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Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: WonderMeal on June 16, 2013, 03:35:21 PM
In this thread, we post about the cool/funny/quirky/awesome/weird things our dads (or grandpas) do. If you want to talk about how your dad was terrible, or a dad that isn't related to you, or you as a dad, find another thread.

I'll start:

Coached his sons' city league basketball teams for seven years! He never had a losing record, went undefeated three times, and always gave an elite "don't do drugs" and "you're more likely to be a brain surgeon than an NBA player, so study hard" speech.

Thanks, Dad!
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: WonderMeal on June 16, 2013, 03:37:57 PM
Always wears the same "uniform" when he's not at work: non-hooded college team sweatshirt*, Dockers, big ol' sneaks, huge specs. Great style, dad!

*still rocks an elite 1995 Plymouth Holiday Bowl sweatshirt that says "WILDCATS" from elbow to elbow.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: WonderMeal on June 16, 2013, 03:39:35 PM
Always used to get mad at me and the bros for fighting over Nintendo. Would storm in the room, turn off the TV, and leave.


...never turned off the Nintendo, so we'd just pick up where we left off.  Silly Dad!
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 16, 2013, 03:41:07 PM
My dad took me to every Royals opening day from 1993-2001, and several since. He's a great dad guys.

Routine:
Visit Satchel Paige's grave and leave a ball
Eat at the original Arthur Bryants
Catch in the parking lot
Watch the Royals, hope for the best.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 16, 2013, 03:41:14 PM
My dad coached my 8th grade baseball team. I was 8-0 pitching that year and batted .421 that summer. He gave the MVP to the guy who had a .380 average that summer and I hated him at the time. I get it now. Stay hungry and don't settle. I got picked up by another team that summer to play in nationals in Detroit. He worked overtime to pay the trip. Just a rough ridin' stud all around.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: WonderMeal on June 16, 2013, 03:43:31 PM
CF3 and Wacky, sounds like you have great dads!

 :excited:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 16, 2013, 03:44:54 PM
CF3 and Wacky, sounds like you have great dads!

 :excited:
:thumbs: I'm boozing with him right now.
Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 16, 2013, 03:48:22 PM
Is this the thread where we talk about other people's dads?
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 16, 2013, 03:48:50 PM
CF3 and Wacky, sounds like you have great dads!

 :excited:
:thumbs: I'm boozing with him right now.

about to do the same in about 30 min!  :driving: :drink:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: WonderMeal on June 16, 2013, 03:56:36 PM
Is this the thread where we talk about other people's dads?

Hey, SkinnyBenny. I can see how you might think that, but this is actually where you talk about YOUR dad.

For instance--my dad and I always do a double high-five/chest bump thing when K-State scores a touchdown. After over 20 years of going to games together, he still is really timid about giving chest bumps and his high five is about a 6 out of 10! He still does it anyway, though. It's our "thing." So adorable.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 16, 2013, 03:57:59 PM
One thing my Dad does that is funny is text me news that's way old. "Hey did you hear that Angel is leaving KSU" like 3 days after the news comes out. He does his best! #dadstuff
Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 16, 2013, 04:07:49 PM
City League hoops coach? WonderMeal, it sounds like our dads are very similar. (Townie?) My dad was such a hoops mastermind that he went down to the Manhattan Public Library and checked out a ton of books on John Wooden and implemented a ton of complicated offensive sets and full-court presses that Wooden used to win so many championships. :lol: Those other pud college kids coaching opposing teams of fifth graders didn't know what hit 'em. Thanks for going the extra mile so your players (or "students of the game," as you called them) could taste elite success at a young age. Boss move, dad! :cool:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: jmlynch1 on June 16, 2013, 04:15:13 PM
City League hoops coach? WonderMeal, it sounds like our dads are very similar. (Townie?) My dad was such a hoops mastermind that he went down to the Manhattan Public Library and checked out a ton of books on John Wooden and implemented a ton of complicated offensive sets and full-court presses that Wooden used to win so many championships. :lol: Those other pud college kids coaching opposing teams of fifth graders didn't know what hit 'em. Thanks for going the extra mile so your players (or "students of the game," as you called them) could taste elite success at a young age. Boss move, dad! :cool:
I figured this way your brother
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: hurtsogood on June 16, 2013, 05:11:11 PM
When my dad was doing his undergrad at the kansas state university, nebraska clinched a spot in the orange bowl by beating the snot out of us in the final regular season game. My dad and his buddies ran on the field as the nebraska marching band was celebrating and threw oranges down the tubas.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Institutional Control on June 16, 2013, 05:14:05 PM
My dad taught me everything I know about tough love.
Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: bubbles4ksu on June 16, 2013, 05:41:03 PM
My dad really enjoys heating the house with the fireplace. He is an expert lumberjack despite not being a real blue collar type. I really respect that about him.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: raquetcat on June 16, 2013, 09:06:43 PM
my dad basically knows every type of plant or tree. Ever. Anywhere. He's great at answering random yard questions too. Don't even get my dad started with a chainsaw, once he gets going you'll be cutting down trees all day! (it's kind of adorable).


Hey wondermeal! I ate at Bogey's last week, it was great! I basically had 1/2 a wondermeal; double cheeseburger and large fries, it's just like I remember it, the fries do you in, the burger is no problem! It also made me realize I could eat a lot more in high school than I can now, what's up with that?!?
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: bubbles4ksu on June 16, 2013, 09:20:23 PM
my dad basically knows every type of plant or tree. Ever. Anywhere. He's great at answering random yard questions too. Don't even get my dad started with a chainsaw, once he gets going you'll be cutting down trees all day! (it's kind of adorable).

such a great man trait.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Katpappy on June 16, 2013, 10:04:23 PM
My dad been dead for 15 yrs.  I still go by his grave and play solitaire.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: DQ12 on June 16, 2013, 10:14:07 PM
In addition to being an excellent man who i admire and respect and love dearly, my dad might be the funniest person I know.  He posted this on facebook not too long ago and it cracks me up every time I read it:

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As everyone ever so fondly remembers, 40 years ago this week I assumed the role of time-and-motion expert Frank Gilbreth in a high school production of “Cheaper By the Dozen,” and therefore, merely by virtue of reciting the lines in my highly acclaimed depiction, became something of an efficiency expert, myself. (By the way, that is not Frank Gilbreth in the photo. It’s Clifton Webb, who also played the part of Frank Gilbreth, though his performance was, shall we say, wanting.)

Today’s topic: Making Your Showering Time More Efficient.

Step one is to disrobe. This goes without saying, of course, but many people forget this part, or are too modest. The next step is to unwrap two bars of soap instead of one. Put one bar of soap in your right hand, and the other bar of soap in your left hand. Once you have completed this step, soap away in contrary motion on both sides of your body. Your shower time is thus, by mathematical definition, cut in half! (If you have more than two sides of your body, use whatever number of soap bars that you need, or see your doctor. Ha ha. That’s just a joke.)

A supplemental tip: To make your shower time even more efficient, use two bottles of shampoo. Squirt one side of your head with the bottle in your right hand, and the other side with the bottle in your left hand. Of course, your hair will be washed in half the time!

By employing these simple techniques, I have reduced my shower time from 45 minutes to 13 seconds.

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Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: slobber on June 17, 2013, 12:46:30 AM
In addition to being an excellent man who i admire and respect and love dearly, my dad might be the funniest person I know.  He posted this on facebook not too long ago and it cracks me up every time I read it:

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I lol'd pretty hard. Especially at:
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Ha ha. That’s just a joke.)
Title: Re: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: 8manpick on June 17, 2013, 06:59:47 AM
My dad been dead for 15 yrs.  I still go by his grave and play solitaire.  :cheers:

That's kind of beautiful, katdaddy
Title: Re: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: steve dave on June 17, 2013, 07:10:35 AM
My dad been dead for 15 yrs.  I still go by his grave and play solitaire.  :cheers:

That's kind of beautiful, katdaddy

yeah, very touching
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: felix rex on June 17, 2013, 07:15:14 AM
One thing my Dad does that is funny is text me news that's way old. "Hey did you hear that Angel is leaving KSU" like 3 days after the news comes out. He does his best! #dadstuff

I love these!

Also got this gem out of the blue last January:

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Is Colin Kaepernick Lebanese?

I mean, what is that? So adorable.

Other common traits: Pilgrimage to Arthur Bryant's for the Big 8 tourney every year (when it was at Kemper) and comically complicated offensive sets from John Wooden books while coaching little league!
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Brock Landers on June 17, 2013, 10:51:49 AM
If a KSU Cats broadcast starts at 7 I'll get a text from my Dad at 7:01 asking what channel the game is on.   :D
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 17, 2013, 10:53:08 AM
If a KSU Cats broadcast starts at 7 I'll get a text from my Dad at 7:01 asking what channel the game is on.   :D

Do you have to answer like this?

"Its ESPN 2 Dad. That's 1302 in HD on your cable box"
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Brock Landers on June 17, 2013, 12:51:54 PM
If a KSU Cats broadcast starts at 7 I'll get a text from my Dad at 7:01 asking what channel the game is on.   :D

Do you have to answer like this?

"Its ESPN 2 Dad. That's 1302 in HD on your cable box"


Pretty much.  Guiding him through Boozecat Regionals and Super Regionals was a real father-son bonding experience. 
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Asteriskhead on June 17, 2013, 01:07:30 PM
If a KSU Cats broadcast starts at 7 I'll get a text from my Dad at 7:01 asking what channel the game is on.   :D

Do you have to answer like this?

"Its ESPN 2 Dad. That's 1302 in HD on your cable box"

Pretty much.  Guiding him through Boozecat Regionals and Super Regionals was a real father-son bonding experience.


Yea, I figured that we all had to do this with our fathers.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Stevesie60 on June 17, 2013, 01:52:18 PM
My dad doesn't have facebook, e-mail, and refuses to learn how to text despite my entire family telling him he absolutely needs to learn so we can communicate with him when he's at work. Classic old balls, amirite?
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: hemmy on June 17, 2013, 01:54:10 PM
My dad doesn't have facebook, e-mail, and refuses to learn how to text despite my entire family telling him he absolutely needs to learn so we can communicate with him when he's at work. Classic old balls, amirite?

My dad doesn't pay for a texting plan but whenever the lottery gets > $400 million he texts me telling me to buy lottery tickets.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: yoga-like_abana on June 17, 2013, 02:26:28 PM
I feel like my dad would be perfect for some other person.. He's really good at fixing cars, home improvements, etc.. very handy..
Not into sports at all and says the only true sports are hunting and fishing..  Also loves a good bashing of "liberals"

He is basically a polar opposite of me but we do find things that we can do together which is nice.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: slimz on June 17, 2013, 02:36:13 PM
I feel like my dad would be perfect for some other person.. He's really good at fixing cars, home improvements, etc.. very handy..
Not into sports at all and says the only true sports are hunting and fishing..  Also loves a good bashing of "liberals"

He is basically a polar opposite of me but we do find things that we can do together which is nice.

I can't believe Ron Swanson is your dad.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: yoga-like_abana on June 17, 2013, 02:39:14 PM
honestly that's not far off.. especially his obsession with smoking meats. he even use to have a sweet stache just like swanson
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Asteriskhead on June 17, 2013, 03:47:09 PM
I feel like my dad would be perfect for some other person.. He's really good at fixing cars, home improvements, etc.. very handy..
Not into sports at all and says the only true sports are hunting and fishing..  Also loves a good bashing of "liberals"

He is basically a polar opposite of me but we do find things that we can do together which is nice.

Our fathers would probably be really good friends.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Mr Bread on June 17, 2013, 06:19:27 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one. 
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: AppleJack on June 17, 2013, 06:22:02 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one.

 :thumbs:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: star seed 7 on June 17, 2013, 06:32:42 PM
I feel like my dad would be perfect for some other person.. He's really good at fixing cars, home improvements, etc.. very handy..
Not into sports at all and says the only true sports are hunting and fishing..  Also loves a good bashing of "liberals"

He is basically a polar opposite of me but we do find things that we can do together which is nice.

Our fathers would probably be really good friends.

Was thinking the same thing, but my dad and not Metalheads.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on June 17, 2013, 06:37:38 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one.
Congrats, Bread.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Stevesie60 on June 17, 2013, 06:50:17 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one. 

So good to hear, Mr. Bread.
Title: Re: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: 8manpick on June 17, 2013, 07:36:55 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one.

So, skipping fattyfest was unnecessary?


Jk, grats!
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Pete on June 17, 2013, 07:49:58 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one.

Sorry I saw this late...congrats, bro.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: AST on June 17, 2013, 07:54:47 PM
I, too, have a dad
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: AST on June 17, 2013, 07:55:36 PM
oh, and congrats Mr. Bread
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: slobber on June 17, 2013, 07:57:10 PM
Congrats Bread! Try to be 1/2 the dad I had and you will be extremely successful!
Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: puniraptor on June 17, 2013, 08:01:14 PM
Grats, bread.  Can't wait to read your kiddo's posts about you.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Brock Landers on June 17, 2013, 08:01:31 PM
'Grats, Bread.  You've earned it.  :cheers:
Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: steve dave on June 17, 2013, 08:19:18 PM
Mr. Bread, a dad. Wow. :thumbs:
Title: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: steve dave on June 17, 2013, 08:19:36 PM
Was goEMAW the first people you told?
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: CNS on June 17, 2013, 08:48:32 PM
That's awesome, Bread!

Sent from my KFTT using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: raquetcat on June 17, 2013, 08:53:52 PM
'grats Bread! You have to think the world will be a better place with lots of lil Breads running around.
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 17, 2013, 09:23:37 PM
Congrats Bread!

As a father of 2, I can tell you the essentials you need for fatherhood:

Coffee (for AM)
Booze (for PM)
Baby Bjorn (these things are incredibly useful)
Title: Re: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: Katpappy on June 17, 2013, 09:50:22 PM
My dad been dead for 15 yrs.  I still go by his grave and play solitaire.  :cheers:

That's kind of beautiful, katdaddy

yeah, very touching
Thx. guys.  :blush:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: WonderMeal on June 17, 2013, 10:07:18 PM
As of 8:06 this morning I'm one.

In this thread, we post about the cool/funny/quirky/awesome/weird things our dads (or grandpas) do. If you want to talk about how your dad was terrible, or a dad that isn't related to you, or you as a dad, find another thread.

 :dubious: :dubious: :dubious:

JK, 'grats, Bread! First Lunt, now Baby Bread--a great day for Breads everywhere.  Will you raise him EMAW?


Now, back to the topic at hand...

Boy, it sounds like this group of goEMAW'rs sure have some great dads. Here's another story about WonderMeal Sr. that I was thinking about today:

When I was in third grade, I was terrified of nuclear war. Not sure why. I couldn't sleep and everything, because I thought we were going to be incinerated by some unknown foreign power. One night, I was really freaked out and when I told my dad why, he let me know that it was super unlikely that a nuclear bomb would be launched in the first place. He also mentioned that even if one was launched, it probably wouldn't be launched at Kansas.

After that, I didn't stay up late at night worried about nuclear war anymore. Thanks, Dad!

(weird post.)

Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: DQ12 on June 17, 2013, 10:53:24 PM
Way to go, Bread. 
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 18, 2013, 12:39:02 AM
I was super scared of aliens as a kid and my dad didn't do jack crap to calm me down about it. Hopefully Bread will be better about it when the time comes. :flush:
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Post by: Poster formerly known as jthutch on June 18, 2013, 07:52:33 AM
But Kansas was one of the more likely targets as it housed many missile silos.
They have since been deactivated.
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 18, 2013, 08:56:07 AM
Only makes WM's dad more stud for lying iyam.
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Post by: steve dave on June 18, 2013, 08:59:02 AM
But Kansas was one of the more likely targets as it housed many missile silos.
They have since been deactivated.
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no it wasn't.

protip - every state in the entire USA has their own myth about why their state would be one of the first hit if there was a nuclear launch.
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Post by: Emo EMAW on June 18, 2013, 09:10:31 AM
I'm thinking the first states hit would be the ones closest to the offender.
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Post by: CNS on June 18, 2013, 09:20:33 AM
(In russian): guys, lets aim our super expensive missles at a state that has a smaller population than several cities that are closer to us.

High five me comerades!

Vodka time!!
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Post by: OK_Cat on June 18, 2013, 09:25:08 AM
oklahoma would be hit first because of our casinos.  really nail the money center of the country.
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Post by: TheCatFanSpeaks on June 18, 2013, 10:07:41 AM
Hey, congrats Bread!
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 18, 2013, 11:08:35 AM
But Kansas was one of the more likely targets as it housed many missile silos.
They have since been deactivated.
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clownsuit
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 18, 2013, 11:12:22 AM
My dad took me to the Def Leppard "7-Day Weekend" tour at Bramlage when I was nine. It was a real sacrifice for him considering his line of work but he put his earplugs in and sat down reading that Time Magazine by the glow of the lasers shooting all over the place. Meanwhile a third grade SB is standing up belting out every word to "Make Love Like A Man."
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Post by: steve dave on June 18, 2013, 11:18:31 AM
my dad showed no outward emotions other than occasional anger when I was growing up. my mom told me she's never seen him cry. now he's becoming much more of a softy which is pretty adorable to watch. has never told me he loved me or really anything close. we both know it though so he doesn't have to say anything. also he's pretty much BITB at being a really good human being. he's one of those paul harvey so god made a farmer types.
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Post by: Stevesie60 on June 20, 2013, 12:19:53 AM
my dad showed no outward emotions other than occasional anger when I was growing up. my mom told me she's never seen him cry. now he's becoming much more of a softy which is pretty adorable to watch. has never told me he loved me or really anything close. we both know it though so he doesn't have to say anything. also he's pretty much BITB at being a really good human being. he's one of those paul harvey so god made a farmer types.

Oh man sd, can I relate! My dad and I didn't start saying we loved each other until I moved away and only talked to them like once a month (more now). My mom said she has only seen him cry once, at his grandma's funeral (even though she was basically his mom). Lots of anger, and argumentativeness. He also taught me the power of knowing peeps, got lots of discounts and special treatments at the grocery store and mechanic's. Just a total stud bad ass when it comes down to it.
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Post by: lopakman on June 20, 2013, 08:57:52 AM
My Dad had a rough childhood and as a result doesn't show a lot of emotion.  He's great though!  He was the first person in his family to go to college (he paid his own way be working nights at the local grocery store stocking shelves) and then going to class in the day.  He and my Mom have been together since highschool.  He's loyal too, he stayed with the same company for 44 years and moved all the way up to serving on the Board of Directors.  This allowed him to pretty much give me most anything I wanted and everything I needed growing up.  Plus he paid for my both my undergrad and grad school educations.  I plan on affording my two daughters every opportunity he gave me. 

He's currently enjoying his retirement by playing golf three times a week and is taking my Mom on their third cruise in the past two years next week.  Love ya Pops!
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Post by: Poster formerly known as jthutch on July 26, 2013, 04:01:10 PM
But Kansas was one of the more likely targets as it housed many missile silos.
They have since been deactivated.
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no it wasn't.

protip - every state in the entire USA has their own myth about why their state would be one of the first hit if there was a nuclear launch.
Hmmm well then my uncle who was an engineer in said missile silos was wrong :-[ Oh well really doesn't matter now.

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Post by: DQ12 on July 26, 2013, 05:46:02 PM
i'm pretty sure mine is posting on goEMAW now!

 :surprised:
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Post by: raquetcat on September 16, 2013, 09:25:03 PM
My dad figured out how much water comes out of his garden hose per minute so he could know how much to water each tomato plant. He then timed himself with his smart phone (which he was super proud of) to make sure he watered each tomato plant the same.  :D
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Post by: WonderMeal on September 16, 2013, 09:37:13 PM
Great bump, rqcat.

When my dad goes out of the country for work, he sends everyone in the family these really long emails every day detailing exactly what he did, ate, saw, etc.  I'm talking like, at least one page of text single-spaced. They're kind of interesting, but at the same time we're just like, "WonderDad, these take a long time to type every day--just spend that time enjoying yourself."

He also buys cheap t-shirts on the street that say THAILAND and have elephants and tuktuks all over them or whatever.
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Post by: sys on September 16, 2013, 09:45:20 PM
my father knows the drainage of manhattan (interior part) really well.
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Post by: Pendergast on September 16, 2013, 09:54:13 PM
My dad is abnormally ticklish around his belly.  Cannot resist a surprise tickle whenever I see him.

Also, took my family to legoland this weekend, bought the boy like $250 in legos (might have bought some star wars legos for myself).  Like to think that's pretty awesome.
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Post by: TheHamburglar on September 16, 2013, 09:58:27 PM
my dad showed no outward emotions other than occasional anger when I was growing up. my mom told me she's never seen him cry. now he's becoming much more of a softy which is pretty adorable to watch. has never told me he loved me or really anything close. we both know it though so he doesn't have to say anything. also he's pretty much BITB at being a really good human being. he's one of those paul harvey so god made a farmer types.

Talked to SD's dad for like 5-10 minutes before the Miami game last year... :thumbs:
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Post by: 8manpick on September 16, 2013, 10:14:49 PM
My dad paid my tab at The Brick tonight :cheers: :thumbs:
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Post by: Panjandrum on September 17, 2013, 12:45:54 AM
I had Chicken Pox over Christmas break when I was six.  My Dad bought me a Nintendo (when they were basically brand new) for Christmas because he felt bad that I was going to spend the entire break inside.

So, we played Mario, Top Gun, and Baseball for two weeks since he took the time off to stay with me, too.  It was pretty great.
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Post by: Asteriskhead on June 15, 2014, 08:51:10 AM
I hope all of the gE dads enjoy their day.
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Post by: AppleJack on June 15, 2014, 08:53:37 AM
first one  :D

I got a Royals baseball with my daughters painted blue handprint on it.  :royals:
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 15, 2014, 09:25:14 AM
I hope all of the gE dads enjoy their day.

Yup, erii deserves it
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 15, 2014, 09:37:40 AM
Oh man AppleJack. That's great.


My dad went to an auction and bought me a bunch of stuff he thought I'd like. Mostly weird old-timey ragtime piano music. :D
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Post by: TownieCat on June 15, 2014, 09:45:42 AM
Yup, erii deserves it

There should be a separate day for all of the deadbeat dads.
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Post by: Headinjun on June 15, 2014, 09:52:21 AM
Yup, erii deserves it

There should be a separate day for all of the deadbeat dads.

Agreed.

My sperm donor lives in CA and has never met his lil EMAW ever!!

Thankful for my "real" Dad.
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Post by: Headinjun on June 15, 2014, 09:54:45 AM
I had Chicken Pox over Christmas break when I was six.  My Dad bought me a Nintendo (when they were basically brand new) for Christmas because he felt bad that I was going to spend the entire break inside.

So, we played Mario, Top Gun, and Baseball for two weeks since he took the time off to stay with me, too.  It was pretty great.

I'm Touched man!

Was it RBI baseball?
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Post by: Trogdor on June 15, 2014, 10:25:04 AM
My dad is the official #1 Dad. His mug can even prove it.
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Post by: WonderMeal on June 15, 2014, 11:14:42 AM
Great  :Bump: by Metalhead.

WonderMeal Sr really is/was a WonderDad. He took me and the Wonderbros to school every morning, and rather than tune us out by blaring the radio, he'd quiz us on all kinds of stuff to make sure we could one day grow up to be  :kstategrad:.  US and world capitals? Of course. Brain Quest? You bet. In middle school, he'd pick me up from practice (usually late, that's so WonderDad) and we'd go to Dutch Maid and slam a fountain drink of 'Dew together. Prolly not the healthiest, but THANKS, DAD.

What a dad.
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 15, 2014, 11:16:50 AM
SkinnyFather has perfect pitch and can correct you from the kitchen upstairs when you play an A-natural instead of an A-flat while you practice your bassoon! Stud. :surprised:
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Post by: Trogdor on June 15, 2014, 12:01:45 PM
Trogdad has superhuman strength and an awesome beard that would terrify any bully at school.
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Post by: SdK on June 15, 2014, 05:12:01 PM
My dad has been dead to me for 10 years.
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 15, 2014, 05:49:51 PM
Been watching some golf and he grilled some tasty burgers. Decent day
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on June 15, 2014, 08:51:09 PM
I'm taking my Dad on the Smokestack Brew tour in July. He's a great guy, and a huge fan of the Cats. Growing up he never missed a ball game, band concert, or dance recital that me or my sister were in. Just a loving man who support my family. #2blessed
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Post by: wetwillie on June 15, 2014, 09:02:35 PM
Lots of great dads in this thread, some of you are very blessed.  I have a great one, and I think I under appreciated it until I had my own child. 
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Post by: AppleJack on June 15, 2014, 10:42:22 PM
got moscow mule mugs  :eye:
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on July 11, 2014, 09:44:26 AM
Took my Dad on the Boulevard SmokeStack series tour yesterday, it was part of his Father's day gift. When we were parking he saw they had a space for "electric cars only" and went on a pretty great Dad rant.  :lol:
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Post by: Gooch on July 11, 2014, 10:15:44 AM
Took my Dad on the Boulevard SmokeStack series tour yesterday, it was part of his Father's day gift. When we were parking he saw they had a space for "electric cars only" and went on a pretty great Dad rant.  :lol:
I use to park my truck in the "fuel efficient cars" only parking spot at Best Buy and not give a single eff. They finally took the signs down.
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Post by: Brock Landers on July 11, 2014, 10:35:00 AM
Took my Dad on the Boulevard SmokeStack series tour yesterday, it was part of his Father's day gift. When we were parking he saw they had a space for "electric cars only" and went on a pretty great Dad rant.  :lol:


Yup, the only thing I love more than my Dad is his Dad rants about stuff like this.
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Post by: hatingfrancisco on July 11, 2014, 11:13:53 AM
All your dads sound pretty cool.  My dad was a hippy drug dealing unemployed loser who skipped out on me when I was 2 years old.  He did call me once about 15 years ago in an attempt (I would assume) at some sort of reconciliation but he was too high to be coherent.  He just kept rambling on about how high he was and how  hard he was going to bone some strange at the party he was currently at. 



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Post by: Gooch on July 11, 2014, 11:15:12 AM
All your dads sound pretty cool.  My dad was a hippy drug dealing unemployed loser who skipped out on me when I was 2 years old.  He did call me once about 15 years ago in an attempt (I would assume) at some sort of reconciliation but he was too high to be coherent.  He just kept rambling on about how high he was and how  hard he was going to bone some strange at the party he was currently at. 




Not to make light of your upbringing but that story is pretty funny.
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Post by: Stevesie60 on July 11, 2014, 11:15:48 AM
Sorry to hear that, francis.
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Post by: hatingfrancisco on July 11, 2014, 11:19:31 AM
All your dads sound pretty cool.  My dad was a hippy drug dealing unemployed loser who skipped out on me when I was 2 years old.  He did call me once about 15 years ago in an attempt (I would assume) at some sort of reconciliation but he was too high to be coherent.  He just kept rambling on about how high he was and how  hard he was going to bone some strange at the party he was currently at. 




Not to make light of your upbringing but that story is pretty funny.

What makes it funny is that it's true.  According to my mother my father use to like to sit me (as a toddler) on some rather large piles of narcotics and snap pictures with his polaroid. 

I would love to get ahold of those pictures for some #tbt facebook love.
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Post by: Fedor on July 11, 2014, 11:25:44 AM
All your dads sound pretty cool.  My dad was a hippy drug dealing unemployed loser who skipped out on me when I was 2 years old.  He did call me once about 15 years ago in an attempt (I would assume) at some sort of reconciliation but he was too high to be coherent.  He just kept rambling on about how high he was and how  hard he was going to bone some strange at the party he was currently at. 




Not to make light of your upbringing but that story is pretty funny.

What makes it funny is that it's true.  According to my mother my father use to like to sit me (as a toddler) on some rather large piles of narcotics and snap pictures with his polaroid. 

I would love to get ahold of those pictures for some #tbt facebook love.
Wow as bad as that sounds and must have hurt growing up, you are probably lucky he did skip out before he had a chance to ruin your life really bad.
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Post by: Gooch on July 11, 2014, 11:26:35 AM
All your dads sound pretty cool.  My dad was a hippy drug dealing unemployed loser who skipped out on me when I was 2 years old.  He did call me once about 15 years ago in an attempt (I would assume) at some sort of reconciliation but he was too high to be coherent.  He just kept rambling on about how high he was and how  hard he was going to bone some strange at the party he was currently at. 




Not to make light of your upbringing but that story is pretty funny.

What makes it funny is that it's true.  According to my mother my father use to like to sit me (as a toddler) on some rather large piles of narcotics and snap pictures with his polaroid. 

I would love to get ahold of those pictures for some #tbt facebook love.
Wow as bad as that sounds and must have hurt growing up, you are probably lucky he did skip out before he had a chance to ruin your life really bad.
Yeah. it's only funny because you seemed to survive it and are a functioning adult.
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Post by: Mr Bread on July 11, 2014, 11:48:47 AM
All your dads sound pretty cool.  My dad was a hippy drug dealing unemployed loser who skipped out on me when I was 2 years old.  He did call me once about 15 years ago in an attempt (I would assume) at some sort of reconciliation but he was too high to be coherent.  He just kept rambling on about how high he was and how  hard he was going to bone some strange at the party he was currently at. 




Not to make light of your upbringing but that story is pretty funny.

Yes, the last sentence is outstanding.
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Post by: ben ji on July 11, 2014, 11:55:24 AM


- Born/raised on a farm in western ks.

- Went to purple cats university to major in computer science

- When he arrived at KSU he thought Engineers were train drivers and asked my mom if she was going to be a secretary(Accounting Degree).

- Spent the summer of 1977 at marine boot camp basic training while still at KSU but never actually joined the marines(Not sure how this worked but he says he wanted to do computer work at the pentagon, it was some sort of intership type thingy or something). Spent the next 5 years worried he would get called into active duty to fight Iranians.

- In the early 80's he wrote a computer program on an old McIntosh that analyzed where they ball would land in roulette. Took computer with him to Vegas and would run back and forth from the table to his room to input new data every 30 minutes then comeback down and bet.

- Planted some fancy tree's on my grandparents farm in Western KS with the intention of turning them into gunstocks, all the tree's died.

- Invested in a racing greyhound with some work buddies, failed miserably and the dog was taken "To live on a farm"(No one seems to know exactly what happened to the dog  :frown:)

- Has been attempting to breed his 2 african grey parrots for the last 15 years with no success.

- Farms honey bee's as a hobby and lets bee's sting him as some sort of weird therapy.

- Used to inject himself with copperhead venom until one day he injected too much and his leg swelled up really big for about a week, didnt go to hospital.

- Religiously listens to Rush Limbaugh every day and still has a picture that hangs in the living room of George and Laura thanking him for campaign contributions in 2004.

- Drives a Prius.

- Big believer in end of the world stuff(Y2K, 2012, Yellowstone Super Volcano, etc) but does nothing to prepare besides buy lots of ammo that  sits in our basement. In 1999 I spent NYE on the grandparents farm "Just in Case"

- Tons of crazy theories about Aliens, once asked me how he could save a video off youtube before the government took it down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7z8zs4dG4)

-Raised 3 well adjusted children and put them through college  :D
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Post by: Brock Landers on July 11, 2014, 12:10:55 PM
Awesome.  Did his gambling program work?
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Post by: ben ji on July 11, 2014, 12:37:19 PM
Awesome.  Did his gambling program work?

He claims it did but my mom just kind of rolls her eyes.

All the program did was analyze which section of the board the ball was most likely to land on based on where it had landed in the past. If the wheel is just slightly out of calibration it can cause to ball to favor one part of the wheel.

Not sure if they did it back then but now casino's will used 2 or 3 different sized balls and switch them out to negate any tendencies.
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Post by: WonderMeal on July 11, 2014, 02:09:00 PM
ben ji, that is what this thread is all about. Great work by you and CF3 today.

Also, both of you get your dads to post here.
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Post by: mocat on July 11, 2014, 04:09:09 PM
my dad shared this video on facebook along with the comment of "WOW" or something along those lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jOita0LjE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jOita0LjE)

the first commenter was like "that's from a video game". my dad thought it was real!  :D
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on July 11, 2014, 04:53:50 PM
ben ji, that is what this thread is all about. Great work by you and CF3 today.

Also, both of you get your dads to post here.

My Dad posts in the ESPN comments of stories about KSU games sometimes. He says Texas fans are his favorites.
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Post by: WonderMeal on July 11, 2014, 09:45:34 PM
CF3, what are some quotes from your favorite Dad rants? Does he have any go-to/greatest hits rants?

WonderMeal Sr. doesn't have any really good ones that I can think of, but most of his are Brownback- or Bush-related (still).
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on July 11, 2014, 09:47:04 PM
I went to my mailbox today and what should I find? Yep. An envelope addressed to me in my dad's handwriting. Opened it up, and like always, it's an article he clipped from The Manhattan Mercury. This time the article is actually NOT about MHS tennis, but instead about--yep, you guessed it: the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. He attached a post-it note.

Quote from: SkinnyDad
Dear SkinnyBenny,

If you ever find yourself in Cleveland, you should check out this museum. Seems pretty cool!

Love, Dad.

:love:
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Post by: slobber on July 11, 2014, 11:24:59 PM
Super jelly of you guys doing cool guy stuff with your dads. Also, man Francis, that crap story is pretty crazy. Congrats on choosing to grow up and not follow in your father's footsteps.
My dad never cussed. I mean never. crap wasn't a cuss word when used in the context of cow manure and we said that word quite a bit in that context, but not dad. He always called it manure. I saw him catch his finger on a very sharp object and it was instant blood and it took 20 stitches to sew him up. What did he say when it happened? He grabbed his finger and said, "you dirty dog!" (but in the tone of voice that you knew it hurt like a son of a gun)


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on July 11, 2014, 11:48:07 PM
slobber. that is adorable. you should add that at the end of you're gonna win 'em all quote or something.
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on July 12, 2014, 12:19:07 PM
CF3, what are some quotes from your favorite Dad rants? Does he have any go-to/greatest hits rants?

WonderMeal Sr. doesn't have any really good ones that I can think of, but most of his are Brownback- or Bush-related (still).

Anything global warming related.
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Post by: UCHADBRO on July 12, 2014, 12:43:51 PM
My dad is a very successful guy. Graduated from K-State in '85 despite having two kids with my mother before he was done with college. Loves the Cat's maybe more than anything. Was team #LIFE and also thinks oscar Weber is a dork. Obviously a great role model.
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Post by: puniraptor on December 30, 2014, 11:10:01 PM
My grandpa pulls out every string from a stick of celery before eating it. I didn't even know that was possible.
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Post by: AppleJack on December 30, 2014, 11:13:11 PM
That's called phloem. Ok, puniraptor?
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Post by: puniraptor on December 30, 2014, 11:18:24 PM
That's called phloem. Ok, puniraptor?
woww! OK
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Post by: puniraptor on December 30, 2014, 11:18:45 PM
Did you know it was possible?
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Post by: AppleJack on December 30, 2014, 11:41:25 PM
yeah, but I don't know why someone would do that  :dunno:
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Post by: felix rex on December 31, 2014, 02:40:16 AM
My dad is coming to visit in Cairo. This is the first time he's left the country (not counting a family vacation to a Mexican resort) since he visited me in Chile in 2001. His level of anxiety is adorable. He basically views it like an Indiana Jones movie and is pretty sure the streets are constantly filled with a mix of protestors and crocodiles, and he keeps forwarding me articles about bombings and stuff in Egypt and asking if it's near us.

He's also a K-State engineering grad, and the top thing on his list to see in Egypt is...the Aswan Dam.

Another fun fact: In grad school, he had several classes with two Egyptians and is trying to look them up to hang out while he's here (one of them had the last name "Hussein" and one time my dad asked if he was related to King Hussein of Jordan and the guy got all offended and the other guy explained that Egyptians didn't like Jordanians or something and that remains the core tenet of my Dad's views on Middle Eastern politics to this day: "Well, there's historically always been a lot of tensions between Egyptians and Jordanians...").
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Post by: slobber on December 31, 2014, 05:36:59 AM
MOAR!!!!


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: steve dave on December 31, 2014, 07:42:08 AM
chances you would ever get my dad to visit any of the middle east, africa, asia, south america, or central america is exactly 0%
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Post by: felix rex on December 31, 2014, 10:29:34 AM

chances you would ever get my dad to visit any of the middle east, africa, asia, south america, or central america is exactly 0%

Actual conversation at coffee shop with his rancher bros

"Has anyone around ever gone there before?"

"Well, my son."

"Yeah, but has anyone ever come back?"
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Post by: Pete on December 31, 2014, 10:39:23 AM
chances you would ever get my dad to visit any of the middle east, africa, asia, south america, or central america is exactly 0%

Totally the same with my Dad.
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Post by: Pete on December 31, 2014, 10:40:21 AM
I take that back, my Dad does like watching those shows where they shoot animals in Africa.  He would probably do that, but only as part of a very organized tour package.
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Post by: felix rex on December 31, 2014, 10:58:25 AM

I take that back, my Dad does like watching those shows where they shoot animals in Africa.  He would probably do that, but only as part of a very organized tour package.

We're going fishing for like 200-pound perch
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Post by: 8manpick on December 31, 2014, 11:01:13 AM
It's my dad's birthday! Happy birthday Dad!
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Post by: EMAWmeister on December 31, 2014, 11:10:54 AM
Funny dad story that he loves telling. He was in china for work last summer and did some touristy stuff along the way. When he went to the great wall of china he wore a green royals hat (he always chooses the green/irish/shamrock version of any hat. Side note: we're very german  :confused:) and said he was getting funny looks/points/stares all day. He figured it was because he was an American. Nope. In China, men shame themselves when their wife cheats on them by wearing a green hat in public.  :lol:
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Post by: EMAWmeister on December 31, 2014, 11:12:13 AM
It's my dad's birthday! Happy birthday Dad!

HBD, 8mandad!
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Post by: mocat on December 31, 2014, 11:14:09 AM
my parents used to live in Ecuador, and my dad worked in Spain, Nicaragua, and Panama for a while before that (this was at least 25 years ago), so when i was growing up he would love to chat in spanish with anyone who remotely resembled a native Spanish-speaker (read: brown person) and often times it was very embarrassing when the guy at the mcdonalds register turned out to be Filipino or something.

Dads!  :D
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Post by: EMAWmeister on December 31, 2014, 11:15:59 AM
 :lol:
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Post by: felix rex on December 31, 2014, 11:26:36 AM

my parents used to live in Ecuador, and my dad worked in Spain, Nicaragua, and Panama for a while before that (this was at least 25 years ago), so when i was growing up he would love to chat in spanish with anyone who remotely resembled a native Spanish-speaker (read: brown person) and often times it was very embarrassing when the guy at the mcdonalds register turned out to be Filipino or something.

Dads!  :D

There's one guy at our church who still greets Mrs Rex in Spanish when we visit. She speaks Spanish, so she just goes along with because "It's better than then lesbian jokes".
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Post by: Mr Bread on December 31, 2014, 11:29:57 AM

my parents used to live in Ecuador, and my dad worked in Spain, Nicaragua, and Panama for a while before that (this was at least 25 years ago), so when i was growing up he would love to chat in spanish with anyone who remotely resembled a native Spanish-speaker (read: brown person) and often times it was very embarrassing when the guy at the mcdonalds register turned out to be Filipino or something.

Dads!  :D

There's one guy at our church who still greets Mrs Rex in Spanish when we visit. She speaks Spanish, so she just goes along with because "It's better than then lesbian jokes".

He thinks your wife is a hispanic lesbian? 
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Post by: felix rex on December 31, 2014, 11:55:00 AM


my parents used to live in Ecuador, and my dad worked in Spain, Nicaragua, and Panama for a while before that (this was at least 25 years ago), so when i was growing up he would love to chat in spanish with anyone who remotely resembled a native Spanish-speaker (read: brown person) and often times it was very embarrassing when the guy at the mcdonalds register turned out to be Filipino or something.

Dads!  :D

There's one guy at our church who still greets Mrs Rex in Spanish when we visit. She speaks Spanish, so she just goes along with because "It's better than then lesbian jokes".

He thinks your wife is a hispanic lesbian?

Try and keep up, Señor Bread.
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Post by: Mr Bread on December 31, 2014, 03:51:19 PM


my parents used to live in Ecuador, and my dad worked in Spain, Nicaragua, and Panama for a while before that (this was at least 25 years ago), so when i was growing up he would love to chat in spanish with anyone who remotely resembled a native Spanish-speaker (read: brown person) and often times it was very embarrassing when the guy at the mcdonalds register turned out to be Filipino or something.

Dads!  :D

There's one guy at our church who still greets Mrs Rex in Spanish when we visit. She speaks Spanish, so she just goes along with because "It's better than then lesbian jokes".

He thinks your wife is a hispanic lesbian?

Try and keep up, Señor Bread.

It's the first I've heard of this guy.  Maybe you do better keeping me informed.  Your life doesn't tell me about itself. 
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Post by: CNS on December 31, 2014, 03:53:33 PM
Lebanese,  bread.
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Post by: Spracne on December 31, 2014, 03:59:55 PM
That sounds like a PITA
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Post by: slobber on December 31, 2014, 04:10:57 PM
Surely I've told the story about my mom who told her friends, "my son is getting married to a lesbian girl", right?

Moms!


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: slobber on December 31, 2014, 04:12:08 PM
(My bro's wife is of Lebanese decent)


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: mocat on December 31, 2014, 04:13:18 PM
Lebanese,  bread.

That sounds like a PITA

pffft
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Post by: ben ji on December 31, 2014, 07:35:45 PM
my parents used to live in Ecuador, and my dad worked in Spain, Nicaragua, and Panama for a while before that (this was at least 25 years ago), so when i was growing up he would love to chat in spanish with anyone who remotely resembled a native Spanish-speaker (read: brown person) and often times it was very embarrassing when the guy at the mcdonalds register turned out to be Filipino or something.

Dads!  :D

Thats a great story.

ben ji's dad works in IT and had a bunch of Chinese co-workers, at some point and learned "a little" Mandarin from them. Every time we would eat at a chinese restaurant he would say the 3 mandarin words he knew to the waitress and make a big deal about how he knew Mandarin.

**** Side story ****

These chinese co-workers were all about 20 years younger than my dad and their goal was "To find a blonde american girl and marry her"(They were on work visa's and apparently if they married an american they could stay). My dad was one of their few american friends so he would take them out to bars in south overland park so they could meet their blonde girls.

They never found any blonde girls to marry  :frown:
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Post by: Mr Bread on December 31, 2014, 09:02:11 PM
If this weren't your parents doing this would you actually think it's funny? 
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Post by: star seed 7 on December 31, 2014, 09:05:21 PM
If this weren't your parents doing this would you actually think it's funny?

They aren't my parents and I enjoyed these stories.

I don't have good dad stories tho cause I don't really talk to him #daddyissues
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Post by: Mr Bread on December 31, 2014, 09:08:11 PM
If this weren't your parents doing this would you actually think it's funny?

They aren't my parents and I enjoyed these stories.

I don't have good dad stories tho cause I don't really talk to him #daddyissues

Never mind.  Nothing good will come of it.
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Post by: star seed 7 on December 31, 2014, 09:10:36 PM
 ;)
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Post by: raquetcat on December 31, 2014, 09:25:42 PM

chances you would ever get my dad to visit any of the middle east, africa, asia, south america, or central america is exactly 0%

Actual conversation at coffee shop with his rancher bros

"Has anyone around ever gone there before?"

"Well, my son."

"Yeah, but has anyone ever come back?"
My dad went to Egypt in 1980 as one last hurrah before he got married (my mom didn't want him to go), he got horrible food poisoning/diarrhea there and I think my mom has always secretly been really happy that his trip turned out that way :lol:
Title: Re: Dads. They're great. Let's talk about them!
Post by: felix rex on January 01, 2015, 03:19:39 PM
Email blast from FR_Dad today: 


As we enter another new year, my thoughts are of past blessings, future opportunities and good friends. All are too often under appreciated. Thank you for being an integral part of each of them.

"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man". Ben Franklin.

"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition” – Rudyard Kipling
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Post by: steve dave on January 01, 2015, 03:25:33 PM
sddad says stuff like, "why would I want to visit another country when there is so much of this country I haven't and won't see" and I mean what can you say to that. Whatever makes you happy pops. hope your cow farm is still whipping ass.
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Post by: sys on January 01, 2015, 03:33:12 PM
it's hard to travel when you have lots of animals.
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Post by: bubbles4ksu on January 01, 2015, 03:38:37 PM
http://the-toast.net/tag/dad-magazine/ (http://the-toast.net/tag/dad-magazine/)

this site really loves dads. tons and tons of other good content too.
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Post by: steve dave on January 01, 2015, 03:40:24 PM
it's hard to travel when you have lots of animals.

he has cowboys and even sdyoungerbro there. he doesn't need to be there for anything other than thinking he needs to be there.
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Post by: sys on January 01, 2015, 03:47:00 PM
what is this, the 19th century?  why in the world does he have cowboys?
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Post by: star seed 7 on January 01, 2015, 03:47:34 PM
Cowboys are real?  :Wha:
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Post by: bubbles4ksu on January 01, 2015, 03:49:00 PM
meade is like an amish community except john wayne is their christ.
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Post by: michigancat on January 01, 2015, 03:51:04 PM
My dad was visiting SF last month and saw a guy wearing a royals hat and got all excited and was like, "hey, go royals!" and the guy wearing the hat was like "it's just a hat, man."

:frown:
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Post by: steve dave on January 01, 2015, 03:51:53 PM
what is this, the 19th century?  why in the world does he have cowboys?

to feed cows, doctor cows, brand cows, drive through them in four wheelers or on a horse or on foot and look for sick ones to doctor, drive semi trucks full of cows or cow food, make sure cow water isn't frozen and break the ice if it is, find the baby cows and put an ear tag in their ear with the same number as the mom cow, look for random dead cows and try to figure out why they died, move cows from one area to another one for some reason, all kinds of stuff. there's a lot more to being a cow farmer than just having a shitload of land and cows. you also have to have cowboys. so three total things. have land, have cows, have cowboys.
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Post by: sys on January 01, 2015, 03:54:36 PM
your father may be the laziest man to ever be born.
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Post by: steve dave on January 01, 2015, 04:00:49 PM
your father may be the laziest man to ever be born.

on top of cowboys he also employs a couple local HS kids at any one time and makes them do odd jobs he could do himself when cows don't need that stuff above or farm stuff doesn't need to be done. also the cowboys do farm stuff when it's not winter. like drive tractors, get sprinklers unstuck, plant seeds, harvest seeds, plant hay, bale hay, swath hay, put chemicals on weeds, drive semi trucks around with wheat and corn and alfalfa and beans and probably some other stuff, probably more things.
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Post by: felix rex on January 01, 2015, 04:06:07 PM
Does he call them cowboys? We call them ranch hands. I'm fascinated by this potential isogloss.
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Post by: chum1 on January 01, 2015, 04:08:32 PM
Lately, my dad has been giving me advice like, "Nah, you don't need to worry about paying taxes for that. The government will never know."
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Post by: steve dave on January 01, 2015, 04:08:42 PM
Does he call them cowboys? We call them ranch hands. I'm fascinated by this potential isogloss.

yeah, "ranch hands" is probably the lingo he uses mostly. but they prefer "cowboy".
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Post by: michigancat on January 01, 2015, 04:13:27 PM
"Hired man"
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Post by: wetwillie on January 01, 2015, 04:23:39 PM
"Hired Hand"
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Post by: michigancat on January 01, 2015, 04:24:44 PM
interesting micro dialects
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Post by: AppleJack on January 01, 2015, 04:58:01 PM
steve - I would like to work for your dad, remotely of course.
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Post by: Pete on January 01, 2015, 06:36:35 PM
steve - I would like to work for your dad, remotely of course.

Totally.  Maybe just VPN into SD Family Enterprises and do some Webex's and stuff.
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Post by: Pete on January 01, 2015, 06:39:05 PM
meade is like an amish community except john wayne is their christ.

I love you.
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Post by: slobber on January 01, 2015, 06:55:03 PM
Farm hand


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: slobber on January 01, 2015, 06:55:32 PM
Herd manager


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: slobber on January 01, 2015, 06:55:44 PM
Agronomist


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: Spracne on January 01, 2015, 09:49:56 PM
Tell me about the rabbits...
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Post by: Asteriskhead on January 02, 2015, 07:09:33 AM
your father may be the laziest man to ever be born.

how does that compare to the laziest man in Los Angeles County?
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Post by: raquetcat on January 03, 2015, 09:04:55 PM
"Hired man"
This is my in laws terminology. Apparently there are a lot of South Africans who come to the US and work on farms. My in laws make fun of them for wearing shorts, but they had one guy who worked for them that they tried to get citizenship for and they finally did, then he quit to go to work for somebody else :frown:

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Post by: Pete on January 03, 2015, 09:23:42 PM
"Hired man"
This is my in laws terminology. Apparently there are a lot of South Africans who come to the US and work on farms. My in laws make fun of them for wearing shorts, but they had one guy who worked for them that they tried to get citizenship for and they finally did, then he quit to go to work for somebody else :frown:

He truly became an American.
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Post by: WonderMeal on June 21, 2015, 09:32:08 AM
WonderDad has started traveling around the world the last decade or so, and man has it affected his fashion choices. While his wardrobe used to be almost exclusively made up of college-themed/non-hooded sweatshirts, it has slowly been taken over by t-shirts celebrating one country or another.(Also giant orthopedic [?] shoes.)

You want to see an overweight American in a too-snug t-shirt with a tuk tuk on it? Just find WonderDad.
 
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Post by: slobber on June 21, 2015, 10:17:03 AM
I am really great. Thanks!


Gonna win 'em all!
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Post by: AppleJack on June 21, 2015, 10:31:23 AM
I was presented with bacon and eggs this morning. #FathersDay
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 21, 2015, 10:34:35 AM
WonderDad has started traveling around the world the last decade or so, and man has it affected his fashion choices. While his wardrobe used to be almost exclusively made up of college-themed/non-hooded sweatshirts, it has slowly been taken over by t-shirts celebrating one country or another.(Also giant orthopedic [?] shoes.)

You want to see an overweight American in a too-snug t-shirt with a tuk tuk on it? Just find WonderDad.

Sounds more like WonderDad is getting dissed than praised in this here post. And in the thread you started to talk about how great he is, too. SMH.
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Post by: Trogdor on June 21, 2015, 01:45:27 PM
He is risen!
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 21, 2015, 02:07:06 PM
Planting soybeans and sunflowers at the hobby farm before the rain comes. He's pretty happy
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 21, 2015, 04:39:25 PM
 he is risen, indeed. T-y trogdor
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Post by: Panjandrum on June 21, 2015, 04:44:44 PM
My dad was celebrating the day by finishing off a 900 page book about the socioeconomic and cultural forces that drove us to towards the Civil War.

He was literally in Heaven. It was like the perfect day for him.
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 21, 2015, 07:22:50 PM
After a late lunch we watched the roys get their brains bashed in and then he showed me his new welder and showed me some of the welds he did with the new one vs the old one. Then he showed me where he is building a guest cabin.

He also gave me some insidery information about the dump that is the Clipart family football complex. He says the new staff doesn't seem to be very serious and they are all goofing off constantly when he goes in there.
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Post by: WonderMeal on June 19, 2016, 01:28:52 PM
Today my dad told me that my sister got him a giant cream puff from a bakery and he snuck off to eat it in his bedroom so no one would see him eat the whole thing all in one sitting.

 :lynchmob:
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Post by: star seed 7 on June 19, 2016, 07:14:36 PM
Grilled some steaks, watched the roys and we both fell asleep in 12th. Pretty good dad's day
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Post by: WonderMeal on June 17, 2018, 07:03:30 PM
Used to quiz us on world capitols on the way to and from school. Still remember most of them to this day. What a stud!
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on June 17, 2018, 11:20:29 PM
SB's dad went to Hawaii recently and ONLY wore slacks on the beach. Every day. :confused:

Then he came home to Kansas and went out in the driveway in a Hawaiian shirt and basketball shorts to shovel snow. :confused: :confused:

Here's to you, dad! (Plz note that I am currently wearing basketball shorts and a Hawaiian shirt.)
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Post by: WonderMeal on June 21, 2020, 12:19:14 PM
I learned recently that my dad pitched a no-hitter in a sixth grade softball game at school. He also punched a kid in the neck at Vacation Bible School.

A little tip for anyone out there at VBS--don't mess with a kid who can bring that slow pitch heat.
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Post by: Institutional Control on June 30, 2020, 08:47:46 AM
Your dad must have put some serious action on those pitches and had a good SS to field all those grounders. 
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on July 02, 2020, 11:15:19 AM
Can confirm. SBDad was said SS fielding all those grounders.
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Post by: WonderMeal on June 19, 2022, 08:09:10 PM
In 4th grade, WonderDad was pitching me a neon orange baseball and I smashed a line drive right into his forehead--leaving imprints of the seams and almost certainly concussing him. (Concussions had not been invented yet.)

He took it like a champ. Happy Father's Day, WonderDad!
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Post by: cfbandyman on June 19, 2022, 09:31:27 PM
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there
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Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on June 20, 2022, 10:50:44 AM
Got cards from my kids and Mrs SSOC yesterday indicating that they believe I am a good dad. Felt really good.