Oct 2015
It is a requirement, embedded by nature, incurable, no antidote known by mankind, and only affects-"Grandfathers!"That uncanny, mysterious malady, yet awe-inspiring talent of-"B S'ing the grandchildren!" Tall tales of heroic deeds, sprinkled with a dash of truth(okay, so it might be a small dash), to totally making something up. After all, it's what "grandfathers do, did, always have, and always will.
Frustrating, perhaps a bit irritating, to their parents(your children), you bet! Which is probably one reason we do it, without any signs of remorse. But, choose your subject matter carefully. Let those B S genes flow like the Mississippi, carrying the imaginations of those priceless gifts to places unknown.
My son, Russ, said to me one day,"Dad, you have to stop feeding them that stuff!" "Why?", I responded,
"after all, that's what grandfathers do."
copyright: richard riddle October23, 2015
Frustrating, perhaps a bit irritating, to their parents(your children), you bet! Which is probably one reason we do it, without any signs of remorse. But, choose your subject matter carefully. Let those B S genes flow like the Mississippi, carrying the imaginations of those priceless gifts to places unknown.
My son, Russ, said to me one day,"Dad, you have to stop feeding them that stuff!" "Why?", I responded,
"after all, that's what grandfathers do."
copyright: richard riddle October23, 2015
