Now let’s talk about John Hancock. You know what I like about John Hancock? His penmanship. Obviously. I mean, that's the only thing people say about John Hancock. As soon as you mention him, fifty people immediately chime in by telling you, “That guy, John...
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Now let’s talk about John Hancock. You know what I like about John Hancock? His penmanship. Obviously. I mean, that's the only thing people say about John Hancock. As soon as you mention him, fifty people immediately chime in by telling you, “That guy, John Hancock, whenever he picked up a pen, you knew you were in for a treat! He had a a capital H like you wouldn’t believe! It was art. Da Vinci painted The Mona Lisa, and John Hancock wrote a capital H!” You know what i just realized? We have very little definite information about John Hancock, aside from the fact that he signed his name in an elegant manner. For all we know, he might've been the most deranged person in all of Colonial America. As in, "That John Hancock is usually so high on PCP, that after he writes an H, he pours a gallon of barbecue sauce on his head." I’ll bet when Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence, he didn’t even know what it was. He was so high, he figured he was signing for a package. He thought he
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