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17 June 2012

Happy Father's Day MetaDads!!
Tell us about your special day.
post by: MonkeyButter at: 12:00 | 21 comments
The Michigan race is rain-delayed.
posted by Ardiril 17 June | 12:38
Being the parent of an adult offspring who resides in another city leads to just a regular day.

Painting kitchen cabinets today.
posted by danf 17 June | 13:05
Had a nice four mile run, watching Battlestar Galactica, going to see Prometheus with my son and his girlfriend and then going to a pan-asian place for dinner.
posted by octothorpe 17 June | 13:29
Next year, we will have at least two new daddies!
posted by Ardiril 17 June | 13:34
The Mrs. and I went to cute little (like, maybe, eight tables) hole-in-the-wall Thai place last night for Father's Day. Had Pad Ki Mao. Very hot. And a Thai iced tea. It was a very, very nice. Today, I'm just being lazy. Cooking a little, and watching the US Open.

For those of you wondering why no kids joined us at dinner, our daughter is currently working a summer internship in OKC, and our son was sleeping (he works a night shift job)
posted by Thorzdad 17 June | 13:41
Am I correct to think that it's weird that someone just wished me (a female) a Happy Father's Day?
posted by amro 17 June | 13:55
Depends. Do you have a happy father?
posted by Ardiril 17 June | 13:59
Huh?
posted by amro 17 June | 14:22
Today is for happy fathers; next Sunday is for grouchy bastards.
posted by Ardiril 17 June | 14:25
Perfect. Next Sunday is my birthday. I love when it falls on Grouchy Bastard Day.
posted by ufez 17 June | 16:15
It was father's day?
posted by dg 17 June | 17:27
Iffy. The kids were in a pretty thorough "not listening" mode, but there were no major injuries or trauma.
posted by plinth 17 June | 17:43
North of the equator dg....I confused my father a few years ago when I sent him an ecard on Oz Father's day.
posted by brujita 17 June | 17:58
My "traditionalist" son (who follows such holidays) sent me a bicycle handle.
posted by Obscure Reference 17 June | 18:12
Last year was an unspeakable mess of a day thanks to the recent death of my father and some bizarre acting out by his ex-wife's new husband. This year was a completely mellow non-event day of cleaning the crap out of my soon-to-be-sold barn with three good friends of mine. By the time we were all tuckered out at the restaurant, I didn't even bat an eye when the waitress wished us all a happy father's day [the only one who had offspring was my one friend who is a donor dad, three out of four of us had dead fathers and the other was like "oh right I should call my dad"] because I was pretty sure she meant well and because I took three hungry guys out to a great lunch for $50. But sorry, you may not have been talking to me.
posted by jessamyn 17 June | 20:07
I wish I could go through all the accumulated junk one more time that was once in my grandfather's barn. I spent hours tinkering with that stuff with no hope of ever fixing it but still learning how things worked.
posted by Ardiril 17 June | 20:14
Well Prometheus sure looks nice, doesn't really make a lick of sense but Ms. Theron looks fetching a space suit. Dinner was good though. Korean burrito, FTW.
posted by octothorpe 17 June | 20:26
Obscure Reference, That's a handy and clever little thing your son gave you. Bookmarked for later use.
posted by MonkeyButter 17 June | 20:28
My "traditionalist" son (who follows such holidays) sent me a bicycle handle.

Absolutely - I need one of those and didn't know it until now. A very clever son you have there.
posted by Miko 17 June | 21:33
snif
posted by jouke 17 June | 23:43
I miss my dad every father's day, so yesterday was no exception. But there was this cool story this morning about another local's father's day . . .
posted by bearwife 18 June | 12:26
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