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Wednesday, April 1. 2015

2 QQQs

Both from PJ O'Rourke (h/t Ace)


"The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews."


"The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains."


Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 11:57 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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No, the A student owns the corporation that sells the franchise to the C student.

The D student writes the reviews.

Never mind that nobody has put on a coat and tie since '66, either.
#1 formwiz on 2015-04-01 12:12 (Reply)
Score!
#2 jma on 2015-04-01 12:16 (Reply)
Ask the kid who walked into my house to pick up my daughter and found me cleaning my shotgun on the kitchen table if no one has had a scary Dad since 1966.
#3 RonF on 2015-04-01 12:30 (Reply)
Always be cleaning a firearm when a lad stops by to court one's daughter.
#3.1 Bird Dog on 2015-04-01 12:46 (Reply)
Or sharpening pocket knife along with a brief lecture on why that small sharp blade is called a spey blade, works. or one could be holding one of these, at 9.98, an easy reminder gentlemanly behavior is expected.
#3.1.1 walt moffett on 2015-04-01 22:46 (Reply)

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