Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for August 17, 2011
Transcript:
scrappy lad: Wouldn't it be cool if you turned out to be my real father? captain: No, it wouldn't be "cool" for you to find out that I abandoned you at birth. captain: Especially since I avoid and belittle you now that we actually know each other! do you see how uncool that really is? scrappy lad: Should I be "Scrappy victorious"? "Scrappy L victorious"? "s. L victorious"?... what do you think, dad?
Every Father’s Day I send a card to a different “friend” Inside this loving sentiment to Dad I write (sloppily), “Papa, Momma says we are finally going to come live with you forever, Her lawyer is going to make everybody happy. Love, Juan”Hope their wives don’t open them.