Childhood Chum Prints

Friendship.

'Can Wally come out and interact and relate to his peers?'

'What a drive! Our boy's going to go a long, long way.'

'But Dad, all the other kids get a roth IRA as part of their allowance package.'

Text Culture

"Better luck next time, kid."

"I can't see a blinkin' thing."

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

'We're playing doctor ??" Billy's the anesthetist.'

'Wanna see my tadpole collection?'

'More hair than brains.'

"When will I be old enough to have an inner child?"

The Charge of the Kids

'No, Adam, 'awesome' is not an acceptable choice of what you want to be when you grow up.'

'How was I to know that my invisible friend was so rambunctious?'

'I'm looking for a good summer looks....I can't read yet.'

"There's my very first school - where I learned how to hug."

"'A', I'm adorable."

'My finger's stopped bleeding. I must have run out of blood.'

'Look! There's Santa!'

"OK, here comes Sylvia Sanchez...it's a perfect time to ask her to the homecoming dance."

"So what's your definition of 'love'?"

Boys in the cloakroom.

'Just tell him you've been good. Don't overdo it.'

"Don't worry—it's just a phase."

'May I have a moment of your time? I'd like to tell you about a plan my bank has for your IRA...'

"Those are my unfinished connect-the-dots which I plan on finishing when I learn how to count past 10."

"Tunnel of 'Like-Like'"

"Hey, Frankie, remember me? Summer of '88—we were twelve and you buried me up to my neck and left me to die."

'Peabody, Yomp, Lee, Brodski & Dirkshaw...buddies since 4th grade.

"Don't you just love them when they're that age?"

"Face it, Carl. We outgrew each other."

"When I was 5 years old, I put all my money in a pickle jar. Of course, my money was soggy and the pickles tasted funny."

Love at first sight.

Coming out as a Conversationalist.