh, yeah? What about your Uncle? That (in some people's minds) is the real measure of a man.

I am an uncle. Fear me!