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Father’s Day Gift Guide, from The Babylon Bee

Father’s Day is in just two days, which means you probably still haven’t bought your dad anything. Luckily, The Babylon Bee comes flying in to rescue you like Superman in one of the Christopher Reeve films (not all dark and broody and killy like the Snyder movies). Here are 10 great gift ideas for dad:

1. A coupon redeemable for one sensible chuckle at his jokes. For the shopper on a budget. The only thing it costs you is your dignity.

2. Lockable thermostat case. His eyes will tear up with joy when he sees this bad boy.

3. Fully automatic duct tape assault rifle. Can repair over 350 common household problems a minute.

4. Bacon-wrapped bacon. For the truly special father.

5. A child who can hold a flashlight correctly. Get him the best gift of all: a new kid who can hold his flashlight at the right angle while he’s trying to fix something.

6. A light switch that shouts at people who leave the room without turning it off. This innovative new product will save both electricity and dad’s voice.

7. High-capacity cargo shorts. If they can’t carry a full set of power tools and a twelve-pack of Mountain Dew, why even bother?

8. Sandals with built-in white socks. Saves time, looks fashionable.

9. A giant fanny pack to hold all his other fanny packs. Goes great with his sandal-socks and cargo shorts.

10. The best gift of all: a Babylon Bee subscription. Oh no! Did you just read this whole article only to find out that it’s a trick to get you to subscribe to the Bee? Well, actually, we just ran out of ideas after nine. But, you know, if your gift hunt gets desperate enough…

https://babylonbee.com/news/fathers-day-gift-guide

He Said That? 6/21/15

From my father, Raymond Allen Gore, 1934-2008:

His response whenever I showed him a report or project: “Don’t ask me if it’s good. Are you proud of it? Did you do your best?”

“That grass ain’t going to cut itself.”

“Those weeds ain’t going to pull themselves out.” You get the idea.

“Life is not always fair.” Every time I whined.

“You need three things in life: brains, balls, and a hell of a lot of hard work.”

When asked, after pulling a lot of fish out of a stream while everyone else got skunked, how he learned how to fish so well: “When I was growing up, if you didn’t catch anything, you didn’t eat.”

On the days when the fish weren’t biting: “Ketchup sandwiches if we could scrounge up the ketchup and the bread.”

“My dad [my grandfather] used to give us a nickel and say: ‘See you next week.'”

How he decided to go to college: “The American Legion gave me a $50 scholarship.”

How he decided to major in electrical engineering: “I didn’t even know what a major was. It was the first one the lady at the counter read off the list.” He would go on to get a PhD in electrical engineering.

His philosophy of raising children: “They’re like plants. Feed ’em and water ’em and leave ’em alone and they’ll do just fine.”

His all-purpose response to prevarication, pomposity, dissembling, kissing ass, and every other form of insincerity: “What kind of horseshit is that?”

His view of the human race: “Most people are sheep.”

His highest compliment: “You’re a good kid.”

Happy Father’s Day, Dad.