Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's D

Subject: RE: Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's D
From: skarpi
Date: 20 Jun 99 - 10:25 AM

Halló again everyone. I have a dad that will not know enything about me or my family, he is my real dad but my stepfather is realy a good father to me, it is sad that the real fathers don´t want to know or talk to their children. My stepfather has been a great dad and I learned alot from him, he is now 68 years old and I hope that I can learn more from this great man . In Iceland we say, always respect and listen to your older folks, you will learn from them .

have to go . skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's D
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Jun 99 - 10:07 AM

Had a really great Dad myself, just didn't live long enough. I only knew him as a Dad til I was 22, then I began to know him as a man and a human being. Sadly, I only had a year, then he was gone.

I don't remember the exact quote, but Mark Twain once said that at 17 he thought there was no one more stupid than his father; at 21 he was amazed at how much the old man had learned in 4 years. I really epitomized that one! But looking back, every minute of those last months were truly golden.

catspaw

Subject: RE: Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's D
From: The Shambles
Date: 20 Jun 99 - 07:10 AM

The way you look at your dad, as you get older.

"I bet my dad can beat up your dad".

"Dad you know f*** all"

"My dad used to say"

Subject: RE: Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's D
From: Ferrara
Date: 20 Jun 99 - 04:06 AM

Kat-L, I'm going to pass on the "abject obedience" quote to our teen-age son. - Rita F

Subject: RE: Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's D
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 20 Jun 99 - 12:29 AM

Ahh, my spiritual hero Quentin Crisp. He also said "Don't keep up with the Jones', drag them down to your level". Something I practice every time a student wants to learn Jerry Garcia, and I subtly shift them to Bill Monroe.

Subject: Thought for the day- June 20-Happy Father's Day
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Jun 99 - 11:52 PM

Yet in my lineaments they trace
Some features of my father's face.
- Lord Byron -

And....a little levity:

A married man with a family will do anything for money.
- Charles de Talleyrand -

I grew up to have my father's looks --my father's speech patterns -- my father's posture -- my father's walk - my father's opinions and my mother's contempt for my father.
- Jules Feiffer -

My parents, at least my mother, imagined that what I wanted was love while I really wanted abject obedience.
- Quentin Crisp -

Couldn't make up my mind. Happy Father's Day!

katlaughing