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Best model for fatherhood emulation?

#1	2 votes - 22 %
#2	3 votes - 33 %
#3	4 votes - 44 %

9 Total Votes

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As I read this, by ambrosen (4.00 / 1) #1 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 12:24:07 PM EST

I was already enjoying some Beurre d'Arachide.

It seems pop number 3 is a touch lucky that his son is such a great bloke. And his daughter and son in law, too.

I think I missed the taste test part by lm (4.00 / 1) #2 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 01:04:11 PM EST

Which pop was sweeter and which was more stringy?

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic

: Stringy Pop? by CheeseburgerBrown (2.00 / 0) #12 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 08:07:45 PM EST

Eeeuuuuuuuuuu.

I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da. We are a simple, grease-loving people who enjoy le weekend de ski.
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: Well, I will help you out . . . by slozo (2.00 / 0) #16 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 10:32:00 PM EST

. . .Pop #3: stringy when younger, now bitter (I know this one well). Pop #2: sweet and juicy (have tasted it a little). pop#3: a little sour, and very juicy (from what I've heard).

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You can't grade fatherhood! by Rogerborg (4.00 / 8) #3 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 01:40:39 PM EST

Unless it's by the number of swords bought for male offspring, and I suppose ponies or toy ovens or whatever it is that girls like.

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.

The International Fatherhood Institute Is Real! by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 2) #4 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 01:43:18 PM EST

They just don't happen to have a website or any contact information.

I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da. We are a simple, grease-loving people who enjoy le weekend de ski.
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: Probably too busy by Herring (4.00 / 2) #6 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 01:59:31 PM EST

camping out, flying kites etc. to manitain a website.

I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. - Bill Bailey
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Going by current GCSE standards by Herring (4.00 / 1) #5 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 01:57:48 PM EST

I think only 40% of offspring need to reach adulthood to qualify as a grade C.

I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. - Bill Bailey
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Candidate #3 by wiredog (2.00 / 0) #7 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 02:43:11 PM EST

Channeling King Lear.

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}

: I'm worried it's slozo by sasquatchan (4.00 / 2) #8 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 03:17:19 PM EST

and that's part of why Slozo is in exile in China..

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: I think King Lear is a little different. by gzt (4.00 / 1) #10 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 06:31:11 PM EST

It's the same species of utter stupidity, but the point was that Cordelia refused to answer his question and play his game because she was the one who really did love him. But still, same pathology: man asks questions the answers to which are painfully obvious and which really should not be asked, game blows up catastrophically when child refuses to play.

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I voted for by calla (4.00 / 2) #9 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 06:26:34 PM EST

#3 - troll option.

: Kids Have It Too Easy These Days! by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 3) #13 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 08:08:43 PM EST

Unleash a tyrant to show them what's what and the true nature of the Force.

I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da. We are a simple, grease-loving people who enjoy le weekend de ski.
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My father gets an A+ by MrPlough (4.00 / 3) #11 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 07:06:01 PM EST

Unfortunately he passed away in December. I'm still numb.
No work.

Condolences. by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 2) #14 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 08:10:04 PM EST

At least his parenting legacy will live on through you and your children. If he had a good formula it could keep kicking in your line for generations.

Goodness knows my Grampa Fred's benevolent influence continues to reverberate through our family tree.

I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da. We are a simple, grease-loving people who enjoy le weekend de ski.
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: Cheers by MrPlough (2.00 / 0) #18 Mon Mar 20, 2006 at 05:30:38 AM EST

Nice way to think of it.
No work.
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Well, to actually grade my father . . . by slozo (4.00 / 4) #15 Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 10:26:42 PM EST

. . . that's a tough one. Life is complicated, and to properly assess, especially when involved, is right difficult.

I was loved, clothed, always had shelter (through two bankruptcies basically and one house fire) and grew up to be a somewhat decent, well adjusted fellow. However, I sustained some physical abuse, much mental abuse, and financial debt entrapment as a child. My father has said and done things to my family that would be unforgiveable in other families. I lived in constant fear of his wrath.

So, as an adult now (just last year, don't you know), I cannot give him an F, because I was loved and provided for. I couldn't give him a B either though, the bad outweighs the good by a fair margin (even though there was a lot of good). So, for me, final mark: D (barely passing grade)

: To Be Fair, The Grades... by CheeseburgerBrown (4.00 / 1) #19 Mon Mar 20, 2006 at 06:31:31 AM EST

...were meant more to refer to specific Fatherhood Assignments, rather than to entire Fatherhood Careers.

The whole enchilada would be too much to chew. I'm just calling it on a case-by-case basis.

I am from a small, unknown country in the north called Ca-na-da. We are a simple, grease-loving people who enjoy le weekend de ski.
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If candidate #3 sets the bar too high... by NoMoreNicksLeft (4.00 / 1) #17 Mon Mar 20, 2006 at 12:29:15 AM EST

Feel free to add my own father in their to lower all relevant statistical means. Of course, if you think you already have an F, it probably means the alphabet isn't large enough to score my own.

For now, let's give him a provisional triple Z-, at least until we can recalibrate the metric.
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Do not look directly into laser with remaining good eye.

Stilton? by Rogerborg (2.00 / 0) #20 Mon Mar 20, 2006 at 07:35:14 AM EST

Brie? A nice bit of Cheddar, perhaps?

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.
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: Killed your mother when you were 17, eh? by NoMoreNicksLeft (2.00 / 0) #21 Mon Mar 20, 2006 at 08:00:44 PM EST

Blew through who knows how much in workmen's comp from the "accident"?
Stole the social security checks you and your brother were receiving? Tried to do the same with life insurance money?
When all that was gone, insures the hovel he made your mother live in for 5 times its real value and burns it down three weeks later?
No, I always preferred swiss cheese. Or even provolone.
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Do not look directly into laser with remaining good eye.
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