Father’s Day is here on Sunday so as a tribute to the one we call Dad, we list some of the things our dads are prone to say.
‘Ask your Mother’
This is a classic response from our dads to anything remotely outside of his comfort zone. If it’s relationship advice, questions about your childhood or even if you want to know if you’ve been included in the family will.
‘Call that a tackle?’
Dad doesn’t fancy the modern day footballer especially with all the diving and the theatrics that follow a robust challenge. A player will go down and do a few pirouettes, but Dad will not be impressed and often utter those famous words.
‘Not made of money’
Our dads have long been our financial providers, especially when we were growing up. Whether it be a few quid to go to the cinema or even money for a life-saving operation, the standard response from Dad is usually “I’m not made of money!” The Bank of Dad is a tough cookie to negotiate with.
‘Call that a tackle?’
Never go fishing with Dad when he’s in a mood. He’ll laugh at your attempts to set up your fishing rod and ridicule your tackle.
‘Am I a taxi service?’
It’s a question from Dad, but we always play it as rhetorical. Never answer that question. Just ignore it and he’ll eventually drive you where you need to go. Of course you’re a taxi service Dad! Sure what else would you be doing?
‘They don’t make them like that any more”
Usually heard on a Sunday afternoon when your Dad is watching an old film, probably a Western with John Wayne in it. It can also apply to an old suit he used to wear which has been savaged with mothballs.
‘Call that a tackle?’
Never go swimming with your Dad and then get changed together after it. It can make for uncomfortable moments.
‘Back in my day….’
This is a classic from our Dads. He likes to remind us of how tough things were back in his day and how easy we have it today. ‘Back in my day, we’d walk to school in our bare feet, through the snow, with bags of coal (nobody knows why he brought coal to school) and then after school we’d work down a mine for another eight hours and we’d have to dig with our bare hands.’
‘Up and at ’em’
The favoured sentence of our Dads when they come calling to wake us up in the morning for work/school/life. They say it with even more relish if they know you have been out the previous night and might be feeling a little tender.
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