Well everyone I've known this for awhile now but I've just gotten around to posting it now.

I'M GONNA BE A DADDY!

I've finished telling my immediate family and now I gotta tell my extended strip creator family. My girlfriend is four months along now so were expecting our child in April. I'm excited but also extremely nervous.

We should be going to find out if it's a boy or girl in the next few weeks. I could know as soon as Thursday night but I'm not sure if we'll find out then or not. We have an appointment for Thursday but I'm not sure if we'll find out then.

So, that's it I'm excited. I'm gonna be a Dad. But then again I'm also really nervous because I'm gonna be a Dad. If anyone has any advice or anything for me it would be greatly appreciated. My girlfriend and I are also still looking for names so if you got any suggestions let me know.

Congrats! Any idea who the father is?

By the way, I swear I was out of town that steamy, passionate night when she sent you out for Chinese and gave you the wrong address.

If it's twins, call 'em Wash and Wash.

Congrats to 20 new years of estranged financial situations.

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Well everyone I've known this for awhile now but I've just gotten around to posting it now.

I'M GONNA BE A DADDY!

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wait, aren't you like... fourteen?

OOOOH... that's just my first impression of you back when all you did was shout "i don't suck dick"...
uuum
congrats guy
name the baby William S. Gilbert or Sir Arthur Sullivan
at least that's what i'd do...
unless it's a chick...
then name it William S. Gilberta or Sir Arthur Sullivina

If they're twins, I say you give them the middle names "Cain" and "Abel".

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Congratulations Crabby. This is an excellent opportunity for comedy. Here are my suggestions.

1. If it's twins, call them eve'n'flo. like the pearl jam song.
2. If it's a boy, dress him as a girl, right up until the week before he goes to school.
3. If it's a girl, dress her as '70s Elvis, right up until she leaves home.
4. Send your child to school a day early after the summer holidays. He will think this is really funny.
5. Tell him that God can see them on the toilet.
6. When playing duck-apple at halloween, do as my dad did and blindfold the kid, then replace some of the apples with bars of soap.
7. Play Glen Campbell and Kris Kristofferson tapes really loud whenever you go out in the car together. And wind the windows down.
8. If you ever get the bus together, sit at the back and ask your child 'is this a singing bus?' before launching into an old Dean Martin number at the top of your voice (works best on kids aged 12-16yrs).
9. Invest in some truly awful cardigan/slacks combos.

You might assume that I have been scarred by my childhood, but I'm all for perpetuating this kind of torture. I hope this sacred knowledge is of some use to you.

Those all seem like really good ideas. However, my girlfriend is a rather normal girl and wouldn't let me get away with any of that. I will keep all those in mind for when shes not around though.

Congratulations!

I have one word for you: Ruprecht.

Or how about "Tobor"?

Congratulations, Crabby.

I shall now dispense three very useful pieces of unsolicited advice, as is my.... my... (*idiom*) IDIOM!... Yeah....

1: Always tell your children the truth and give them a mix of love and discipline that let's them know that you are caring, but strong.

2: There are lots of coupons for Huggies and formula in most Sunday edition newspapers.

3: A married man will do anything for money. Ask gabe.

Rock on,

:- )

cogarulation crabby!! call youre son\dahter fuck after me!! or ill kill you.

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Congratulations! If they're twins, I think you should name both of them Wash :-)

Let's have sex without birth control
And sell the offspring to some dirty old men

--The Dead Milkmen, "Sri Lanka Sex Hotel," Beelzebubba

Congrats :D I may just be expecting myself, thanks to an unnamed asshole who already has one child.

Best advice: When your girlfriend gets into her sixth month, I don't give a fuck if the nearest 24-hour convienence store is 40 miles away. You get her the damned spinach ice cream. And be quick about it. Or she will kill you.

Next best advice: Invest in a wrist brace for after the birth. You're going to need it if she's holding your hand. I've been too many of my friends' coaches not to know that.

More great advice: Get two jobs. You're going to need all the money you can get. And gently used baby clothing stores are the shiznit. Cheap clothes that you can return (if they're not distroyed) and get your money back after a week when the baby grows out of them.

Relationship advice: Give your girlfriend a break every now and then, even if you are tired. She's more tired, I can guarantee. Kids are NO picnic. And she'll probably be showering frequently to get the baby food out of various places of her body.

Baby advice: They like shiny things. They will hide all of your most expensive jewelry in couch cushions and in heating vents.

Names for girls:
Johanna Maybell (something normal)
Stardust Moonbeam (cosmic)
Jersey Dallas (for travelers)

Names for boys:
Jesse Michael (normal)
Saturn Orion (cosmic)
Phoenix Seattle (travelers)

These are all names I've considered for my own kids. I especially like the cosmic ones :)

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Names for girls:
Johanna Maybell (something normal)
Stardust Moonbeam (cosmic)
Jersey Dallas (for travelers)

Names for boys:
Jesse Michael (normal)
Saturn Orion (cosmic)
Phoenix Seattle (travelers)

These are all names I've considered for my own kids. I especially like the cosmic ones :)

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wait a minute

werent you 17 at one point and coming onto chicka?

go on my son!!!

Names for girls: Detesta, Biglips, Jumbo, Scarface.

Names for boys: Screamer, Lumbago, Auschwitz, Jason.

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Phoenix Seattle

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Saturn Orion (cosmic)

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Saturn Orion (cosmic)

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*snicker* how 'bout Satton Uranus?

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Gee, crabby, I don't know whether to give you congratulations or condolences.

Ah, hell... you seem happy about the news, so --

Congratulations, crabby!

May you have all the happiness you can stand.

Good name for both boys and girls:

Augroth, Destroyer of Worlds

Congrats, crabster.

Here are some suggestions:

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Your kids will fit right in, and you can be a patient there too! All in your own name.

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werent you 17 at one point and coming onto chicka?

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Still lead in the ol' pencil, eh, crabby?

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By the way I'm not gonna be the only person here with a child am I. I don't know if I'm ready to raise the first baby of the strip creator generation.

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I've been a babysitter since I was 13. Most of my friends have babies. In fact, my boyfriend's baby is about to turn one. If you need something, I'm here and willing to help.

Hmmm... now I have to draw a bassinette, or however the hell you spell that.

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Hmmm... now I have to draw a bassinette, or however the hell you spell that.

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Does my forum users character come before or after the bassinette?

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Girl names
Bertha, Trudy, Bruce

Boy Names
Josh (ha ha), Woodward, Johanny (yo-hann-ee)

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Does my forum users character come before or after the bassinette?

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Want me to draw you holding a baby?

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I swear it shall be done.

...eventually.

Fantastic.

Wow... Congratulations, Crabby (says the guy who thinks there are way too many people already, and decided to get a vasectomy at 20).

I have one bit of advice: Make sure you give your kid a normal name. Trying to give kids cool names is sure to lead to disaster. I'm named after an African god, and I still got beat up every day.

Bec really likes the obscure Biblical girl's name Zillah. I took some convincing, but it grew on me, and we decided that our first girl would be Zillah Anne. Then the Godzilla remake came out. Bec and I were sitting in the cinema waiting for some other movie to start, saw one of the teaser trailers. We turned to each other, and in perfect unison said, "Well, so much for Zillah."

We both really like the Egyptian name (with many spellings) Ayisha ("Ah-yee-sha") and hope to have a daughter named Ayisha Lyn one day. Bec loves amethyst, the stone, and we like that as a name, shortened to Amy of course.

In contrast, all our ideas for boys' names are terribly normal - Richard Lee will be our first boy, followed by Peter Robert if we have that many kids.

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Bec really likes the obscure Biblical girl's name Zillah. I took some convincing, but it grew on me, and we decided that our first girl would be Zillah Anne.

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We both really like the Egyptian name (with many spellings) Ayisha ("Ah-yee-sha")

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My mother- and aunts-in-law are named Afifa, Samira, and Nabila.

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They're Egyptian (Coptic, not Arab).

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They're Egyptian (Coptic, not Arab).

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Wow... Congratulations, Crabby (says the guy who thinks there are way too many people already, and decided to get a vasectomy at 20).

I have one bit of advice: Make sure you give your kid a normal name. Trying to give kids cool names is sure to lead to disaster. I'm named after an African god, and I still got beat up every day.

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