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Fathers day: what a load of ****e

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  • 17-06-2018 6:45am
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    judeboy101
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    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.


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    [Deleted User]
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    Never again what?

    Thinly veiled ‘I had sex’ thread.


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    studdlymurphy
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    Sure its only early. Unless you are in Australia?


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    No post on the weekend Dad.


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    judeboy101
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    Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »
    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    No post on the weekend Dad.
    That's what I thought last year!!


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    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    That's what I thought last year!!

    Incompetent postman, Dad...:pac:


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    Pawwed Rig
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    It is 7am. What were you hoping for this early??


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    VW 1
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    I've gotten a top and a bottle of whisky, maybe you're not doing it right OP?


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    erica74
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    Those are things you *have* to provide to the children you chose to bring into the world. What have you done to deserve a father's day card?


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    Eggs For Dinner
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    Be good to your father every day that you still can. Just sayin'.


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    LollipopJimmy
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    Maybe check if they've bought anything for the Postman?


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    dmc17
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    LollipopJimmy wrote: »
    Maybe check if they've bought anything for the Postman?

    Hah, maybe the postman kept the card for himself :P


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    Seth Brundle
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.
    Maybe your wife has told them the truth that you're not their father!


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    mr_edge_to_you
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    Don’t worry Op, sure all the single mothers have hijacked the day.


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    smokingman
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    I got brekkie in bed, aftershave, home made cards and loads of hugs...cracker of a day already!


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    tigerboon
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    I'd be worried at this stage if they did get me something.


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    doolox
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    Just like Mothers Day was invented by Hallmark card company for the base commercial motive of increasing card sales at a low point of the year, Fathers Day was also invented for the same reason. This is simply a ploy by gift and card manufacturers to get people to buy more useless **** to clog up their houses with.

    My lot are broke enough and perpetually in debt with the high cost of living in Dublin so I do not push the commonly perceived social notion of their being an obligation to buy cards and presents at any time. They have enough parasites hanging off them as it is.

    My Father was also of the same mindframe, being self contained in his own persona not to need flattery or tokens of appreciation from his offspring but my mother was a different kind of person, with an insecurity and an ego so fragile that one missed card or birthday would result in furious rage that could last weeks.......

    Luckily I always had enough money to sort things out but one of my sisters had to forego meals to buy a card and small presents to keep mum happy......thats why she hates crass commercialism to this day.


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    Wanderer78
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    doolox wrote:
    Just like Mothers Day was invented by Hallmark card company for the base commercial motive of increasing card sales at a low point of the year, Fathers Day was also invented for the same reason. This is simply a ploy by gift and card manufacturers to get people to but more useless **** to clog up their houses with.


    Continual consumption is good for us, they say, it's good for 'the economy', but strangely enough, it doesn't seem all that good for our planet, and all its living species, including us. Maybe there's something wrong with 'the economy'!


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    JMNolan
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    doolox wrote: »
    Just like Mothers Day was invented by Hallmark card company for the base commercial motive of increasing card sales at a low point of the year, Fathers Day was also invented for the same reason. This is simply a ploy by gift and card manufacturers to get people to buy more useless **** to clog up their houses with.

    My lot are broke enough and perpetually in debt with the high cost of living in Dublin so I do not push the commonly perceived social notion of their being an obligation to buy cards and presents at any time. They have enough parasites hanging off them as it is.

    My Father was also of the same mindframe, being self contained in his own persona not to need flattery or tokens of appreciation from his offspring but my mother was a different kind of person, with an insecurity and an ego so fragile that one missed card or birthday would result in furious rage that could last weeks.......

    Luckily I always had enough money to sort things out but one of my sisters had to forego meals to buy a card and small presents to keep mum happy......thats why she hates crass commercialism to this day.

    Would you ever fuck off


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    Stoolbend
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    I blame the parents.


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    Fiery mutant
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    I’ve got presents, big breakfast served up for me, and now laying on the couch watching Star Wars.

    But it all pales in comparison to just having my kids and wife waking me to give me a hug.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



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    Signore Fancy Pants
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    Donald Trump
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    JayZeus wrote: »
    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.

    Never again what?

    Thinly veiled ‘I had sex’ thread.




    Or thinly veiled 'I'm the only one who doesn't know that me missus has been riding the postman and the milkman for years'


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    marklazarcovic
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    The single mothers posts have kicked in on fb .. "happy Father's day to the best mother I know coz she raised them alone" ...

    Bleaughhhhh


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    Signore Fancy Pants
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    cajonlardo
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    doolox wrote: »
    Just like Mothers Day was invented by Hallmark card company for the base commercial motive of increasing card sales at a low point of the year, Fathers Day was also invented for the same reason. .

    Mother's day was around long before Hallmark
    It goes back to the days of the big houses having a designated day allowing the service staff to visit their Mothers

    http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/MothersDay.html


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    Donald Trump
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    marklazarcovic wrote: »
    The single mothers posts have kicked in on fb .. "happy Father's day to the best mother I know coz she raised them alone" ...

    Bleaughhhhh




    Troll the shite out of them


    "Just because you let some useless tosser blow his beans up your muff - well done. Merry Christmas Happy Father's Day"




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    PMBC
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    Not only do I not agree with the idea of cards, whatever about a small gift or even breakfast in bed, but id been wondering since 6 am who's birthday it is or what that gift wrapped thingy on the kitchen table is about!! The penny has dropped and, yes, I did receive last year.
    No name on it so Ill wait until they all rise from their beds, later.


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    blinding
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    cajonlardo wrote: »
    Mother's day was around long before Hallmark
    It goes back to the days of the big houses having a designated day allowing the service staff to visit their Mothers
    For a Visit in the Bighouse .


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    redhen94
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    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Yet again my ungrateful spawn have gotten me nothing. I provide food, shelter and protection from wild animals and not so much as a card. Never again.
    It was my birthday recently and I didn't get as much as a card, never mind a gift. Yet mine are all very vocal about what they want for their own birthdays. And we're talking gadgets that cost big bucks. It's enough to make you sick. I love my kids but that really opened my eyes. When I brought up the subject, one of them went on about she bought me a card when she was a kid and it ended up in the bin a few months later. I didn't even know about that. Well, they can look out when their own birthdays come around is all I can say.


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    Mucky_Tackies
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    redhen94 wrote: »
    It was my birthday recently and I didn't get as much as a card, never mind a gift. Yet mine are all very vocal about what they want for their own birthdays. And we're talking gadgets that cost big bucks. It's enough to make you sick. I love my kids but that really opened my eyes. When I brought up the subject, one of them went on about she bought me a card when she was a kid and it ended up in the bin a few months later. I didn't even know about that. Well, they can look out when their own birthdays come around is all I can say.


    Thats it bud, you teach them some of life's real life lessons like perpetuating anger and only give to receive.


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