Got this in an email today and thought it was great. May be old but new to me!! turn up your speakers!!

3/9/2011 10:14:42 AM

I had never seen that, and I enjoyed it.

3/9/2011 10:31:21 AM

haha i enjoyed it as well. spot on... gas station glasses, pleated dockers, st. john's bay polo. excellent.

3/9/2011 10:52:52 AM

goddamn that hits way too close to home.

3/9/2011 12:09:09 PM

I sent that to a friend on father's day last year...he was not amused

3/9/2011 12:31:49 PM

GOT NOTHIN' ON MY MANSCAPE

/game

3/9/2011 12:59:17 PM

obligatory

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jk, sparky that mess hits real close to home

[Edited on March 10, 2011 at 9:28 AM. Reason : .]

3/10/2011 9:24:55 AM

Well I'm not a Dad, but I do appreciate the video.

Awesome find.

3/10/2011 10:14:35 AM

ditto

3/10/2011 12:04:11 PM

I can definitely appreciate this. Well done video, good find.

3/10/2011 3:22:21 PM

i still laugh every time i watch it!!

3/10/2011 4:45:58 PM

I saw it when it first came out. Love it. My kids love it too and eventually learned the words to it and would make me play it all the time

3/11/2011 2:50:03 AM

You guys are doing it wrong if that hits too close to home.

I just read my little 4-year old girl a Dora the Explorer book, practiced writing with her, and tucked her into bed...

...but I drove her home from school today in my Z06 Corvette, while wearing my Ray-Bans. I recently took a vacation to Peru, hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and checked out the Amazon. I took my Corvette to the racetrack about a month ago, and hopefully next Sunday will do it again, after running a NASCAR stock car around Charlotte Motor Speedway the previous day.

My daughter likes to ride with me on the Waverunner when it's warm (and is perfectly happy with the hammer down, going 70+ mph). Tonight, we had split pea soup and toasted homemade sourdough (my uncle made it, not me) with 2 types of gouda and some brie melted over it, and some sliced apples. A couple of nights ago, we had a chicken curry dish, after splitting a latte earlier that day. We rock out to Bruce Springsteen (she likes to point out the sax and harmonica when she hears it), the Beach Boys, and of all things, Corrosion of Conformity (her picks).

As soon as she gets a few years older, I plan to introduce her to Crossfit, skiing, waterskiing, SCUBA, racing, shooting, flying, and learning some sort of musical instrument...she probably won't like all of them, but I'll give her the opportunity to check them each out. Any of those would be fun for us to do together.

Nothing about being a dad means you have to become boring or turn into a tool. In fact, I think that's bad for you and a disservice to your kid(s). Besides, it's your wives that are to blame feor it, not your kids. Pull yourselves together, dads--you shouldn't be blowing lines off of stripper tits anymore, and I'm not saying that you shouldn't let your kids be kids and have a normal childhood, but damn...live a little, for your own sake and that of your kids, so they don't grow up to be insular and boring.

[Edited on March 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM. Reason : ]

3/11/2011 9:34:22 PM

hey duke...i'm glad that you get to do a lot with your daughter. being a dad is anything but boring. with kids, everyday is an adventure. i think the video is more about how what dad's value being vastly different then when we were younger and single. the video talks about a couple of things i love to do including gardening and taking chandler to the pool/lake (their splash pad) and honestly, some of the new family movies are very entertaining. the video does a good job of stereotyping these aspects of "dad life" and i believe its why so many people find it funny.

3/12/2011 9:57:45 AM

Oh yeah, being a dad is extremely not-boring!

I'm just saying that a lot of people allow themselves to become really boring and lame once they become family men, and that's what I took away from the video and people saying that it hit too close to home. I'm just saying that it doesn't have to be--and in my opinion shouldn't be--the case!

3/12/2011 10:06:38 AM

That was not a hydrangea...

3/12/2011 10:15:12 AM

good call

3/12/2011 9:58:11 PM

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"people saying that it hit too close to home. I'm just saying that it doesn't have to be"

Heh, there's only one part of that video that's anything like my life -- I'm pretty psychotic about my lawn. That in and of itself is too close to home for me.

I'll be goddamned if I ever drive a minivan or wear a cell phone on my waist.

[Edited on March 12, 2011 at 10:17 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2011 10:17:17 PM

^Damn Duke, is your daughter really 4 now? I remember your "so I got this broad knocked up" post from a few years back, guess I didn't realize it had been that long.

3/13/2011 3:28:24 PM

no dad, but there is one thing I will never do--own a minivan. Every long term gf and I have had the "no minivan" discussion. Euro wagon> minivan. This discussion also developed a disclaimer, that SUV's were not suitable, either--unless we moved to alaska or something.

3/13/2011 6:31:54 PM

i'm not a dad (that i know of), but i will be sharing this with other dads.

don't hate on minivans yo. they're mad comfortable, and get the job done.

3/13/2011 11:19:20 PM

No offense to you, duke...but it's a lot easier to keep that cool dad lifestyle of yours when you don't have your kid in your everyday life.

That being said, I know a few dad's who have been able to keep a pretty impressive social life while still appearing (I mean...you don't really know unless you see what's going on in the house) to be pretty good dads.

3/14/2011 7:18:27 AM

duke's comment really got me thinking so i went out a picked up a motorcycle this weekend. just wanted you all to know.

p.s. i will never have a mini-van either

3/14/2011 2:06:09 PM

^^^^^ Yep, turned 4 back in October.

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"Euro wagon> minivan."

Oh, yeah, big-time. Euro-wagons rule. Euro-wagon>minivan>gayass crossover SUV. A true truck-based SUV is fine if you need to do truck stuff, but very few people do that.

I will say that I might conceivably own a minivan as, like, a 3rd or 4th vehicle. You know--drive the 'Vette primarily, but if I needed more room and didn't want to drive the 4x4, I'd have the minivan. That's a niche solution, though, for weirdos like me.

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"No offense to you, duke...but it's a lot easier to keep that cool dad lifestyle of yours when you don't have your kid in your everyday life. "

Yes and no. To start with, I have my daughter a pretty good bit of the time--1 week per month, plus 6 weeks in the summer...and when I have her, I pretty much revolve my life around her (partly by choice, and partly by necessity).

Besides that, I maintain it pretty well when I have her in town. I can't ride motorcycle(s) when I have her, but we ride around in the Z06 'Vette. I listen to about 90% of the same music, plus her Mickey Mouse CD. I eat the same foods (no grilled cheeses and chicken fingers for her when she's with me). I've been known to make myself a cheese tray and knock back a couple glasses of wine after putting her to bed. She goes to the beach with me, rides the Waverunner with me, etc. I still make it to the gym almost every night (she likes to go and play in the children's area). Hell, I even ran a bunch of ~400s yesterday with her...I'd give her a huge head start (like 2/3-3/4 of the distance, so we could race each other. Both ended up getting some good exercise.

I can't go out late at night and hit the bars, and I don't bring any women around when I have my daughter. I can't shoot or race when I have her unless she stays with my mom or dad for a while, but that's pretty much it (and if I were married, it would be a lot easier to sneak away for stuff like that).

I still maintain that the lame-dad lifestyle is really more of the lame-husband lifestyle. Your kid(s) aren't making you lame. You're either doing it to yourself, or allowing your wife to do it to you. You owe better to everyone concerned.

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"duke's comment really got me thinking so i went out a picked up a motorcycle this weekend. just wanted you all to know."

Hell yeah, nice work. What did you get?

[Edited on March 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM. Reason : ]

3/15/2011 11:08:59 AM

(forgot to post this earlier)

3/15/2011 1:12:37 PM

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"a few dad's"

a few dad's whats?

3/15/2011 1:49:30 PM

Duke, if you don't mind me asking, how come you only get her 1 week out of a month? Is it just because the child custody laws heavily favor mothers?

3/15/2011 2:37:56 PM

I'm not going to have any choice but to get a minivan, unless I want a massive SUV (hint, I don't). Honestly I should have one already but have been putting it off as long as I can. See, the dual sliding doors are really helpful with twins, since it won't matter as much how close someone else parks to you in a parking lot it'll still be easy to get the carseats back into the vehicle.

But even if I escape their infantdom without a minivan I'll need one anyway. For pretty much any trip where the boys are allowed to bring a friend that'll put the seating up to 6 people immediately. A minivan is actually the best option for me, which is lame but that's what I'll get to deal with. The best I can do is make sure it has a good sound system, is comfortable as hell, and customize it a little.

Sports cars, unfortunately, are out of the question until I hit my mid-life crisis.

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" That was not a hydrangea..."

True, and I should know having killed quite a few of them.

3/15/2011 5:02:21 PM

^why the aversion to SUVs? I think that given the choice I would go with SUV. Obviously the correct answer is to get your wife the minivan/SUV and get something fun for yourself

3/15/2011 5:10:57 PM

Well, I don't know of any SUV with the dual sliding doors (only non-van like that is Ford's Transit Connect) . Also in order to get an SUV with comparable seating we'd be going into the large range, and frankly the gas mileage on a vehicle like that is frightening (we own a hybrid Camry for a reason).

It won't be so bad as I honestly don't give a rats ass how I "look" in a car. Plus the headroom will be nice (I like to wear hats, and you should NEVER own a car that makes you take off your hat).

[Edited on March 15, 2011 at 5:16 PM. Reason : .]

3/15/2011 5:16:04 PM

i'd way rather have a minivan than most SUVs if I intended to use whichever one I got strictly as a people-hauler.

An SUV on gnarly tires, locked front and rear, etc, is cool. If you need to tow more than the minivan will tow, it's cool. If you're just going to use it as a minivan, though, just buy the damned minivan...or better yet, a badass euro-wagon.

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"Sports cars, unfortunately, are out of the question until I hit my mid-life crisis. "

911s have back seats. Not a ton of storage room, though (or room in the backseats for anything more than smallish children).

M3s might not be true sports cars, but they're plenty practical for a family of 4. An E46 330i or E90 335i will do quite nicely, too, if you want to save some money and aren't going to take the car to the racetrack.

3/15/2011 9:50:04 PM

I have a Passat Wagon and it'll be fine for 2 kids (especially since one is pretty much done w/ the stroller). If we had a 3rd, it would have to be either a mini-van or a fucking huge SUV.

Also, sounds like some mid-life crisis already up in this thread.

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 10:46 AM. Reason : .]

3/16/2011 10:45:52 AM

For myself, I don't think I'll ever have a minivan but I really don't care either way. I guess I'm one of the rare guys who, for the most part, doesn't care what I'm driving as long as it is good on gas mileage, has a good track record for lasting a long time, and is reasonably inexpensive. Don't see myself ever owning a coupe but whether it is a sedan, or wagon, or whatever beyond that I don't really care.

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 11:34 AM. Reason : .]

3/16/2011 11:31:57 AM

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"Hell yeah, nice work. What did you get?"

'84 Honda Shadow VT700C

3/16/2011 1:10:32 PM

Theduke is right. Daughters love their dads and will do pretty much whatever as long as it means spending time with them. Don't blow it by overcatering to them. It'll make you miserable. Plus, it will also make them that much more obnoxious when they start their periods. Good luck, dads!

3/19/2011 5:21:01 AM

We ate some Indian food on 9th Street in Durham yesterday, then went roller skating and go-karting, then ate on the patio at Pop's Restaurant in Brightleaf Square last night with my dad.

Of course, she's having popcorn and chocolate milk for breakfast and watching Nick Jr. right now. I'm about to pack up the Z06 (needed something more family friendly than my old S2000 ) and take her back to her mom today.

[Edited on March 19, 2011 at 10:17 AM. Reason : ^ haha]

3/19/2011 10:15:48 AM

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"I've been known to make myself a cheese tray and knock back a couple glasses of wine after putting her to bed."

that's boss, son

3/19/2011 12:51:59 PM

Took the little one by Charlotte Motor Speedway to watch some racecars on the way to take her back to her mother...then after dropping her off, went to Carolina Motorsports Park to run my 'Vette today. Everyone else had their cars full of slicks, tools, etc...I unloaded a carseat, dolls, a kite, and a slinky...then headed out on-track.

3/20/2011 10:34:25 PM

Coming up on three months old for my first... being a dad is hard as shit. Why didn't anyone say that it isn't all legos and juice boxes? I'm mentally and physically exhausted every night... totally fucking worth it though.

3/22/2011 12:35:46 AM

because after that first 6 months or so that are incredibly miserable, it gets so much better that you forget how rough the first few months are.

Once they start sleeping through the night you feel like a different person. For us that was about 6 months.

3/22/2011 2:47:43 PM

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"because after that first 6 months or so that are incredibly miserable, it gets so much better that you forget how rough the first few months are."

And bingo was his name-o. Same reason women forget how fucking excruciating giving birth is. You are a product of natural selection.

3/22/2011 4:30:12 PM

I don't really remember it being miserable during the first few months.

Well, I take that back--I remember dealing with her mother being miserable, but I don't remember it being that big of a deal to get up when she woke up in the middle of the night.

I think that a 2 year old is much more exhausting, really--they require constant attention when they're awake, because they can't do much for themselves, but are fully capable of finding their way into trouble. An infant might not sleep through the night, but they sleep through half the day and can't really get into too much trouble when they're awake.

but you're right that it does get much more rewarding as they get older.

3/22/2011 7:55:43 PM

yeah, but when you're working 10-12 hour days, and sleeping about 3-4 hours a night (my daughter had colic), life begins to suck cum dripping asshole. it's all situational.

or maybe more specifically having two parents who work long hours (wife is a medical resident, and I was an engineer working 50-60 hours a week) makes for a shitty time. neither can catch any true rest with a colicky infant.

now that she's 3, it's a lot better. She has a couple of simple chores (letting the dogs out when we get home, helping with the dishes, weeding the flower beds) and can generally occupy herself if i need to do something.

[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM. Reason : .]

3/22/2011 10:27:20 PM