hip-hip-hooray! a dad’s day giveaway
In celebration of Dad's Day on June 21, we've got some great goods to give dad a grin like… a Dadisms book, extendable fork, bird toothpick holder, thumb wrestling area, recycled Corona bottle juice glass, explodable golf ball, hammer bottle opener ($57.34 value!)
So how can you get these free goods for dear ol' dad?
There are 3 ways to enter – you can do 1,2 or all 3 to better your chances.
1. Comment at the bottom of this post and tell us your favorite 'dadism'? You know, like… "When I was your age…" "You think money grows on trees?" "A little dirt never hurt anybody" "We're not lost- I know exactly where I am" (no registration or sign-up required)
2. Spread the word about our giveaway on your Facebook page by clicking the Share on Facebook link below then send us a message via Facebook saying that you did. *
3. Post our Dad's Day giveaway on your blog (Feel free to copy our photo & info) Then leave a comment on this blog post so we know that you did. *
* just let your friends & followers know if they happen to win, you get some of the goodies too :-)
We'll draw the lucky firefly fan's name on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 and post it on the blog.
Have fun, good luck and thanks for playing!
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“Let’s not and say we did”
“When I find out the truth your grounded!” I am 35 years old and he is just now hearing about some of the trouble my friends and I used to get into. He still uses this! :)
My husband’s father would always wake him up by saying “Get up and pee, the world’s on fire!!!”
My favorite was when we would dicuss boys. My grandfather woudl always tell me “…treat ’em like dirt”, with a huge smile on his face.
“Who left the light on?”
“You know, people in Africa are starving and would love to have those bread crusts”. My dad would say this to me when I was a kid when I’d throw away bread crusts or waste food.
My 80 year old father just passed in April, but ended every story with “Life is good.”
My dad is 73 – now when I ask him if he did this or that he’ll say “you sound just like your mother”
“Life isn’t fair” and “Go ask your mother!”
My favorite Dadism from my Dad is “If you always put your keys in the same place you won’t lose them.”
To his daughters: “Drink your milk- it will put hair on your chest!”
This isn’t really a Dadism, more of a Dad’s mentality on life. My dad will drive for mile and miles to find the best price on gas…probably only saving a few cents a gallon! It’s funny how it does not seem to bother him that he already wasted what he saved driving all over town looking for that exact gas station!
Everyday at the dinner table I heard “Looks good enough to eat”.
My husband always says to our kids- Grandma spanked me and I turned out fine!
Do as I say-not as I do!!!
My grandfather, who is like a father to me, has lots of “dadisms.” A couple of examples:”Well, it’s better than a sharp stick in the eye!” or “Don’t tell me, SHOW me!”
What did your mother say when you asked her?
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I’m not the power company!
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Of course you can have a car – when you have a job to pay for it.
Can’t get blood from a turnip! and Fuller than a tick! LOL My dad who passed away this year was full of funny sayings and I miss him dearly!- Lara
My favorite “dadism” is….
The 7 P’s
Piss poor planning promotes piss poor performance!
And the saying holds true in many situations!
Love my dad!
“A skinned knee gives you character”
“That hits the spot.” We have no idea where this “spot” is, but my dad says it after a great meal. :)
My favorite Dad-ism :
“The Beatles… now THEY knew how to make music.”
“Where do you think all of these greys come from?”
“Make sure that you check the oil! Now, don’t forget or else we’ve got problems.”
What he’s really saying is- I don’t trust that you’re going to keep up the maintenance on your car so I’d better hound you over it ….or else it’s going to cost me time and money to fix it for you.
I didn’t read all the ones above, so sorry if its a repeat. “When I was a kid, we had to walk 15 miles to school in 15 feet of snow, without any boots, hats or gloves.”
My Dad’s classic blessing before holiday meals:
“Good meat, good bread, good God let’s eat!”
It always made my VERY Catholic Mom cringe!
A wonderful memory of them both!
Wheneven my Dad had to use the restroom he would say “Excuse me, I’m going to slip in the ladies room” because it was all girls in the family!
“Act like that and you’ll be lower than a snakes belly” Ahhh that one killed me.
Love these Daddisms…so many sound so familiar.
One of ours was “If you don’t like what’s for dinner here…then go eat at the Steiner’s.” (Our next door neighbor’s who frequently ate steak)
My Dad always would say ‘Let’s just put a little duct tape on that – it’ll be fixed in no time.’
“Don’t make me stop this car……” (when the arguing in the back seat got a little too loud!)
Remember this?
“If all your friends jumped off a bridge,would you do it too?” Whenever I would use the excuse that all my friends are allowed. Always whhinningg!
“Don’t tell your mother”
when my brother and I would act immature my dad would say: “How Old Are You?”
“Shake it off!” Especially if we were hurt on his watch. And as we got older – “Live within your means.” Glad I listened to the latter.
Dads are the best!! my dad would say eat your bread crusts, it will make your hair curly…well we ate it but my hair was always straight until now after 40 LOL..maybe he was right..lol
Although my dad is no longer with us, one of the things that he used to always say was, “That’s all she wrote and the pencil broke.”
When I was little and would cry he’d say, “What are you crying for? I’ll give you something to cry about.”