For those of you who don’t know my Dad, some previous favorite Dad posts are here, here and here. He has quite an hilarious sense of humor.
I got this email from my Dad last week, presumably in reaction to a couple of scintillating tweets I sent to my tweeple from The Soap Guild show. He was alerting me to a pertinent article on the dangers of oversharing (what me? overshare? never!). His email:
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Good article. Especially for my beloved daughter who woke me at 6:00 am this morning via her mother’s phone announcing yet another mindless Broadcast Twit – I believe that the Soap Queen was about to ………..hold breath………..drum roll…………can you bear the suspense?…………….
Beginning a …….. WALK. A Walk!!! Can you believe it? The amazing courage, intellectual challenge, novel creative adventuring!!! Later, at breakfast (actually during a moment of brief Grace, before the meal), we learned that said Queen had COMPLETED her walk!!! Can you fathom that? One begins a walk and one even RETURNS from a walk. What will they think of next?
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The customer service heroes at Bramble Berry claim they were laughing so hard at this email that they were actually crying. As for me, I will think twice about tweeting every single walk I take and protein shake I make.
katw0man says
that is positively hilarious! hey, I concur with Debbie. I am a world traveler, and when at home with my Dad, if it was drizzling outside he would not let me drive in LA traffic! If he only knew what dangers I have braved and traversed and actually come out alive from!
but yes, when you are his age, you will probably not want to know that your little Prince or Queen just arrived back from a walk either! We aging people prize, cherish and protect our sleep at all costs! that rooster might crow any time of the night!
ha!!!!! that was too funny!
Thank God for Daddies. He sounds like your biggest fan. He also sounds like he is so very proud of you!@!!@!!!
BathCake says
Oh no, no, no … that won’t do AT ALL!!! It gives me hope that there may possibly be someone out there in the world who does more than I do. 😉
~Erin
FuturePrimitive says
i love your dad!
my dad can’t even turn on a puter
Randi Lyn A. says
Too funny!!! Your Dad’s comment is a hilarious commentary on how technology has changed us. Love it!
KLEAN Gal says
VERY funny!
I love how he makes a comment but continues to read them! Has he hear of the power of choice!!! LOL
Cathy Winsby says
Your Dad sounds wonderful…would fit in well around here…we’re very free with our loving sarcasm as well!
I wouldn’t stop tweeting as you do though. As a marketing tool it keeps us all in awe of all you do and strengthens your persona of ‘The Queen’.
I’m constantly amazed at how much you’re able to pack into a single day and still sound chipper and upbeat. You inspire others to be better and do more. Thanks!
Jacquelyn says
Loved your Dad’s little essay. He has the same sense of humor that my Dad did. I bet he is entertained by you and all you do. Your post reminded me of a cartoon I saw recently in which a retired man twitters that he is about to sneeze and it sets in motion a community sneeze relay. Cute.
Michelle says
ROFL!!! Dads will be dads. Too funny and too cute.
Anne-Marie says
RoseValley, OMG! If you tell your dad how to work Twitter, he’ll be an expert in no time. I love the IBINK! =)
Scent Lady, hilarious. You’re too funny. =)
SoapyLove, thanks for the support. Glad that you like me just the way I am.
dM, I know, I know! How flippin’ funny is my Dad? He is really one of the funniest people I know. You will absolutely adore him when you finally meet him. I know I do (even if he finds my tweets a bit too mundane-information-heavy). =)
Donna Maria @ Indie Business says
I absolutely cannot stop laughing, especially since said Soap Queen’s partner in walking crime was none other than moi. Where is your father? I want to meet him. He is side splitting and I can’t wait to tell him all about how everyone in the universe (except him) really does want to know all the Soap Queen details. Thanks, Mr. Soap Queen, for totally cracking me up.
The Scent Lady says
[To the tune of “Every Breath You Take” by the Police]
Every walk I take,
Every soap I make,
Every protein shake,
I’ll be tweeting you.
RoseValley says
Gotta Love Dad’s. My dad has taken to shortening everything since I told him that BRB stands for “be right back”. He now says things like IBINK (I’ll be in the Kitchen). Haven’t taught him about twitter and facebook yet… might hold off on that one
SingingWolf says
Yes, you went for a walk… no, you didn’t set up their phone to receive twitters or left their ringer on (or set up phone to ring for text messages to begin with).
Soapylove says
Hey – you do what you want. If I took every piece of advice (or sarcasm!) to heart from my folks, I’d be a very different person! We love you the way you are!