Your Dad

[Gunner46]

What is one of the most immature, stupid, of no socially redeming value, but Totally Cool things your Dad taught you when you were growing up ?

 

[choc dogs]

That there is a time, and a place for old crow

 

[wyoming556]

No matter how good looking she is there is somebody somewhere who is tired of putting up with her $hit.

 

[Nemont]

If you work hard, you need to play hard

 

[Grizzley]

Hit'em first, hit'em hard and make it count...it might be the only one you get in.

 

[Wally Dog]

Where to shit in the woods!
WD

 

[Lawnboy]

"TAKE YOUR GLOVES OFF! YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT PEE YOUR PANTS WITH GLOVES ON!"

Thanks Dad

 

[noharleyyet]

Too many and too colorful for print. My Dad was the coolest man I ever knew or will know....hands down.

 

[Big Slick]

That being a hard worker is a good thing, and that if you don't have a job or if you go to jail you don't know him so don't call. Harsh but very effective.

 

[fishing4sanity]

As a little guy in grade school Dad had me stay home from school to help brand and vaccinate new cattle at the feedlot and he taught me 'cattle' language in the process (not intentionally, but he always felt that cussing at cows was an excusable and even unavoidable sin). Next day at school I was eager to show off my 'cattle' language, after Mom had to come pick me up at school I found out she wasn't a believer in 'cattle' language.

 

[mixedbag]

I'm just glad my boys don't go on this site

 

[1_pointer]

Just prior to going into high school he told me that I would get into more trouble, spend more money and time chasing women and booze.

Anytime I was heading out with friends or meeting a gal he'd say, "Going out sniffin'?"!

 

[putm2sleep]

Not my dad - but he treated me like his son. He taught me it was 'ok to fart at the dinner table'. He tried anyway.....he tried to teach me and Richard a lot of things. (I practically grew up in the Price household from high school freshman year on. Richard was my best friend, proud to say he still is! Returning home from his 4th tour this summer! God bless you brother) Anyway, after a week or so of 'proper' dinners together, he relaxed a bit, so to speak. One evening, he let 'er rip and made his fake eye pop out at the same time. I was across from him and laughed so that mashed potatoe came out my nose. I almost threw up. We all laughed for 10 miuntes. From that dinner on, 'it was on', dirty jokes, farting, it was blue collar comedy every night.

 

[npaden]

No earth shattering words of wisdom that stick out above any others, just a ton of good practical advice and a lot of dry humor.

Thanks to my dad I'm comfortable framing a house, wiring it, plumbing it, doing the finish work, working on cars, and troubleshooting just about anything that quits working for some reason or another. I'm not an expert at any of it, but passable usually.

At the time when I was helping him on projects I wasn't ever exactly thrilled about it, but thinking back the lessons learned were invaluable. I have made myself promise that I would continue to do a lot of the handyman type duties even though I can afford to hire someone to do them so that I will be able to teach my son a tiny fraction of the stuff that my dad taught me.

Some of the most memorable times spent with my dad were times when we were out hunting. He was never afraid of failure, he was willing to try his hand at just about anything.

The dry humor will always be with me whether I like it or not!

 

[T Bone]

As a teen going out on a date with a girl or a group of friends that included girls, the last thing said aloud as I went out the door was, "keep it in your pants".

 

[noharleyyet]

"Son, women are like whiskey, no matter how far behind you get with either, you always catch up too quick."

*sanitized version

 

[Goldtip]

One of the coolest things my Dad taught me was to stay away from drugs. His talk was somewhat unconventional. When I was going into 5th grade where the Jr High held the 5th thru 9th graders, he sat me down and told me that this year I may see some things I had never seen before. One of those things might be drugs. He told me if he ever caught me using drugs of any kind, he'd beat me till I told him who I got them from, then he'd kill them. When I was going in to fifth grade I knew a statement like that from my Dad was simply a statement of fact, not a threat or a warning, and it worked. Never tried an illicit drug of any kind.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I learned that truck drivers have the best jokes, a rock crusher is not a toy, even though it looks like an E ticket ride, swearing can be an art form, and sometimes, your mom just doesn't need to know about certain things.

 

[idnative1948]

No earth shattering words of wisdom that stick out above any others, just a ton of good practical advice and a lot of dry humor.

Thanks to my dad I'm comfortable framing a house, wiring it, plumbing it, doing the finish work, working on cars, and troubleshooting just about anything that quits working for some reason or another. I'm not an expert at any of it, but passable usually.

At the time when I was helping him on projects I wasn't ever exactly thrilled about it, but thinking back the lessons learned were invaluable. I have made myself promise that I would continue to do a lot of the handyman type duties even though I can afford to hire someone to do them so that I will be able to teach my son a tiny fraction of the stuff that my dad taught me.

Some of the most memorable times spent with my dad were times when we were out hunting. He was never afraid of failure, he was willing to try his hand at just about anything.

The dry humor will always be with me whether I like it or not!

Totally scary. Could dad's have been brothers?

 

[Mudranger1]

well about the only phrase I can remember him saying was "if your gonna be dumb you gotta be tough" and most of the time that was just a result of him not showing me the proper way to do something go figure