Me: Hey Mum, I don’t know what to get Dad for Father’s Day.

Mum: I heard something on the radio that might be good: why don’t you get him a card, and write in it what your favourite lesson he ever taught you was…

Me: I suspect “thanks for teaching me that if I’m going to make chloroform, to do it in the back yard and not the basement” is an inappropriate sentiment for the occasion.

Mum: Is it honest?

Me: Well, ya. But…

Mum: Is it heartfelt?

Me: Very. But, Mum…

Mum: Will he like it?

Me: He’ll laugh his fucking ass off.

Mum: *scowl* Language, Allison.

Me: You get mad at the wrong stuff, Mum.

*grin* Happy Father’s Day, Daddy. Storyteller, rascal…chemist? You’re all kinds of things, and you’re definitely one of a kind. Love ya, Pa.