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therootedman:

“In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.”
“Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man!”
“Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master.”
“With as much dignity as he could muster, the Old Man gathered up the sad remains of his shattered Major Award (Leg lamp). Later that night, alone in the backyard, he buried it next to the garage. Now I could never be sure, but I thought that I heard the sound of “Taps” being played. Gently.”
Ralphie (as adult talking about his father), A Christmas Story, 1983

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“In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.”

“Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man!”

“Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master.”

“With as much dignity as he could muster, the Old Man gathered up the sad remains of his shattered Major Award (Leg lamp). Later that night, alone in the backyard, he buried it next to the garage. Now I could never be sure, but I thought that I heard the sound of “Taps” being played. Gently.”

Ralphie (as adult talking about his father), A Christmas Story, 1983