# Modest Announcement: Apollyon jr. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2001, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766 "2001-09-20T11:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/21 "2001-09-20T17:57:44Z")
Congratulations to your family on the blessed arrival of baby! How exciting. I’m very excited and I don’t even know you. Babies always make me do that. And when Apollytype misbehaves, just think how much use Mrs. Apollyon is going to have with that 28 hours of labor speech. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/22 "2001-09-20T18:03:31Z")
Congratulations to your family on the blessed arrival of baby! How exciting. I’m very excited and I don’t even know you. Babies always make me do that. And when Apollytyke misbehaves, just think how much use Mrs. Apollyon is going to have with that 28 hours of labor speech. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/23 "2001-09-20T21:33:29Z")
Greetings from East Lansing, Michigan, Alex! We’re all glad you’re here, and know that you will make your mommy and daddy happy and proud in the years to come. Congrats to you all! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/24 "2001-09-20T21:39:16Z")
Welcome from the great state of Mississippi! Alex, my your life be filled with love, wonder, and hope. Congratulations to the proud parents! I was in labor for 18 hours with my first child, and I thought that was bad. I’m so glad everyone is happy and healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/25 "2001-09-21T06:12:28Z")
Hey, **Apollyon** , my fellow Kiwi, congratulations on the new arrival! Wishing you and your family all the best. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/26 "2001-09-21T06:27:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grace \* > And when Apollytype misbehaves, just think how much use Mrs. Apollyon is going to have with that 28 hours of labor speech. Ohhhh yes. When I misbehave or am generally evil, my mother starts to go on about how I wsa almost ten months in the making. Criminy . . . nearly 2 feet tall? This guy is gonna be bigger than you before he’s out of high school! [Unless bein’ tall runs in the family . . .] Congrats to you and yours, **Apollyon**. ---
**Author:** ![Tr8rJake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tr8rJake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tr8rJake)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/27 "2001-09-21T06:29:37Z")
Please accept my congradulations and the toast I made to my brother at his wedding I now extend also to you. May your longevity be surpassed only by your happiness and your success only by that of your children. Alexander: a conqueror’s name, strong, good choice. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/28 "2001-09-21T10:20:31Z")
Awww, he’s so cuuute. I love looking at baby pictures and he’s a sweetie. My congratulations to all of you. Take care of Helen too. 28 hours, my God. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modest-announcement-apollyon-jr/82766/29 "2001-09-21T10:52:29Z")
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