Examples of why your dad is/was awesome

[Thug Bubbles]

Damn. How long have you been married?

[bigmonkey]

- Once he was driving through a built-up area, and a cat ran out from one of the driveways and right under the wheels of the car (FWIW he would never do this on purpose, I can remember many times where we've made some mad swerves to avoid foxes, rabbits, pheasants, grouse etc). He gets out to see how the cat is, which is dead. (BTW it's a criminal offense here in the UK to not report killing a dog, but it's fine to not report killing a cat). He gets the cat by the scruff of the neck and walks up to the house it had run out from and knocks on the door. An old lady answers it and he asks "Is this your cat?" She just stands there shocked, so he assumes yes, puts the cat down and walks off. What else can you do though?

- On three occasions I've heard him say to people absolutely convincingly, "If you don't leave/ do X again...I'm going to [censored] kill you." He's only about 5'7'' but I've seen men considerably taller and muscular back down to him. He was always quite distressed that I had witnessed him saying this (being around 4-10), and said that he hadn't meant it but said that you had to talk in these people's language. The swearing was definitely more what he meant than the death threat since swearing was (and still is) absolutely forbidden in our house.

- He once fell in a canal on a drunk night out. Whenever he tells this story it is always about how he nearly died, and how he saw the Grim Reaper on the bank of the canal beckoning to him as he thought he would die. Whenever his friends tell this story (those who were there) it's always about how funny it was that he'd fallen in.

- Last summer I went to the Lake District with my friends planning on climbing mountains all day. It was extremely hot though (about 35 celsius) and I got sun burnt really badly and had to come home the next day. I caught a bus into a small town, Penrith, to get the train home but I didn't have enough money for it, so I phoned home and asked for a lift. When I said "I'm in Penrith" to my Dad, he just burst out laughing for about 5 minutes. There is a scene in his favourite film (which we have seen around 50 times in the last 3 years) where a character repeatedly says "I'm in Penrith...Penrith!" on the phone because nobody has heard of it. He eventually did travel cross-country to pick me up.

[GeraldGiraffe]

My dad was never really awesome when I was growing up, but now that I'm older I see that we actually have a great deal in common and I think he'd be one of my friends if he wasn't my dad. He always takes an interest in what I'm doing, is really funny in a dry scots way, and is very, very clever.

When I was about 13 he came home in a brand new Lotus Elise, and hadn't told me about it beforehand. That was like the coolest thing in the world.

According to my mother he used to get mistaken for Sean Connery but I don't believe that for a second.

[pokerbobo]

My dad was in Nam when I was born. He needed a bit of cash for himself while out there, so he used to keep his entire military paycheck, and hustle pool to support me. He sent all his winnings home to mom.

He never let me beat him at anything. He was a really good bowler, all state baseball player (looked at by several MLB teams) good at pool, darts, etc. Since he never let me win at anything I always tried my best to beat him (and it didn't happen often when I was young) but when I did win, I felt awesome about it because it was quite an accomplishment for me.

He never said no when I asked him to play catch with me as a kid.

My dad is a "never break the rules" kinda guy... I always thought he was "prude".... but after mom and him got divorced, I was looking for something in his bedroom and found some edible sex paint he and his girlfriend were using to keep it "spicy"... ZOMG dad is a freak!

[quirkasaurus]

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Damn. How long have you been married?

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over 25 years. 4 kids.