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"What do you want for Father's Day?"

"Well, I'd like it if you'd quit fighting with your sisters all the time."

"Daaaaad--I mean what would you REALLY like for Father's Day?!"

::sigh::

"Son, I can't tell you what I'd REALLY like."

"Why not?"

"Long story, bud, but you'll understand it in a few years when you start noticing girls."

Because, you know, guys are rather undemanding in what we require out of life. I mean, it's not like I don't like getting presents, because I do, but if I didn't get any, it's not like I'd pout for a week or get all weepy. Well, much, anyway.

Basically, as long as I have food, a warm place to sleep, and one particular wife of mine named Reba to spoon with, hey, life's okay. The rest is just gravy.

BUT, kids are kids and want daddy to be happy, so I suppose if they just HAD to get me something, I would like a card made out of poster board scraps and tissue, a shirt, a figure of my head made out of modelling clay, and a couple of car magazines. I would also like them to quit slamming the doors in the house (or leaving them standing ajar), taking hour-long showers, leaving all the lights on, and waking me up at 5 o'clock on Saturday mornings. I'd like them to get up and get ready to go on time all the rest of the mornings of the week, clean up their rooms, clean up the den, clean up the bathroom, clean up the kitchen, clean up the dining room, mow the yard, keep their elbows off the table, and quit slamming the car doors. I want them to get a paper towel and kill any bugs they see rather than screaming and acting like they're going to die, be nice to each other, brush their teeth, take their baths, stay awake in church, and do their schoolwork. Most especially, I would like them to come see me and sit awhile when I get old.

Anyway, to all you other dads out there, have yourselves a happy Father's Day on Sunday, and I hope you get what you were hoping for.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 17, 2005 02:18 PM