Off Topic: Happy Father's Day!: Just wanted to wish all of you fellow fathers a happy Daddy Day. Hopefully you'll get to relax.
posted by wingnut4life to navel gazing at 07:42 AM - 24 comments
Happy Father's Day, progenitors among us! No go out there and burn a steak!
posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:11 AM on June 18, 2006
This was my Fathers Day gift...
posted by wingnut4life at 08:31 AM on June 18, 2006
Sweet. What kind of mileage does that thing get?
posted by rcade at 08:45 AM on June 18, 2006
Thanks too all the well-wishers, and a Happy Daddy Day to the rest of the SpoFi fathers! now where the hell did the kids put the tv remote??
posted by Folkways at 10:05 AM on June 18, 2006
Sweet. What kind of mileage does that thing get? It guzzles some serious gas when I'm cookin', but it's friggin' awesome!!! grunt, grunt!
posted by wingnut4life at 01:08 PM on June 18, 2006
My dad wanted to go to the Tiger's game at Wrigley Field but....other things came up. So we got him a shirt instead.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:00 PM on June 18, 2006
grum, I guess you really are a chip off the old block!
posted by billsaysthis at 04:18 PM on June 18, 2006
grum, I guess you really are a chip off the old block! My dad was flipping through my copy of the book and liked the historical section (how the game was played in each decade). So I figured he'd enjoy the book and picked him up a copy for himself. The softcover version is MUCH better than the hardcover version I own. Off off topic: Can we get a clean-up in aisle 7102?
posted by grum@work at 08:20 PM on June 18, 2006
Happy Father's Day to all the great dad's of Spofi!
posted by skydivemom at 08:51 PM on June 18, 2006
Thanks everyone. Although it's not Fathers Day down here, and I'm about 3,000 miles away from my kids (on a work trip), I appreciate the sentiment.
posted by owlhouse at 10:11 PM on June 18, 2006
My family gave me the biography of a noted Knicks fan. They also didn't grumble a bit when I left baseball on as background "music" for everything me did today.
posted by ?! at 11:56 PM on June 18, 2006
I am not yet a father, but if I ever attain that position, I will be pissed if interleague play continues to be scheduled for today. Dad's not a baseball fan, although he did buy a glove and many baseballs to play catch with me for hours and hours and hours when I was in little league. Looking back, and knowing now how little baseball interests him, I can't believe he did that. Wow.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:12 AM on June 19, 2006
I was at home taking care of the puking Mrs. Amateur and entertaining the two Amateur angels. Happy Father's Day to me!
posted by Amateur at 09:48 AM on June 19, 2006
Dad is a Packers fan so I got him one of these: Not that he can use it or anything, I just thought it looked cool. (Plus, he thought it was cool).
posted by chris2sy at 01:10 PM on June 19, 2006
Speaking of the Packers (well, not really) did anyone wonder about those red, white and blue cheeseheads the U.S. fans were shown wearing during the Italy match? Were they made especially for the World Cup? Were they spray-painted cheeseheads bought in bulk during the offseason???
posted by ajaffe at 02:39 PM on June 19, 2006
Good question.
posted by chris2sy at 02:44 PM on June 19, 2006
Speaking of the Packers (well, not really) did anyone wonder about those red, white and blue cheeseheads the U.S. fans were shown wearing during the Italy match? Were they made especially for the World Cup? Were they spray-painted cheeseheads bought in bulk during the offseason??? I saw those, and figured they were home creations from the Packer versions. I only saw a group of three people wearing them. Were there more?
posted by grum@work at 04:37 PM on June 19, 2006
I can't say for sure, but they made an impression on me when I saw them...
posted by ajaffe at 07:19 AM on June 20, 2006
Yeah, you couldn't help but notice those bad boys. I slowed it down and zoomed in to check 'em out, and "up close" (sort of) they had the look of a spray paint job. Neat concept, though.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 07:23 AM on June 20, 2006
Happy belated Father's Day to all the Spofite Pops out there. Picked up this guy for my Dad this year although haven't had a chance to meet up with him yet.
posted by redsnare at 04:32 PM on June 20, 2006
Happy belated father's day to you all dads! The day before, my wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anneversary! So it was indeed, a great weekend!
posted by daddisamm at 07:33 AM on June 22, 2006
Wow 25 years, congrats daddi. Not to make you feel old or anything but you've been married for as long as been alive.
posted by HATER 187 at 08:08 AM on June 22, 2006
Happy Father's Day, SpoFi Pops.
posted by jerseygirl at 08:02 AM on June 18, 2006