Charlie, when you were a baby, you cried so loud that it set off car alarms across Manhattan, but no one could hear them until after you stopped.

You cried so loud that all the paint peeled off the walls, plus most wallpaper and sheetrock.
You cried so loud that every picture in every gallery in New York, plus parts of Connecticut and New Jersey, went crooked.
You cried so loud that birds flying by threw up.
When you cried, snakes grew arms so they could cover their ears, but they could still hear you.
Charlie, when you cried, it was so loud that all the ice in a 134 mile circle around you would suddenly melt.
You cried so loud that deaf people could hear again, but they weren't happy about it because you were just too loud.


You cried so loud that everyone everywhere forgot what they were thinking.
You cried so loud that it woke up every baby on Earth. That's every single baby.
You cried so loud that lions everywhere could only shake their heads and say "Damn."
You cried so loud that Howler Monkeys bowed and named you their new king.

This one time, you cried so loud and for so long that The Mayor cancelled school so kids could have a chance to rest up.


You cried so loud that all the librarians quit.

 

 

 

 


Chuck Jones holding his nephew, Charlie during Christmas 1999 in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Chuck Jones recently told Charlie Jones the above when they were snacking on pizza in the underground cafeteria located between the West and East Wings of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. As of this writing in early 2006, Charlie is seven, loves Scooby Doo and Yu Gi Oh and this fine game. He has a twin sister named Jo and an older sister, Maria.

Comment from Charlie's Mom: "One time, when we were in an airplane at La Guardia, already pulled away from the gate, waiting on the runway for an hour, Charlie cried so hard that a passenger asked to be taken off the plane — and was allowed to be taken off the plane — even though we were nowhere near the gate. When we arrived in Georgia that time, we were the last people off, and [Charlie's Aunt] said everyone ahead of us came off the plane saying, "Wow, that kid has lungs!" and stuff like that. "We were hoping…" she said, sheepishly, "they weren't talking about one of yours."

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