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Title: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: TempusVox on June 19, 2011, 08:11:50 AM
To all fellow fathers out there! Have a great day with your kids. My son's 14-16 year old baseball team (yes all 15 of them) slept over last night. Okay, well...they stayed here last night, I'm not sure how much sleeping they actually did, and now that they've all been fed breakfast, and I've had a 30 minute nap, my still exhausted ass is getting ready to head out to coach their double-header. Yay me!
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Tick on June 19, 2011, 08:22:08 AM
Happy fathers day, TV, and to all the DTF dads out there.
I have to work today so my wife and daughter gave me a legendary fathers day yesterday. I got home from work at 3:30 and found the house littered with streamers and balloons. The kitchen was all decorated to the hilt. I was served a lobster dinner. My daughter made all sorts of gifts for me. Then I was taken to see Green Lantern last night.
What an awesome day! I truly felt special and very loved.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: jingle.boy on June 19, 2011, 10:26:07 AM
Hope all the dad's here are having as great a day as I am so far.  Check out the wicked cool cake my (almost) 11 year old daughter made for me.  I'm one proud daddy!

(https://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251237_10150645920320545_765530544_18869698_2869260_n.jpg)

(https://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/253497_10150645918635545_765530544_18869666_1977089_n.jpg)

And this is the one she made yesterday for my father-in-law

(https://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/264543_10150644573415545_765530544_18849980_3090957_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Quadrochosis on June 19, 2011, 10:48:19 AM
Those are some awesome cakes! :tup
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: black_biff_stadler on June 19, 2011, 11:04:39 AM
Adorable first pic jingle.boy. Your daughter has very impressive cake skills for her age as well. I'd really foster that aspect of her life as she may have a promising career as a baker.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Kosmo on June 19, 2011, 11:55:26 AM
Excuse my language but holy fucking shit. Wouldn't mind eating those.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lodeus on June 19, 2011, 11:58:06 AM
I want some cake now.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: MetalManiac666 on June 19, 2011, 12:58:56 PM
This thread is now about caek.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Zydar on June 19, 2011, 12:59:40 PM
The cake is a lie. Or a pie.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: black_biff_stadler on June 19, 2011, 01:37:07 PM
The cake is a lie. Or a pie.

Remember that dude, A Fortune in Pies, that used to post here?
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 02:20:14 PM
Happy fathers day, fellow DTF dads.  Had a nice, long chat with my kid, which is a rare occurence for a 17 year old. :lol
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: 73109 on June 19, 2011, 02:22:28 PM
She's 17? Why did I think she was a few years younger?
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 02:24:10 PM
She's 17? Why did I think she was a few years younger?
Wishful thinking on your part. :P
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: 73109 on June 19, 2011, 02:24:50 PM
I'm 16. I'd rather her be 17 than 14. :P

So...CaN I git ha NUMBA!?!?!?
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 02:32:43 PM
I'm 16. I'd rather her be 17 than 14. :P

So...CaN I git ha NUMBA!?!?!?
Probably shouldn't have shared all those totally fucked up jokes with me, eh bud?  Kinda fucked up that avenue.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: 73109 on June 19, 2011, 02:33:56 PM
Also the fact that maybe she lives on the other side of the country?

And hey!! What's wrong with your daughter's boyfriend having the same sense of humor that you do?
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 02:34:57 PM
Actually, she lives in NY, on your side of the country.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: faemir on June 19, 2011, 02:36:34 PM
So how come Father's Day is the same in the US as the UK whilst Mother's Day is not?
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: 73109 on June 19, 2011, 02:36:54 PM
Actually, she lives in NY, on your side of the country.

Oh shit!!!

Um...Can I tell you a construction joke? It's not that good. You see, I'm still working on it.

See...I NEVER TOLD YOU A DEAD BABY JOKE!!!!
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Sigz on June 19, 2011, 02:37:44 PM
So how come Father's Day is the same in the US as the UK whilst Mother's Day is not?

I was actually wondering the same exact thing.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 02:40:10 PM
Actually, she lives in NY, on your side of the country.

Oh shit!!!

Um...Can I tell you a construction joke? It's not that good. You see, I'm still working on it.

See...I NEVER TOLD YOU A DEAD BABY JOKE!!!!
Um, you told me a ton of dead baby jokes.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: 73109 on June 19, 2011, 02:40:36 PM
I don't recall said events. :P
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 02:45:46 PM
Sorry, dude, still have the PM's.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: 73109 on June 19, 2011, 02:46:51 PM
Bull shit!!































Really? :lol
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Jamesman42 on June 19, 2011, 03:27:49 PM
What are you guys talking aboot?
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Cool Chris on June 19, 2011, 03:52:22 PM
My daughter is 7 weeks old. It is still somewhat amazing to me to think of myself as a father.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: ariich on June 19, 2011, 04:23:07 PM
Best wishes to all the DTF dads! Hope you've had a great day. :)
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Tick on June 19, 2011, 09:24:46 PM
I'm 16. I'd rather her be 17 than 14. :P

So...CaN I git ha NUMBA!?!?!?
Never fuck with a guy who is a professional at chopping stuff into pieces.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 09:31:58 PM
I'm 16. I'd rather her be 17 than 14. :P

So...CaN I git ha NUMBA!?!?!?
Never fuck with a guy who is a professional at chopping stuff into pieces.
Well said, Tick, well said.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Orbert on June 19, 2011, 10:43:36 PM
Got up early, played a couple services, met my wife and daughter for lunch, then went home for a three-hour nap.  Got up, my son insisted on taking me and the whole family out to dinner.  He finally got a job last month, has money, and wants to give something back (good man!)

Went to dinner at a place called Ted's, which has the best burgers I've ever tasted.  Before we sit down, one of the hostesses with a camera asks if we want a picture taken, and it comes with a $5 gift card.  Sure, why not?  She takes the picture and goes away, I forget about it.  Later, she shows up with this card, Happy Father's Day from Ted's and the picture inside.  Cool!

But when we left, we forgot the card on the table.  Ten minutes down the road, my wife realizes this and calls the restaurant, and I turn the car around.  Obviously they'll find it when cleaning the table and will stash it somewhere until we come back and claim it.  All restaurants do this.  Apparently, all except Ted's.  When they cleaned the table, they threw it away.  Seriously?  My wife was pissed, she made them check, dig around in the trash a little, etc.  It had only been ten minutes.  But it was gone.  They gave her some more $5 gift cards to try to cheer her up.

It wasn't that big a deal, it wasn't something I'd even planned on having, but it was cool having a memento of my Father's Day dinner, and seriously, what the fuck kind of restaurant literally just trashes stuff people have left on the table?  I've never heard of a place that didn't at least stash "lost and found" stuff on a shelf until closing time, and if people don't call or come back and claim it in a day or two, then maybe toss it.  So it was a bummer to cap off an otherwise pretty sweet Father's Day.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: lonestar on June 19, 2011, 10:46:36 PM
That is an odd thing for the restaurant to do, like you said, at least hold it till the end of the night.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: MetalJunkie on June 20, 2011, 12:25:05 AM
So church this morning was awesome. The service was a little different. The church band opened up with "Foreplay" by Boston, with a dude dressed like a wizard conducting them. Then the dude threw off his robes to show his regular clothes, and two ninjas showed up on stage and they proceeded to engage in (intentionally lame) choreographed hand-to-hand combat while the band kept playing Foreplay. It was very lulzworthy. It's a big church with a big budget, so there was a lot of fancy lighting going on to add to the effect.

For an idea of how it went down, here's a "Bohemian Rhapsody" parody they did for Mothers Day. Awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqbkT3PnwkQ
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Kosmo on June 20, 2011, 12:27:09 AM
So church this morning was awesome. The service was a little different. The church band opened up with "Foreplay" by Boston, with a dude dressed like a wizard conducting them. Then the dude threw off his robes to show his regular clothes, and two ninjas showed up on stage and they proceeded to engage in (intentionally lame) choreographed hand-to-hand combat while the band kept playing Foreplay. It was very lulzworthy. It's a big church with a big budget, so there was a lot of fancy lighting going on to add to the effect.
...

In my church we have a priest!

And..Organs!

Yeah...
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: MetalJunkie on June 20, 2011, 12:32:01 AM
So church this morning was awesome. The service was a little different. The church band opened up with "Foreplay" by Boston, with a dude dressed like a wizard conducting them. Then the dude threw off his robes to show his regular clothes, and two ninjas showed up on stage and they proceeded to engage in (intentionally lame) choreographed hand-to-hand combat while the band kept playing Foreplay. It was very lulzworthy. It's a big church with a big budget, so there was a lot of fancy lighting going on to add to the effect.
...

In my church we have a priest!

And..Organs!

Yeah...
Check my edit, too. Cool stuff.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: hefdaddy42 on June 20, 2011, 04:59:04 AM
It was a bittersweet day for me.  My first Father's Day since my Dad passed away.  But my kids are great.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Hyperplex on June 20, 2011, 07:34:40 AM
This was my very first Father's Day and it was very eventful. Grilled burgers and hot dogs for my wife's side of the family in the early afternoon and steamed crabs with my father in the evening. Exhausting, but fun. I still haven't quite grasped the fact that I am, in fact, a father now, but every time I look at my son and my wife, I feel immeasurably wealthy.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Durg on June 20, 2011, 08:08:33 AM
My Father's day was

6:15am:  Wake up on in-law's guest bed that is hard as a slab of stone.  My back was hurting and I couldn't lay there anymore.
6:15-10:00 am: Play Zelda Minish Cap on my kids old Game Boy
10:00-12:00 pm: Church stuff (my in-law's church)
1:00 - 2:30pm:  Dropped loads of money while listening to my 12 year old gripe about everything at the fancy restaurant we ate at.  I had Chilean Bass with crab meat and various veggies covered with a yummy cream sauce. :metal  He had a bowl of spaghetti noodles with no sauce - just butter.   :|
3:00-7:30pm: A little napping, a little US open golf on TV, a lot of Zelda Minish Cap on the Game Boy.
7:30-10:00pm: Drive back home from the in-laws
10:00-10:15pm: Go get the dog from the dog-sitter.
10:30pm: Bed!

I did get a card he made on the computer promising to take me to see the next Harry Potter movie.   Plus a ball point pen that says #1 Dad.  :)

I was bummed that I didn't get a chance to play a round of golf with my brother-in-law (who was out of town).  Oh well.  Lately for the sake of saving money our birthdays and Mother's & Father's days have been very uneventful. 


Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: emindead on June 20, 2011, 09:25:48 AM
Went with my dad and brothers to have lunch. We had lobster. Most overrated and overpriced meal in the world.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: MetalJunkie on June 20, 2011, 11:12:36 AM
https://www.churchonthemove.com/service

On the latest video, start about 6 minutes in and watch for just a minute or two. Great musicianship.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: dethklok09 on June 20, 2011, 07:50:00 PM
Well maybe a little late to post in here but yesterday me and my family went to our grandparents and great grandparents houses (had sloppy joes) and ended the day at buffalo wild wings. I love this holiday even if im not a father.
Title: Re: Happy Fathers Day
Post by: Orbert on June 20, 2011, 10:19:59 PM
https://www.churchonthemove.com/service

On the latest video, start about 6 minutes in and watch for just a minute or two. Great musicianship.

That's your church?  You guys are awesome.  When I saw the link, I thought it was gonna be to this:

https://vimeo.com/12714406

We played that (the video) right after the band finished the opening set.  All three services, we had to stay and watch it from the wings because it was so awesome.  The live version is cool, but maybe loses a bit because of all the visual humor in the video.