And Now For the Rest of the Story...

[RobertJ.]

A few years before my dad passed he told me a funny story about when I was little, about three years old. He had taken me to the store for some groceries, and when he went to pull into a parking space, some woman beat him to it. He said, "Well, blank you, lady!" And I said, "Yeah, blank you lady!" He said he panicked, he couldn't have me talking like that in front of my mom, so he spent some time explaining that we can't say things like that.

And now for the rest of the story...

Yesterday morning I was having morning treats with my mom and my sister. We were sharing fond memories and interesting stories about my dad. (Well, my sister and I had the fond memories, and my mom had the interesting stories.) I told them about the story that Dad had told me, and before I could finish it, my mom said, "I know exactly what he said! He came home laughing about it!" He hadn't told me that part.

Anyone else find something out later?

 

[lihpster]

We were camping and my brothers and I were bored. We were tossing pop cans in the air and hitting them, or at least trying, with BB guns. Well, my brothers were doing the shooting. I was tossing the cans. Heck I was 6. I was happy to be involved. I heard someone say, "Hey." I turned around and my father was standing there holding my brother's BB gun. He told me to throw one for him and make sure it was high. So I wound up, and tossed the can as high as I could. He let's it fall and tells me to try again, but get it a bit further away from me. So I get the can and toss again and BOOM! The can took off through the air. I chased it down and there was a 2 1/2" hole through it! I was amazed! My father had Godlike powers! Of course some of you may have guessed what I learned later. While I went to get the can for the second throw, he switched to the single shot 20 GA. I didn't learn the truth for 4 years.

 

[mtgianni]

In a similar vein my old workmate bragged that his son's first complete sentence happened when the light turned green and the car in front didn't move. He said after the light turned the not yet two year old comes out with "go dumb witch" or something like it. He knew well where it came from.