Father's Day Facts

Okay, it's scary how much less information you can find about father's day than mother's day. It's sad how the world views father's versus mother's. All I know is how I feel about my parents and how Emma feels about us which leads me to conclude that father's are just as important as mother's. I guess some other people have the same opionion with the recent complaints agains Hallmark for the way their cards portray fathers. Too bad we can't have it both ways. I like the sarcasm and jokes, but on the serious side am very grateful for my dad and for Eric. Well, here is some info about dads...it's not much, but it's all I could find.

The idea of father's day came to Sonora Dodd in Spokane, Washington in 1909 while she listened to a mother's day sermon. Her father was a widowed Civil War veteran left to raise 6 kids on a farm, and she wanted a day to honor him too. The following year some people started celebrating father's day (which had been declared to be on June 19th that year by the Mayor of Spokane because that was the month of Sonora Dodd's father's birthday), and it slowly spread. It wasn't until 1966 that Lyndon B Johnson issued a presidential proclamation that designated the third sunday in June as father's day. Still, it wasn't permanent until 1972 when Richard Nixon signed a public law that made it so.

Here are a couple jokes I found (again, info was scarce).

1. The father of five children had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present. "Who is the most obedient?" he asked. "Who never talks back to mother? and"Who does everything mother says?" Five small voices replied in unison. "Okay daddy! You get the toy."
2. Bob was 16 and finally got hold of his driver's license. In order to celebrate the special day, the whole family went out to the driveway and climbed into the car to enjoy his first official drive. However, dad went to the back seat, where he sat right behind his boy. When Bob saw his dad he said "Dad, you must be fed up of the front seat after teaching me how to drive all these days Right?" "Nope!", came the quick reply from the dad. "I'm going to sit back here and kick the back of your seat while you drive, just like you've been doing to me for the last sixteen years!"
3. After putting their three-year-old child Brian in bed, his parents heard muffled sobs coming from his room one night. Rushing back in, they found that the child was crying hysterically when he saw them. He told his parents that he had accidentally swallowed a penny and was sure that he would die now. The father, in an attempt to sober him down, took out a penny from his pocket and pretended to pull it out from Brian's ear. The child was really thrilled and stopped crying at once. In a flash, he snatched the penny from his dad's hand, swallowed it, and then cheerfully demanded, "Do it again, Dad!"
4. After getting his driving license, David visited home during vacation and asked his dad for the family car. His dad agreed, but put forwarded three conditions - good grades in school, a neat room and a decent haircut. After several months, David came home again. He had followed the three things that he had promised his dad, except getting his hair cut. When the father saw that his son had disobeyed him, he asked for an explanation. David smartly said, "Hey dad, even Jesus had long hair." His Father was not someone to be taken for a ride and smilingly replied, "Yes, son, you're absolutely right. And Jesus also walked everywhere he went."
5. While having their evening dinner together, a little girl looked up at her father and asked, "Daddy, you're the boss in our family, right?" The father was very pleased to hear it and confidently replied, "Yes my little princess." The girl then continued, "That's because mommy put you in charge, right?"
6. A father was enjoying with his five-year-old son in the beach. Suddenly, the boy pointed to a dead bird and asked his father "Dad, what happened to this chap?" The dad coolly replied "Oh this? He just died and went to Heaven," The little boy thought for a moment and then said, "Oh My, Did God throw him back down?"
7. A small boy came up to his dad and meekly said "Daddy, Daddy, can I have another glass of water please?" The dad replied "But I've given you 10 glasses of water already son!" The little boy then said, "Oh yes daddy, but the bedroom is still on fire!"
8. What do you call two people who do not hesitate to embarrass you in front of your friends? Mum and Dad!!