Yep, this is based a LOT on when I met Mel’s dad for the first time. But he and I get along now. I get it. I have a 12 year old daughter, and I do not look forward to meeting her first partner.
Unless it’s a chick. In which case, I’ll shower them with pro-lesbian gifts and pay for every date. I’d love it if our daughter was a lesbian. Sadly, this doesn’t look to be the case. Pity.
This video goes out to a couple friends who assumed that guns don’t work underwater. I blame hollywood, especially films that show a gun getting wet, which causes a FTF. Yes, guns do work underwater. Not terribly WELL, but they do work. The projectiles usually lose lethal velocity in the first 5 feet. But yes, guns DO work underwater.
I can deal with authority figures(which is ultimately what the Dads of GFs are), and have been told in the past that I’m calm and collected upon meeting them for the first time. It was never very intimidating, guess I can thank a career Marine Dad for that.
I discovered, however, that small children are something I don’t have a lot of emotional tools to deal with. Single moms man….
HA! – another great cartoon panel! I never had problems with any of my dates Fathers (or Mothers) but when one gal’s oldest brother and I met for the first time, it was similar to this panel. (I wrote about it here in a prior post, so I won’t repeat it). Too funny!
Jim
Black powder matchlocks, flintlocks, etc on the other hand however….
😀
I remember a prominent member of a certain forum laying out a contingency plan for a possibility that he would have a daughter. It involved a steroid ”therapy” from the birth on that would turn her into butch lesbian. The joys of the internet.
Hmm, any videos of anyone actually firing any supercavitation rounds? Youtube is returning results that aren’t remotely what I search for…
Hmmmm…
Why not? I have a pal who just got hitched and I’m looking to pick up a wedding present for him. He’s a WWII reenactor and is currently stuck borrowing his M1. I troll along gunbroker and armslist, but is there somewhere else I should be looking?
Have you looked into the CMP?
http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/m1garand.htm
Seriously, JL? You have no desire for grandkids?
Not my call. I honestly think parents shouldn’t press their kids to procreate.
Also, wtf? I know two lesbian couples that have had kids. Artificial insemination is fine.
The presidential election wasn’t my call and I had no say, but that didn’t stop me from having a preference. What I was/am curious about, is whether you find the prospect of grandchildren appealing or appalling, a question not only altogether separate from whether you should press your daughter for them, but also to which you don’t owe me a reply.
And artificial reproductive technology of any sort, from insemination to IVF, is wrong for many of the same reasons as contraception — it divides the unitive and procreative aspects of sex from each other. But I don’t expect you to agree.
> What I was/am curious about, is whether you find the prospect of grandchildren appealing or appalling
This is like asking me if I want my daughter to marry, or even dye her hair once she’s an adult. Ehn? It’s her call. If she has kids, then hey, I’ll be a granddad. If not? No biggie either way.
> And artificial reproductive technology of any sort, from insemination to IVF, is wrong for many of the same reasons as contraception — it divides the unitive and procreative aspects of sex from each other. But I don’t expect you to agree.
Where do you find time to do anything when you’re so busy judging other people’s private lives?
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rtyerfHZ1qir45xo1_500.gif
Similar judgments/moral objections could be made about ANY technology…. and would be equally as idiotic. And lacking in logic.
But I don’t expect you to agree with me….
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/1289/
Heh….
Almost totally unrelated to anything relevant:
The Birthday Massacre does kick prodigious quantities of ass. Saw them in Toronto on Friday night and was pleased.
Glad you caught them!
Oh, Mick! You refer to the father of the gal you’re in love with/schtuping as ‘sir’, not ‘dude’, until he says “Call me (insert name here)”. At least this is what I learned from my instructor in the “How to pass for a decent human being” class. It’s been effective for me.
Luckily I’ve never had the experience of meeting a customer later as a date’s father. But it appears Mick never said “Buy something or GTFO!”, so he’s not doing too bad so far. But we still have a week to see if he can dig himself into a hole.
Not sure I could handle having a lesbian as a daughter. I don’t want to risk the chance of drooling over her dates.
I completely agree with your etiquette; unfortunately Mick is demonstrating the same complete lack of social graces he has shown in the past. Said lack of social graces shall no doubt serve better than any backhoe for digging the hole Mick will be spending this week on.
As for drooling over a lesbian daughter’s dates, you and I have obviously met very different lesbians. I’ve known plenty, some of whom I have considered good friends, and I have not been inclined to drool over any of them. I consider this a good thing, actually, since it makes them very easy to be friends with. Out of curiosity, would you worry about drooling over a straight son’s dates?
I’ve said it a few times, but failure to do the right thing is often the source of conflict which moves along the storyline. No MacGuffins here.
My comment about not wanting to drool over a lesbian daughter’s date is facetious. Whether I had a lesbian daughter or a straight son, I’d not drool over their date.
I was attracted to a lesbian once or twice when I was younger. One was a young woman questioning her sexuality, one was a woman I was about to ask out on a date but found out at the last minute she’s lesbian and thus would definitely not be interested, and there’s other situations I’m not sure if they were lesbians or just claimed lesbianism as a way to brush off advances.
Could have been worse:
(Honest Truth) My second youngest sister brought home a guy for dinner in High School. My father laid his 1911 on the table, looked at the boy, and said “Say Grace.”
Neither that sister, nor my youngest sister, ever found another date in that school, or even in that (fairly small) town, again. Indeed, they had to go two towns over to find boys who hadn’t heard the story. Which was his intent.
Now – What’s with the sapho-philia..? I mean, it’s your call and all, but it seems… A bit… over-the-top, yes?
FTF underwater *can* happen with crap weapons or crap ammo. Fortunately, neither are all that common.
My father laid his 1911 on the table, looked at the boy, and said “Say Grace.”
To which I, being a complete smartass with little respect for overbearing authority, would have looked him dead in the eye and said, “Grace.” Unfortunately, I never had that opportunity.
That would’ve cut major some ice with the old man. He was always an aggressively disrespectful smartass, and appreciated a really audacious ‘fuck you.’
🙂
what the heck is sapho phillia?
The love of Sappho’s poems, I guess?
What I think Mask-Man meant was pediaphobia (fear of Children; which can include All or certain types).
On the filp side… Meeting the GF’s Dad for the first time was easy for me. What was screwed up for me was when I found out my Wife and my immediate prior Ex GF worked together for several years While I was dating each one of them.
No, no… the proposed pro-lesbian gift shower, indicating a certain level of approval for same. Though I suppose you could substitute the love of Sapho’s poetry too, if you wish. :p
Clearly he’s not afraid of children – he has a daughter. Unless she’s already broken him..? <.<
Is there a specific phobia for grand children..?
His intent was to have them date guys from 2 towns away, thereby making it even harder for him to find out their backgrounds? Sounds counterproductive.
Hah. You 1) don’t know the local concentration of losers, and 2) forget that in my day, getting two towns over was hard to do.
With one move, he eliminated all the local mouth breathers, and made it almost impossible for my sisters to date until they were old enough to have developed some judgement.
DAMNED productive, IMO. 😀
Having been blessed with a boy child I am looking forward to doing my part to even out the gender gap and scare the crap out of the women he dates, assuming he dates women.
“So you’re the guy who’s currently fucking my daughter…”
“Well, one of them…”
I am a huge proponent of total equality regardless of sexual preference, but really? Showered with gifts? Like, why shouldn’t the heterosexual girl get gifts too?
FUCK IT, EVERYONE GETS PRESENTS!
I believe in keeping my daughter starved for gifts. Unless she becomes a lesbian. It’s the right thing to do.
My wife never told me her dad didn’t like Americans until after I met him. Us both being from technical / engineering backgrounds gave us a lot in common and we’re great friends.
re Vid: Um, Didn’t Archer do that on the ‘pirate king’ episode. Shoot a Shark to save the guy who kidnapped him? Or.. was that a ruse…?
There’s a good scene in the Air America movie (and in the original book) involving the main characters getting flintlocks pointed at them in the rain, and one of them (Mel Gibson’s character, if I recall rightly), knowing the deal, daring them to fire, then reversing the situation by offering to sell the locals modern guns which WILL work in the rain. Hard to find it on youtube.
Mick’s eyes are cracking me up.