“Dad, can you move aside for a minute? I have to get to the side of the fridge to get my broom.”
“Why? Do you have to use it to go somewhere?”
Ha. Ha. Ha.
I suppose with my personality I genetically had to come from somewhere, right?
Mystery solved.
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Ha! That’s where I keep my broom too. I’ve found that a broom is much faster than the bus.
Moose’s last blog post..My Love Is True and Unyielding. Until the Fire Alarm Goes Off.
Me: Dad, can I bring my new boyfriend?
Dad: Yes, but only if you keep him on his leash.
Are our fathers related?
Rhi’s last blog post..A whole lot about nothing really at all
I think we should get our dads portable laugh tracks so they can feel better about their jokes.
Pants’s last blog post..Utah Snow is a Four Letter Word
Ha ha, family. Can’t live with ‘em, wouldn’t be on the planet without ‘em. :)
Occidental Girl’s last blog post..The Rrrr Jrrr Watches a Movie or Two
Ha. I’m so using that line when my daughter asks for the broom.
Heh.
Oh, your Dad and my Dad? (An thus, me and you?)
Samesies.
Angella’s last blog post..On Being A “Mommy Blogger”
Crap, so my jokes aren’t really that funny to anyone else?
I guess that would explain my oldest making crickets noises afterwards…
Jonathan Merchant’s last blog post..Snow Cayon pics uploaded
i wish my dad was that funny.
but yes, am so swiping that line for my own. not that my girls would EVER ask for the broom…
ali’s last blog post..blissfully happy
My grandma likes to talk about her (mostly invisible) broom and how she rides it to the grocery store sometimes. She is no witch, but she does make me laugh. As do you!
So glad you’re back; missed you! I did.
Kerri Anne’s last blog post..And It Came To Me Then That Every Plan Is A Tiny Prayer To Father Time
If I was still reading you I would tell you that my oldest swears up and down that is my major form of transportation, and I’m okay with that.
Erika’s last blog post..My Religion
I hope he said it lovingly!
Camille’s last blog post..I’ve Just Had an Epiphany.
Obviously there is a “Father Wit and Wisdom” course we don’t know about. Actually, it is likely more a course along the lines of “Father Witless and Wise-ass”.
Either way, given that my father used to do the same thing, I think sympathies are in order. Don’t you find it gets worse with age too? (ours AND theirs)
4′s last blog post..And the envelope please
That rocks! I’d love your dad.
MammaLoves’s last blog post..The Lesser of Two Evils
HA!
Sizzle’s last blog post..Hair-apy
Yeah. Gotta love the “dad humor.” When I broke my heels, many years ago, my dad had a couple of doozies:
“Too bad you didn’t fall on your head. You would have been all right if that had happened.” Oh ho ho ho ho ho!
Then on one of my casts he drew a dotted line and wrote:
“broken on the dotted line.”
And to top it all off he wrote on my other cast:
“The thrill victory, the agony of da-feet.”
Four years ago, just before he died, he told us that he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes spread along the coast. Then he added:
“Just make sure the wind is blowing in the right direction.”
Yep. He was a corny, silly guy. I miss those silly jokes. Sigh.
Hey! I resemble that remark. You know, if my kids tell me one more time that they’ve ‘heard that one before, Dad’, I’m gonna spit. Besides, I don’t like the tone of voice that the word ‘Dad’ comes out in. It’s not like I have access to a writer, you know. I’m not Jerry Sienfeld. I mean, I COULD be that funny if I had a staff of writers to keep things fresh. But I don’t. So when I find something that works, I have a tendency to stick with it. Cause I’m a DAD. ‘Nuff said.
lceel’s last blog post..Wordless(y) Wednesday Plus Bath
Sadly, my daughter could look at me and say the same thing…..
Amber’s last blog post..Evidence that maybe I do not deal well with stress and deadlines
Intentional Annoyance is one of the true joys of parenting.
Ready to be worshiped.
HeyJoe’s last blog post..R.I.P.
Ha Ha Ha! I like your dad. He’s hairy, and intimidating… I almost pee’d my pants the first time I met him…. but when I found out he watched Antiques Roadshow, I know he was ok! You come by your wit honestly.
Erin Evans Taylor’s last blog post..Haiku for the IRS
Back home we have “the little bedroom” and “the other land.” The little bedroom is literally the little bedroom, and the other land was an adjoining piece of property my grandparents bought in the 1950s. But it’s still “the other land.”
And then there’s the most head-scratching of all, something that I hear every once in a while in my hometown. I’dassin. It sort of means “I’d better not.” Ie: “Would you like a beer?” “Oh, no, I’dassin.” I know if probably comes from German, but I’ve never been able to track down the exact origin.
Doug’s last blog post..Anatomy of a hot yoga class
I think my dad’s used this same joke on me when I was in high school. But back then, I probably deserved it.
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