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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 11:50)
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Dads and joking about...As a kid, whenever my dad showed me some little trick or technique, which always seemed amazing, or imparted some seemingly fantastical nugget of wisdom, he would usually tell me:-
'Son, I learned that from when I lived with the Indians before you were born.'
Now I took this to mean Native American Indians, the only knowledge of which I had was from old cowboy films he used to watch. As such I was mightily impressed that my dad had lived such an exciting life and always regaled these tales to my friends.
I never doubted him for a minute in 11/12 years and he never even hinted that he might be joking.
So you can imagine my sense of horror, disappointment and betrayal when, having brought some friends home and bugging him to perform a little magic trick, I proudly proclaimed that he had learned that from 'the Indians' and he couldn't contain himself any longer. All the years of keeping this secret joke running erupted in to tear streaming laughter and I was left humiliated and disillusioned. Took me years to live that one down.
Although having said all that, god forbid I ever have kids, they're going to get EXACTLY the same story...
(, Sun 28 Nov 2010, 3:25, Reply)
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