Topic: Any phone call that begins with..."Hello Daddy!"..
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #108,272
Well now folks sit back and fill yer pipe and grab a beer. This tale might take a while to tell. An no..I'm not airin' any dirty laundry....I'm just sharin' some thoughts on what parents go thru with kids....even when their children are 27yrs. old!! I thought the whole episode funny in an odd sort of "Parental Way." Got a call on the answering machine today from my beloved daughter. "Hi! Daddy!" Mind ye folks..that's a tip-off right away that yer about to git gigged for money/cash/frogskins! "Hi! Daddy!" means...."How much cash do you have on hand..right now..and can I borrow it??"..in parental language. If they say..."Hi! Dad!"...or "Hello Dad!"... it means their freezer is empty, the car is broke, they need to borrow..(HAW!HAW!HAW!....yeah right!!!)...something. Also...."borrow/loan/lend/let-me-use" is a non-sensical term. To adults the previous phrases mean "at some point to return." To our children it means..."give me!" Hmmm? And so on to our phone message. "Hello Daddy....I need to borrow (a small chuckle)...$250 to "catch up on some bills" and I'll call you right back as soon as I'm done text-messaging...whoever!" "LOVE YOU!".....!! &*$#!&%#!!*....I know I'm gonn'a git gammahooched...I'm just waitin' for the total amount of the gammahoochin'!!
I'm sittin' here steamin' and I pick up the phone and leave the following message. "Donna...got your message on the answering machine and here's the deal. You and your boyfriend make $100K a year and I make $25K a year...and you need to borry $250 to make it thru the week! Hmmmm? I live inn'a a 38yr. old trailer and ya'll live inn'a a $250,000 home..and I have money in the bank...do I see a problem here? I don't owe a soul..you can't make it thru next week! His car is setting down in Hagerstown (broke down) and yet ya'll are heading to Baltimore for a Pool Shooting Tournement this weekend...right?? Can ya see where I'm going with this Donna?? Do we have a priority problem here Donna? Call me crazy..but...no problem. The cash is out in the grill in an envelope. Daddy can just walk to work on account of he cain't afford gas to drive his van. It's only 6 miles...I'll leave 2 hours early and wear sneakers! If it's cold I'll just wrap my feet in rags and use the walker to git me the last few miles! If the rags wear out...I'll wrap my tattered feet in leaves and beer-cans and CRAWL the last few miles on my hands and knees to work...no problem!" Love....Dad! Ahhh yes...recieved a return message..."Thanks Daddy!" And some folks wonder why some animals eat their young at birth......
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