Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

'Dank Dank' (Reflecting his inability to accept compliments for several years.)

'Daddy, how many whoppers are there in those tall trees?' After waking up in the car while driving through Calaveras Big Trees and hearing daddy say, 'Wow, that's a whopper of a tree.'

'Daddy, there's Victor, only he has more white hairs now.' (about our neighbor 3 doors down who is a regular reader of McClelland Family.com)

'The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.'