Comment 2 of 3, added on April 11th, 2006 at 4:45 PM.

In this poem Blake is mean and hates children just like his wife. It is known that both he and his wife would often poke at their larger offspring and often burn their hands so they would not take too much food at the dining table. The family were not poor or rich but just above the poverty line and they of course could of had, quite happily may i add, rather fat children. Blake however hated these greedy instincts that his children possessed as he had also been an overweight child. It was not until he went to the drastic means of a 'gastric bypass' surgery that he was able to become known as 'Slim Bill' in the un-ironic sense. Now that he was now in fact slim the nickname was not as popular so a new one was in order by which he then he became known as 'Big Will'. Nicknames you see are not exactly funny if they are not in the least bit ironic. So you see next time you hear that Tiny Tim is coming to beat you up, remember the chances are his nickname is ironic and he’s going to be one big mofo.

Raymondo from United Kingdom