My Dad was probably the biggest ‘Square” born into this world. That is to say that he was a very good man. He was in Sales and Public Relations and everyone that knew him liked him.
He had a subtle dry sense of humor. He was very personable and had a big belly laugh that he handed down to me.
Unlike me, Dad was never raucous. I think that things like the Great Depression and WWII tend to keep a raucous soul at bay.
It also makes a man a bit tight lipped.
Dad never said how lucky I was to not have had to grow up in those times, but there were times I could see it in his eyes.
I wish I had been able to ask Dad the kinds of questions that I would ask him these days.
One thing I would ask him is about something he would say on occasion.
He would run into a colleague who would ask Dad
“How you doin’ Jack?”
And Dad would reply very good-naturedly
“Anybody I can”
And they would both laugh.I always wonder what Dad meant by that because it wasn’t something I would expect him to say.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
"ANYBODY I CAN"
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3 comments:
A wonderful memory to hold onto! My parents are still with us, but
I often wonder how the 6 of us can be so completely different with the same parents. We may look alike, but not the same in dispostion and temperament at all! Happy Thanskgiving, Es!
That was Salesman's Code! :)
Hey pie! As similar as my kids were for a long while, they have made the split and you would hardly know they were from the same parents.
les-yeah, it had to be salesman code because my dad would never say it in a bawdy way.
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