Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for November 28, 2016

up to your room, young man, and do that homework

Tony asked, about 6 hours ago

Did you do your homework?

That’s none of your concern.

Of course I did. Always. Almost.

And it was a lot – more than allowed, actually. Much more.

@Tony

In those ’50s and ’60s sitcoms, any time the dad brought work home it always seemed to cause trouble. Based on that I equated homework with trouble and avoided it completely.

OK…. um…..

Tony’s question…..

and remember, I had nothing to do with it……

is ’Did you do your homework?"

As for me…..

yeah, I guess I did……

It was so long ago I hardly remember.

Actually, to be honest….

I remember that sometimes I didn’t.

I’d sit there for hours…..

making chains out of paper clips and taking them apart…..

and letting my mind wander.

Why?

(Shrug…)

BTW…. Kyle…..

I don’t know where you live….

But I used to visit my sister, who lives in BC, when my now 30-something niece was in high school,

I noticed that California teenagers used “like” half a dozen times in every sentence….

The Canadian kids didn’t…..

but they did the same with “you know.”

So which is worse…..

“I, like, talked to Brittany, and I, like, told her, like “I don’t, like, want to go to some, like, big party.”

or

“I, you know, talked to Brittany, and I, you know, told her, you know “I don’t, you know, want to go to some big, you know, party.”

As a home owner my homework is never done.

I am to old for Homework, Tony!!! So do your own and stop whining!!!

Yeah sure…. let’s go with that.

@Tony:

What homework?

Second “Daddy’s Home” Question:

What have you “totally done”?

No, I have none.

@TonyNot any more, but in the past I did

Kid speaks with forked tongue…

@Tony I’m working on it, I’m working on it! It’s only due in and hour and a half!

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@JPW Not my homework obviously but I “totally did” Thanksgiving Dinner. :-)

I am like totally afraid I wouldn;t like know how to do like today’s homework, Like I’m too old, like thankfully. You know?

why would anyone put up with that is beyond me

@Tony: I was one of those annoyingly good kids who always did homework.