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What is *taps watch, moves hand in the air*?
How Dad lets you know it’s time to go
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What is “get the burn or watch someone else get the burn”?
How to learn lessons
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What is fast-forward through the sex and super violent scenes?
How Dad was about to watch his favorite PG-13 movies before his children were actually 13.
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What is to get a beer or comment “oh is this the part of the movie where…”?
Dad’s “excuse” for coming downstairs to interrupt his children watching movies in the basement with their significant others.
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What is Lake Powell?
The place where Dad was finally able to claim his title as captain
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What is *mimes signing a check*?
The coolest way to ask for the check, by Dad.
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What is "all you want to do is get them to walk and talk and then when they do all you want is to get them to shut up and sit down"?
Parenthood
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What is money?
In the famous song by Warren Zevon: “lawyers, guns, and _____ “, Dad is the ______. Fill in the blank.
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Who is Bob?
Megan was going out with her boyfriend one evening. Megan’s boyfriend sat at one end of the table waiting for her to come down. Dad was at the other end of the table after a bad day at work and sat silent and fuming as he ate his dinner. Later that evening the boyfriend commented “I don’t think your dad likes me very much…” Name that boyfriend.
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What is the million-dollar steak house?
When Dad instructed Steve and Eric to find the best steak around in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the family found themselves at this restaurant
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What are vests?
The type of clothing that Dad literally can’t get enough of.
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What is “I’m confused…”?
The best way to tell someone they are wrong without saying the words “you’re wrong”
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Who is Sean Connery? (RIP)
The actor who uttered one of Dad’s favorite lines in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: “We named the dog Indiana"
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What is he told mom “you, shut up and sit down” and he told the doctor “you, go find us some drugs!” ?
At Steve’s birth, mom was informed by the doctor that she was too far along to get any drugs for labor. This (justifiably) resulted in mom yelling at the doctor. This was dad’s response.
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What are Belgium, France, Italy, and Switzerland?
The vacation where Dad spent the majority of the vacation making sure everyone's phone was in airplane mode. Name all four countries.
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What is a pun?
"When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent." is an example of this classic Dad humor.
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What is “marriage is all about give and take. She gives the orders and you take them"?
Marriage
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What is three?
The number of times it took before Megan and Eric and Steve were able to watch Star Wars all the way through
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What is “Introduction to Brain, Mind, and Behavior”?
Dad has recently taken to yelling “PSYCH” in response to any mention of Julie’s psychology class which is actually called this.
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What is Barcelona?
The city where Dad and Steve re-enacted the American Revolution by beating some British guys at pool
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What is a venti hazelnut cappuccino with regular milk?
Dad’s signature Starbucks order.
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What is “his job”?
In one of Dad’s favorite James Bond opening scenes, Judi Dench utters these famous words.
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What is keeping the kegs in the elevator to easily swap them out?
This tactic was once used by Dad and Uncle Ray to get around the “2 keg limit” they were supposed to follow when they rented out an indoor space at Villanova for a party.
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What is the Bahamas? or What is international waters?
The place where Megan was able to enjoy a Bud Light with Dad (which at the time would not have been possible in the US)
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