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no_hypocrisy

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4. At the end of his life, my father was like that.
Mon Dec 25, 2023, 07:19 AM
Dec 2023

He (inadvertently) set fire to a room upstairs while he cooked dinner downstairs. Or he'd have pots on an open flame on the stove and would abandon them to go to another room to watch FOX News.

At Thanksgiving, my sister's puppy escaped and got run over in the dark and the rain. As you can imagine, she was inconsolable. Our father's response: 1) You're overreacting. You have three more dogs, and 2) Let's eat!

He was getting into multiple fender benders when driving. When he backed into traffic from the driveway, he was in the wrong lane in the wrong direction -- and just stayed there for a minute..

He lost a front tooth and didn't go to the dentist for a year. He learned to like to it, comparing himself to Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Newman (a figure he detested when I read the magazine).


More stories, but TFG gives me PTSD when I read stories like this.

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Valid point about the media EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #1
All mediums? Roy Rolling Dec 2023 #5
Be that as it may EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #7
Do you consider MediasTouch media? I do. So yes, there are voices out there doing and saying AND REPORTING the Ferrets are Cool Dec 2023 #15
I did say 'corporate' media, making a distinction EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #19
EYESORE makes a reasonable point PJMcK Dec 2023 #11
TV media is profit driven. rubbersole Dec 2023 #17
All that without examining the bottoms for velcro bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #2
He has severe problems with balance Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #3
Just observe... 2naSalit Dec 2023 #18
Yes! I noted that same a while ago. He's gripping the podium always with a death squeeze. Never seen on stage... machoneman Dec 2023 #22
At the end of his life, my father was like that. no_hypocrisy Dec 2023 #4
Feet of clay Ponietz Dec 2023 #6
The pads hide the cables that connect to the Buns_of_Fire Dec 2023 #8
lol. Ligyron Dec 2023 #9
An astute observation... GiqueCee Dec 2023 #14
Shtinky. twodogsbarking Dec 2023 #10
The things that people will do to stay "significant" amazes me. What a way walkingman Dec 2023 #12
I have come to believe that even if there was only ONE person in the crowd cheering him on, Ferrets are Cool Dec 2023 #16
We mustn't ridicule Trump for his toe pads, it would be offensive to all the other shoe lifters out there. sop Dec 2023 #13
Take a closer look at the shoe length 3825-87867 Dec 2023 #20
We really need a sarcasm font on DU, that animated 'sarcasm thingy' isn't very subtle. sop Dec 2023 #21
Donald J Trump - PSP form of Frontotemporal Dementia: LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #23
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