Here's my deafo dad getting the news of a lifetime:

Note one: The Welsh translation is only important towards the end
Note two: Yes, my dad is that stupid! Unlike the animation of my mother, this one is 99.9% authentic. (He grabbed a glass at the end, not a bottle)
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:07,
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Note one: The Welsh translation is only important towards the end
Note two: Yes, my dad is that stupid! Unlike the animation of my mother, this one is 99.9% authentic. (He grabbed a glass at the end, not a bottle)
congrats.. if that's the right word.. or well done, yes, well done is better.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:10,
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But who are Beth and Pam? I bet they put you up to telling him. :)
Well done though, couldn't have been easy.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:10,
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Well done though, couldn't have been easy.
But I'm all happy now. Any ideas on how to introduce them to my "friend"?
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:11,
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and launch him out of a cannon in through the window during dinner.
guaranteed to make it less awkward.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:13,
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guaranteed to make it less awkward.
without telling your Dad. If he has to think about it he'll probably have all sorts in his head. But if he meets him like that then he has no chance of getting any questions ready.*
Bring a bottle of wine of course.
*May be awful advice.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:14,
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Bring a bottle of wine of course.
*May be awful advice.
And then say "Dad, please pass the salt to my gay lover".
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:17,
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This would have worked better if you hadn't told him you were gay already. Use one of those flashy things off Men In Black.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:19,
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Also, I'll speak in english next time
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:21,
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It's a silly language
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:12,
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But he is a silly man, and insists the entire family speaks it
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:13,
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like ch, ll, dd, ng, รข, , , etc... Much more fun!
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:17,
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I had to go to Cardiff a couple of weeks ago over the Severn Bridge. Got a bit more closer to Cardiff and saw a digital motorway sign with
"RDHT CHPEPP'S". I made a funny remark to myself about the crazy Welsh language, but 3 miles later realised it was a truncated traffic warning for The Red Hot Chilli Peppers tour.
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 23:21,
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"RDHT CHPEPP'S". I made a funny remark to myself about the crazy Welsh language, but 3 miles later realised it was a truncated traffic warning for The Red Hot Chilli Peppers tour.