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1 " my doggie don't wear glassesso they're lying when they saya dog looks like it's owneraren't they- My doggie don't wear glasses "
― John Hegley , Can I Come Down Now Dad?
2 " I experienced a terrible sense of my own mortality as it struck me that during my life I would only remove and replace my glasses a specific number of times. The thought filled me with sombreness to the extent that I began to weep, removing my glasses so that I could wipe my eyes, thus adding one more to whatever the final number would have been; the realisation of which cheered me.- A spectacular tale "
3 " J just like his DadE ever so just (like his Dad)S specless (he never wore glasses)U unable to swimS sometimes I wonder if he was praying for the betraying kiss of Judas so as not to miss out on his Easter eggC cut bread into very thin slicesH hippy aeroplane impressionistR really easy to spot in a crowd on a Good FridayI I wonder if he had a dogS escapologistT took him three days but he did it- In the name of the Lord "
4 " for a while I was a bus conductorand one day my Dad got on my busand sat on the long seat next to my cubby holehe was proud to see me in a uniform and a joband in a loud voice he said to everyonedo you remember the bus conductor's outfit you hadwhen you were a boy John?and I said no Dadbut I remember how you used to enjoy beating me- On the bus "
