Not nice, Dad! instead of being a sneaky so-and-so, why don’t you go out WITH your son? Share the task AND the play? You’d be doing a good thing as a Dad. And it would do good things for you, too!
Shoveled a lot as a kid. Became an adult, got a job, got a snowblower. Smart I thought. Realized I was still freezing and moved to Texas. Smarter, I think. But it’s darned hot in Summer.
Most chores though, especially, as I grew older, like shoveling the walks and driveway in the winter and mowing the grass in the summer were expected of me without asking
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.Not that little hints weren’t dropped. Like: " You might want to get that shoveling done before it gets too heavy " or " Boy, that grass has really grown fast ! You might want to mow it before we lose the cat. " ( We didn’t have a cat ! )
Houston is hardly tropical, but summers are 90/90 (90 degrees F and 90% relative humidity), so the British consulate there pays tropical hardship bonus. Incredulous laugh from those near the Red River.
eelee over 7 years ago
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
sounds like something Calvin’s father would say and do to Calvin
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Dad is no boob, he understands it all, and so will Mike.
Can't Sleep over 7 years ago
Cruel, Dad. And Santa’s watching, too…
Alphaomega over 7 years ago
Warmth and sunshine?Its cold and snowing outside.This is Canada,it won’t be warm again until April at least!
KenTheCoffinDweller over 7 years ago
At least Dad did not say “And getting exercise”. Of course that might sink the deal.
M2MM over 7 years ago
another new one…. love the “punchline”
Keep on keepin' on over 7 years ago
Not nice, Dad! instead of being a sneaky so-and-so, why don’t you go out WITH your son? Share the task AND the play? You’d be doing a good thing as a Dad. And it would do good things for you, too!
Aaberon over 7 years ago
I never noticed before that Mike wears a hat with pom poms on it; did he grab his sister’s hat by mistake?
Loves life over 7 years ago
Well he needs to get his "BABY"out for exercise somehow
Charlie Fogwhistle over 7 years ago
Shoveled a lot as a kid. Became an adult, got a job, got a snowblower. Smart I thought. Realized I was still freezing and moved to Texas. Smarter, I think. But it’s darned hot in Summer.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 7 years ago
Hey, Daddy- it’s your walk and your shovel, so it’s your job.
gammaguy over 7 years ago
“take advantage”
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Key phrase.
Linguist over 7 years ago
That’s something my Dad would have done.
He had a knack for conning me into doing things.
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Most chores though, especially, as I grew older, like shoveling the walks and driveway in the winter and mowing the grass in the summer were expected of me without asking
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.Not that little hints weren’t dropped. Like: " You might want to get that shoveling done before it gets too heavy " or " Boy, that grass has really grown fast ! You might want to mow it before we lose the cat. " ( We didn’t have a cat ! )
Lisa Marie Chamberlain over 7 years ago
LMAO!!
JanLC over 7 years ago
I saw a video the other day of a guy using one of those long plastic tables to shove snow off his walks and driveway. Lots faster than shoveling.
docredbird over 7 years ago
I think the catch-call caption for New Yorker comics would fit perfect here.
Great Wizard Nala over 7 years ago
@ Linquist
You just didn’t know you had a cat since it was hiding in the grass!
bookworm0812 over 7 years ago
What warmth, Dad? It’s been snowing. There’s no warmth.
hippogriff over 7 years ago
Alpha omega
Vancouver is in Canada and it is rarely snowing.
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Night-Gaunt49
Houston is hardly tropical, but summers are 90/90 (90 degrees F and 90% relative humidity), so the British consulate there pays tropical hardship bonus. Incredulous laugh from those near the Red River.
coffeeturtle over 7 years ago
This is why people have kids.
Seed_drill over 7 years ago
Where I live warmth and sunshine ≠ snow anywhere.
UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 7 years ago
Sucker!
hippogriff over 7 years ago
Alpha omega
That is just one snow. Next you will want to count each flake as a separate storm.
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Night-Gaunt49
Must be that “gorbal warming” everyone is talking about today.
The_Great_Black President about 4 years ago
Too bad the Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to Canadians.