Mike wrote:
There are some things around the house (and in life) that it seems
only Dad can do (of course, there are exceptions to this rule, but
humor me). The one I encountered today:

Hear a toilet that is running and running and fix it (the chain got
caught under the flapper)

Why can no one else hear this and investigate?? Ah, the burdens we
bear.....

Okay folks....what else can only be done by Dad?

Mike

It's not the "things that can only be done by Dad" that gets to me,
it's my total uselessness and ineptitude until they need something
done.

Apparently, even after being around for more than half-a-century and
raising a pretty decent family, I know nothing about life, jobs,
girls, boys, etc.

"Leave me alone."

"You don't know what you're talking about."

"It's different these days."

Followed by:

"Oh Daddy, my computer's broken, please fix it."

"Oh Daddy, there's a spider on my ceiling."

"Dad, can I borrow $20 until payday?"

"Dad, I can't get my brake pads off."

I guess if they didn't love me, I wouldn't be the one they turn to
when they need help. ;-)