I'm so proud of my grandaughter Dani. She puts out good merchandise @ Shopllap .com. Keeps me busy signing. Have a look. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 15, 2014Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on Star Trek, mentioned his granddaughter on Twitter. Then he offered to adopt as his honorary grandchild anyone who is interested. The responses flooded in.
Any here want to make me their honorary grandfather consider it done. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 15, 2014I am honored to have so many honorary grandchildren. Blessings on all. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 15, 2014Wonderful. So many "honoraries". I'm the proudest Grandpa' !! LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 16, 2014Not too late . Offer still stands. I'll be your "honorary" grandfather. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 16, 2014I am grandfather, grandpa, grandpapa,gramps, Zayde and more. Family is growing. LLAP
— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) January 16, 2014If you've claimed Mr. Nimoy as your grandfather, you've made a highly logical choice.
LLAP, by the way, stands for "Live long and prosper." Mr. Nimoy always closes his tweets with that salute.
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