June 22, 2009
Happy Day After Father's Day
10 Things You Probably Don't Know About My Dad
1. He got his appendix out when he was in grade school, and the first thing he asked his doctor when he woke up from surgery was, "Can I sleep on my tummy now?"
2. Whenever his mother couldn't find him, she would always check the alley first, where he would undoubtedly be garbage picking.
3. He can play most stringed instuments, including guitar, banjo, ukelalee and violin.
4. He fixed Jeeps in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
5. He can build anything. ANYTHING.
6. He used to build his own firearms as a child, and once shot a whole clean through his parents' garage -- in one side, out the other.
7. Homemade firearms is mainly responsible for his hearing loss. Kids, don't try this at home!
8. Within my lifetime, he was able to do a handspring. I shit you not. I've seen it, when he was in a production of Oklahoma.
9. He has sung the romantic tenor lead in many Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, including The Gondoliers, H.M.S. Pinafore and Patience.
10. When he calls me his "lump," he swears it's short for "lump-of-sugar."
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Posted by: Mary at June 23, 2009 10:56 PM