The little joys of fatherhood
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I asked my “oh so smart” son to put a cedar plank in to soak while I prepped the grill. A couple minutes later he sends a text asking how long it should soak for. I text back “30 minutes”, he replies with a
. After The charcoal is started I go in to see what’s wrong. He is standing there in the kitchen with the plank in a pan of water holding it down.“What are you doing?”
“I’m soaking the cedar plank, like you asked.”
“And you’re going to stand there holding it down for 30 minutes?”
“If I don’t, it floats and doesn’t get soaked! It’s simple physics, Dad!”
I walked over, got a heavy mug out, put a little water in it, and put it on top of the plank, weighting it down. Looked at him, and asked “And you passed DE Physics last year?!”
The look he gave me made my night.
The Brad
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I asked my “oh so smart” son to put a cedar plank in to soak while I prepped the grill. A couple minutes later he sends a text asking how long it should soak for. I text back “30 minutes”, he replies with a
. After The charcoal is started I go in to see what’s wrong. He is standing there in the kitchen with the plank in a pan of water holding it down.“What are you doing?”
“I’m soaking the cedar plank, like you asked.”
“And you’re going to stand there holding it down for 30 minutes?”
“If I don’t, it floats and doesn’t get soaked! It’s simple physics, Dad!”
I walked over, got a heavy mug out, put a little water in it, and put it on top of the plank, weighting it down. Looked at him, and asked “And you passed DE Physics last year?!”
The look he gave me made my night.
@lufins-dad said in The little joys of fatherhood:
I walked over, got a heavy mug out, put a little water in it, and put it on top of the plank, weighting it down. Looked at him, and asked “And you passed DE Physics last year?!”
The look he gave me made my night.The old man isn't so dumb, after all.
Is he, LOL.
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@lufins-dad said in The little joys of fatherhood:
I walked over, got a heavy mug out, put a little water in it, and put it on top of the plank, weighting it down. Looked at him, and asked “And you passed DE Physics last year?!”
The look he gave me made my night.The old man isn't so dumb, after all.
Is he, LOL.
@george-k said in The little joys of fatherhood:
@lufins-dad said in The little joys of fatherhood:
I walked over, got a heavy mug out, put a little water in it, and put it on top of the plank, weighting it down. Looked at him, and asked “And you passed DE Physics last year?!”
The look he gave me made my night.The old man isn't so dumb, after all.
Is he, LOL.
Book learning vs. practical learning…
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