Sometimes it takes having kids of one's own to really appreciate your own parents. With two of my own, I now have first hand knowledge of how tough the job actually is. Good job, Pop!On this father's day, I wish Pop a Happy Father's Day with a Father's Day Haiku contest and pair of top five list.
Here's the opening salvo:
How Pop Created a Lawyer -- a haikuReader submissions welcome. I'm confident you can do better; winner announced soon.
Father's Day is here
What have I learned from my Pop?
Love of argument
Here's my list of the top five great fictional fathers (using no particular criteria other than these are fathers that might have been fun to have):
5. Eugene Levy's character in American Pie
4. Clark Griswald ("Roll up the windows!" National Lampoon's Family Vacation)
3. Ben Cartwright (Bonanza)
2. Ralphie Parker's Dad ("You'll shoot your eye out"; Christmas Story)
1. Homer Simpson
The Ponderosa's wise patriarch, and third best fictional dad
Top five not-so-great fictional fathers:
5. Danial Plainview ("Bastard in a Basket!"; There Will Be Blood)
4. Al Bundy (Married (With Children))
3. Darth Vader ("I am your father"; Return of the Jedi)
2. Bull Meechum (basketball bounced on the head; the Great Santini)
1. Jack Torrance ("Heeeere's Johnny!"; The Shining)
Happy Father's Day!!
5 comments:
Seek fortune in spring
Two sons arrive in summer,
The search is over
St. Paddy's Day crash
Spunky young candy-stripper
Me: a wreck of fate?
First of all, "candy-STRIPPER?"
I'm guessing that may be a Freudian typo.
Obviously there is more of a story here than a haiku can contain.
Ahh, the dangers of spell-checker. If it doesn't tell me it's a misspelling, I often think it's right. The Haiku refers to a candystriper. Not a stripper named Candy. Sorry to both parents.
Were you in a car accident?
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