(I mean blog...you filthy-minded people... ;-) )
Ever since the Catlick mudders post , I have been meaning to make it even by paying due respect to the men for whom back in the day, all it took for us to get back on track were the words ' Wait... Till your he gets 'ome... and I'll tell him what you did'.
We knew that when he 'did' get home from work, he would take a hot shower, slap on tons of talcum powder, change into his vest and shorts, pour a nice Scotch , half smile and grunt in your direction , grab a handful of salted peanuts to munch on and switch on the News....
But we would still go ...'NOOOOOO ! I swear I will never do that again!'
Yes! Its everyman's mentor, every woman's knight-in-70%cotton-30%polyeseter armor!...The Catlick Fadder!
But, doesn't every Father...
- Seem like he doesn't have the slightest sense of humour , but when he's with the boys on Poker night, turns into Robin Williams!
-Come into 'their' element when it was time for the family holiday and go into 'logistical' overdrive. Sometimes equipped with a small scribbled notebook in which everybody's schedule for the next 5 days has been planned.... Right! 8am-Get out of bed,Breakfast, 9am- Walk on the beach, 10am-Women-go Shopping!, Boys- Swimming... But daddy I want swim too , No! Go with your mother...otherwise we all go home!
- Spend the whole week working in the office, but on the weekend...still get up early, have a big breakfast and jump right into his D.I.Y self-inflicted projects, which after happily doing for 5 hours , moan about wasting his precious weekend on this shit!
- Have more fun, with his kids electronic toys then they do, usually starting with the words...'Wait! Let me show you how its done first....' ..... Chaaa! Not that way.... Give it here! again... Let me show you again!
- Keep Sunday Afternoons the way it was written in the Bible.....'sacred'! Kicking back with an ice-cold drink, a classic Spaghetti Western movie, a wholesome roast lunch followed by a nice long nap!
- Make all hell break loose, if woken up during his afternoon nap by some unfortunate salesman.
- For his children's sake, sit down for the family rosary, but when its his turn, Yawn, Sputter, Grunt and Mumble every word out , only getting 'perfectly audible' for the last Amen!....causing his wife to turn back and snarl silently with flared nostrils...
- Have more in-depth conversations with his son-in-law than with his son, sometimes going to the extent of sharing a drink of his 'special stuff'.
- Not shed a single tear or show any sign of saddened emotion, the day his only daughter gets married, but later that day, wreak havoc in the lives of the caterers, the decorators, the MC and his son's drunken friends.
PS: Dad, I hope the house papers are still signed in my Name , After this ....
