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21 December 2008

Fatherly advice. (Warning: involves highly disrespectful discussion of a major religious figure.)[More:]

While I'm here in Calgary, I'm house-and-cat-sitting for my stepmother and will be painting the stairwell and adjoining hallways. I'd planned on doing prep all day today, but now it's the first day I've had to myself since I left B'ham, I haven't stopped moving in two weeks, and I've had it. So Dad calls, and I ask if he thinks it would be okay if I took it easy on the work front today.

"You know what? There's nobody there. If you want to take it easy and someone's telling you you can't, it's a ghost. Besides, it's Sunday."
"True, and working on Sunday makes the Baby Jesus cry."
"Oh, the Baby Jesus won't just cry, he'll send you all to hell."
So then we got into a discussion about how cranky the Baby Jesus gets and what he would do to me if I worked today, at the end of which Dad sighed and said, "Yep. Don't fuck with the Baby Jesus."

And suddenly it's so clear why I turned out the way I did.
When I was a pre-teen, my father's nickname for me was 'numbnuts,' as in 'c'mon numbnuts, it's time for dinner.' etc. I reminded him of this last time we saw them, so when I got a card for my birthday, next to the 'Happy Birthday,' he wrote 'Numbnuts.'

So, right backatcha.
posted by jonmc 21 December | 13:27
I like the way your Dad thinks.

I think I've said it here before, but my Dad has not been much of an advice kind of parent, but here are the two kernels of knowledge he's given me that have stuck:

1) People like to hear their name.

2) Less ice, more scotch.

And jon - numbnuts was a favorite for my Dad too.
posted by Slack-a-gogo 21 December | 13:33
Maybe your Dad needs to go back to his Bible. He sounds like a Pharisee.

If you need to work on the Sabbath, you need to work on the Sabbath. Even Jesus got that.

posted by Miko 21 December | 17:58
Tangientially, I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that said, "Jesus loves you. But I'm His favorite." W.T.F.?
posted by chewatadistance 21 December | 18:02
Meeks, we was just funnin', joking around, being silly, what have you.
posted by elizard 21 December | 18:02
Well, Jesus' apostles had the toughest job of all, since they could never call in sick.

Tangientially, I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that said, "Jesus loves you. But I'm His favorite." W.T.F.?

I once saw a t-shirt that said "Jesus Loves You. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole."
posted by jonmc 21 December | 18:03
I love the T-shirt that says,

"When you think of the Baby Jesus, remember that the Baby Jesus is really a transmogrified anthropomorphic form taken flesh from the combined weight of the frustrated aspirations of a race of hominids who got lucky but not before the guilt came through to destroy their ability for right action and job creation and also, too."

posted by Lipstick Thespian 21 December | 18:11
When I saw the title of your post, I thought you were seeking advice about dealing with your dad! :) Glad to see it's much cooler than that. Heh heh!
posted by BoringPostcards 21 December | 18:12
Our sermon today referenced the fact He ain't a baby no more.

Thank God for Sundays. He just wanted us to have an excuse to have a day to flake. Yay for flaking!
posted by bunnyfire 21 December | 20:53
Apparently, some baby Jesus statues are now embedded with GPS devices, to discourage any would-be kidnappers. Don't fuck with the baby Jesus, indeed.

Plus, in Judaism, even the horses are supposed to rest on the Sabbath.
posted by Pips 21 December | 22:10
Yeah, when my mum converted to Judaism, she talked about what a relief it was (and how much better for the mental health) to have one day a week when you're not allowed to work.

2) Less ice, more scotch.

Sound advice, indeed. Numbnuts ;)
posted by elizard 21 December | 23:37
ice in scotch? WTF!
posted by arse_hat 22 December | 00:32
ummmm... I put ice in my scotch. I make the baby arse_hat cry!
posted by taz 22 December | 03:56
Don't fuck with the baby arse_hat, taz. Just don't.
posted by elizard 22 December | 04:00
A little cold water but not ice! Gah!
posted by arse_hat 22 December | 12:38
Ice! In my scotch! Yes!
posted by dg 22 December | 15:06
sick sick sick
posted by arse_hat 23 December | 00:37
sick sick sick sip sip sip

FTFY.
posted by dg 23 December | 02:34
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