Attribution: Photo by Ben White on Unsplash
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that if there is one thing the keeper taught his four sons it was the virtue of procrastination, so they will be fine with the keeper dealing late with “sons’ day.”
Raising four sons during the long-hair hippy days, when the abject stupidity of parents was first defined and became part of tribal culture, was more challenging and sometimes safer than military combat:
Larry’s statewide speeding tickets, and more.
Scott running off to join Hairy Krishna, and more.
Rick crying “Fascist!” over a forced haircut, and more.
Mike falling off the roof in trying to sneak out for a date, and more.
Always there was “more,” a never-ending series of “You did what!!!” father-son meetings that were not of a celebratory nature.
But all’s well that ends well, and the four sons have done the keeper proud by becoming decent, compassionate, accomplished, loving—and sometimes procrastinating adults.
As the keeper’s old pal, State Journal ungrammatical columnist Roundy Coughlin might put it: “What more could be fairer!”
Photo by Bill Stokes