do as I write, not as I do

My signature is an indecipherable mess, a scrawl born out of equal parts laziness and haste. Upon autographing credit slips, checks, or petitions (I sign the ones I disagree with, just for the sake of democracy), I've been asked time and again, Are you a doctor?

Someday, I think.

I have no patience for those who require a neat, legible signature, and even less for those who require it hypocritically.

(Incidentally, feel free to peruse Rule 11, and make your best lawerly judgment as to whether an illegible signature somehow violates the rule.)