It's Father's Day and my children cooked for me.
Happy Father's Day, Father, said my son.
Happy Father's Day, Father, said my daughter.
Here's a special Father's Day dinner we cooked for you.
It's beer, I said.
We know, they beamed. Your favourite. Packed with all the nutrients and vitamins necessary for a healthy, happy life.
I was touched. So thoughtful, I managed, choking back a manly tear.
Not at all, Father, said Bullet. We looked it up on the Internet, didn't we Sister?
We did, Bullet. We did indeed.
It's a tradition, Bullet explained. This is the feast of Saint Father, the patron saint of beer and also of driving around aimlessly at night collecting teenagers from discos. A mediaeval drunken ne'er-do-well.
I know that guy, I said.
So anyway, said my children, in close harmony, we also made you this great roast-beef dinner to go with your beer meal.
We bought it in Spiderquinn, said Bullet. As a homage to Fatherman.
Thank God you didn't say an homage, I replied but my surprise was genuine. I always found the Batquinn stuff pretty good.
Ah, it's ok, said C#1, better than Bananaquinn anyway but that's where we got it. I was meeting my friends there to collect my ticket.
For ..?
Yes.
Pink?
Yes.
In Thomond Park, tonight?
Yes. Any chance of a –
Lift? Glug-glug-glug-glug-glug. Ooops, sorry, now I'm over the limit.
Saint Father's Day, muttered Bullet, is a day for football and beer.
That's my boy, I told him. No fucking Pink for you.
No indeed, Father.
Son. Have a beer.
Why thank you, Father.
Did I ever show you how to roll a spliff?
You certainly did Father. I was nine, and it's a skill that has stood well to me over the years.
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today I woke up to a loud beeping from my wife's laptop, telling me that it was time to fix yet another laptop.
her GPU's soldering had failed. Luckily I know laptopitsu and was able to karate chop it back into a semblance of life.
ah well – happy father's day. just the same as any other day!
:-)
What a lovely Father's Day. Must've warmed the cockles of your heart. They're the image of themselves, are those kids, as my dear old Dad used to say.
i drove his mother to church for him today. happy father's day, sugar. xooxox
haha, have a good one bock :)
dropped herself to the door of t.p. for that concert tonight,scary…if your a single man head there fast..there was 25 999 women dressed in pink…and think i saw one man,probably the sound guy..thomond park is full to the rafters with limericks beautiful women,all of them nearly…suppose its a change of having all of limericks men in there..
Everyday should be Fathers day……………..and ahem Mothers day, Hope you enjoyed your day and what a day, Glorious !
Happy father's day Bock.. they should have got you a pink ticket! You would have loved it. You missed out big time! What better way to spend father's day than shaking your booty.. :)
She put on a good show – from the bits I saw of it anyways. Spent half the time queing for toilets as Thomond Park is kitted out with more boy's pottys than girls. I couldn't wait that long so snuck into the boys but I didn't look at all.. swear.. :)
Questque c'est un spliff?? Do they have them at the Spiderquinns also? I think i've seen them at waitrose in the haberdashers section…
MOTHERS DAY MOTHERS DAY MOTHERS DAY
NINE MONTHS AFTER "FATHERS DAY"
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