The day to celebrate fathers (21st June)
'noon all! I've been Made To Work. Sucks. Anyway...

The fella and I have been having a disagreement about this. We spotted a sign saying "Dad's go free" (and a little bit of me died again). It also said "Father's Day" somewhere on it.

Obviously I was in tears with the whole grammatical debacle. But then the disagreement... I think both are wrong, including the ol' "father's day". I think it is the day to celebrate fathers, not just your personal father, so I think it should read "Fathers' Day".

The fella disagrees. He reckons you should only have one dad, ergo father's day.

Tell me I'm right.

And if I'm wrong I may not be around for a while because I'll be undergoing a brain transplant with a monkey.

/edit - apologies for the plethora of disagreeage in there.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:16, 39 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

You sound like just the sort of couple I'd like to have round for a dinner party
IN OPPOSITE LAND
(PsychoChomp, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:17, Reply)

And we'd love you to come round for dinner too!
Nothing like a transsexual dwarf to liven a party up
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:18, Reply)

You could argue at length about which pronouns are appropriate.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:19, Reply)

Well, we only argued for a short while
before reverting to looking at the walls in silence.

But there is no argument. I'm right. I just need reassurance because I'm dependent, neurotic, needy and insecure.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:21, Reply)

add violent to that list
and you'll become the perfect party guest.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:22, Reply)

Oh yep that too
And premenstrual. Always. You know how that feels.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:26, Reply)

Ah, I just noticed something
Psyche is a girl.

PsychoChomp is not.

Could this be where the confusion is from? For some reason, I had them the other way round.

The apostrophe question's difficult though.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:41, Reply)

Do you know
I'd never thought of that.

I think I was a bloke before PsychoChomp was a girl though.

*mefirst mefirst mefirst*
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:46, Reply)

So
did he get your willy then?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:54, Reply)

Just let me check...
My GOD it's gone! Gone I tell you!

That was NOT part of the bargain. I understood I would retain the willy but gain breastacles. Where is he? The swine....
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:55, Reply)

I'm here,
My cock is not second hand.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:57, Reply)

You stole it.
You bastard transsexual willy stealing dwarf.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:58, Reply)

Hahahaha

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:20, Reply)

Haha this!

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:31, Reply)

You are right.
And now?
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:23, Reply)

I'll just know I'm superior.
Is all.

No need for the monkey brain transplant.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:24, Reply)

Not superior.
Just right. This time. We need much more of this before we can agree empirical evidence confirms superiority. This of course will require copious input from other half as a control set.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:27, Reply)

If I'm always right
then that makes me superior, surely?
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:30, Reply)

Always right?
This needs to be established. Evidence please.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:33, Reply)

POIDH?
I'm not sure if I have photographic evidence of me being right, but... We're moving in together in a couple of months. Is that not evidence enough of him being pussywhipped into submission?

(I didn't really pussywhip him - honest)
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:40, Reply)

Call the RSPCA!
She whipped him with her pussy! Oh. Sorry.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:03, Reply)

You're right
'Tis the day of fathers, not the day of the father.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:27, Reply)

Thank you
Me : all
Fella : none

To date.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:29, Reply)

Sadly...
...my auld fella died about three years ago, but I still observe the tradition of the day by having a quiet half-hour in the study with a decent scotch and a few of my favourite photos of him.

So in answer, for me it's about my Dad.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:32, Reply)

How are you today?
Snots and sneezes abated?
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:34, Reply)

Continuing to improve, yeah...
...hot toddies are gooood :)
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:35, Reply)

Why do they look at you funny when you order them in a pub?

(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:36, Reply)

I doubt...
...my recipe would be legal to serve, even the toned-down version :)
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:38, Reply)

Do tell...
Nowt quite like a tasty hot toddy on a cold JUNE day. Urgh.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:38, Reply)

I posted it yesterday in...
... www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post444125

You may want to omit the actual medicinal component if you aren't drowning in snot as I was at the time. It would prob be even more pleasant on the tastebuds without it too.
(thatblokeoverthere not quite as much an arsehole as I thought, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:46, Reply)

Hmmm
I'd have thought the lemsip might make it lemsippy?

Yup I'll omit those and go for the rest. Anything with ginger in it gets my vote.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:48, Reply)

I mean...
ginger the plant... Not the pube colour.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:48, Reply)

Good that you have good memories of him.
Much better than having a father you don't care for.

I have one I'm not much fussed about, and the biological one died a couple of years ago. TBH, it was a relief. So I'm not the greatest fan of the day. Has always been about pretenses for me.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:35, Reply)

Can't say it's a day I'm looking forward to this year
so fail to give a crap.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:53, Reply)

It's not one I look forward to either.
The grammar still bugs me tho.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 13:57, Reply)

Why?
If my dad was still alive, I still wouldn't give a shit. There are better things to be concerned with...like why are dragonflies called dragonflies when they're clearly not part dragon.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:01, Reply)

Why?
Biological dad died 2yrs ago. He was a crap dad. Step-dad had an affair with a 16yr old girl. Almost destroyed the rest of my family. Urgh the pretense of buying cards just to avoid awkwardness.

I completely agree with the dragonflies. You expect more from the name than a big flying stick.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:04, Reply)

No, why does the grammar bother you so much?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:08, Reply)

Just does.
Like "no job to small" etc.

And can't find much to support me being the most right on the internet. Except that in the states it is "Father's Day" - and that's American, so it must be wrong, and my way is right.

The distraction kitty is here tho now, so I guess I'll never know! ... Come here kitty!!
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 14:15, Reply)