The Buckets by Greg Cravens for July 03, 2016

Y’see, Sara, there are just certain male ………….. prerogatives. Rites, rituals, realms, domains, or what-have-you, that women need to acknowledge and respect. Just like a man would not dare to presume to know when his daughter was ready to learn how to apply makeup. It just isn’t done.

things like this are best left to time

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Whoa! They’re up in smokes!

WOW I am impressed. Dad did know best – something almost never talked about or reported on in our culture anymore.

My dad has a grill, and I have no desire to learn how to use it. Not that it would do me much good. I have a diminished sense of taste and smell, so just about all BBQ dishes taste the same to me. :P :P :P

They should hire a pro, Ed Crankshaft!

Years ago, my husband decided it was time to teach me to use his new grill. I was not interested—heck, he took over so much of the cooking when we got that thing, why would I interfere with that? But he insisted: “Okay, you do this and this and then this.” Nothing. He’d forgotten to say that last step. Button? What button? Oh okay, pushed it—and got a fireball in my face that gave me a unique new style. And let me tell you, burning hair STINKS. Nope, thanks, dear, that’s your toy, you use it. I’m done. Thirty years and I haven’t used it since.