Spent many hours holding the flashlight in the winter while he checked something on his car. Golden moments. I didn't actually freeze to death just thought that I might.
Real story about my dad. We had a small tree fall over in our yard once from some strong storm winds and poorly being rooted in some rocky and clay soil. So we rented a wood chipper and mulched it all up. This was in autumn, maybe around September or October many years ago. So he was out wearing the flannel over his shirt. Pack of red Marlboro's in the flannel pocket. Well, a branch snagged around the jacket and began to pull him in toward the chipper. I grabbed him around the waist and pulled back. He and I both rolled away from the chipper, and it tore and took his flannel with it. (The reason why I didn't just run over to shut the chipper off was because 1. I was closer to him than the chipper and 2. The chipper was on the opposite side of a chain link fence in the driveway behind our back yard. So I'd have to either scale the fence or run around to the gate. Either way, it was easier to get to him first) After we got our footing from the excitement, I asked him if he was okay. He said, and I damn near quote him on this: "No, the fucker took my smokes!" Miss you, Dad. RIP (2009; pancreatic cancer)
Especially considering it was the thumbnail, LOL. That gets me so frustrated, more than my kids though, are guests who have the sac to touch it. Next time get a hotel if you don't like my climate, haha!
Dad heated with wood most of the winter so the furnace was left at a baseline 62. To turn up the heat all you had to do was open up the air vent on the stove a bit, and maybe throw a little wood on the fire. I learned not to complain if the house was chilly (it hardly ever was) as I'd be the one going out to the woodshed to get more wood. :)
My old man was born to give lectures. Circular lectures. Ones that lead back to the first point he made an hour ago that he has now since forgotten that will undoubtedly lead him through the rest of the points he's already made. Any mention of this will result in further lectures.
This was so spot on! Lol. My dad did most of these things, and I used to roll my eyes. But now that he's been gone for 12 years, I'd give anything to have him back doing this stuff. ❤
My dad not being able to find a pen would send him into an endless rant about how he's going to buy every pen in the "god damn" store next time, etc. lol
Can confirm on the gas. So many times, I'd let him borrow my trucker and I'd get it back full. Felt so good to get free gas. Now with these gas prices, I wish he'd still do that 🤣
Growing up is real life Inception. I despised my dad when I was growing up, and he also did not have a favorable opinion about me. Now that I'm in my early 30's, I realize that my dad didn't like that I had not turned into him yet, and I didn't like my dad because I had not turned into him yet. Now, we sit on the back patio on my property, drink a couple of beers, and stare at the corn field.
I worked as the facilities and ropes director at a camp. I was the oldest staff member (by a lot) and felt like the camp dad. I would wander around in cargo pants and new balance shoes turning off the lights and muttering about the power bill. I was trying out for The Walking Dad. I felt a great disturbance in the force every time someone touched the thermostat.
Oh boy do I remember that. We had central heating but dad loved to heat with the woodstove in the living room. It would be in the 70's downstairs but upstairs where my bedroom was could get a bit nippy. The furnace would kick in at 62. But the thermostat was downstairs and it was well above 62 there pretty much all night. There were plenty of mornings where I had a pretty thick layer of ice on the water glass I'd brought up the night before.
leaving 1 sec on the microwave. always gets me and my dad. 1.) it messes up the clock, all dads must know what time it is in every room and 2.) wasted energy to hit cancel and put in the right time.
My dad wasn't the hot tempered one of my parents. But as a teenager I do remember some incidents ... like when I loaded his gun with the wrong size shells and he had to pry them all out. Luckily I didn't fire it. And when I poured hamburger grease down the sink, and it got solid and clogged the sink. And once I got home late and tried to climb through the window. Dad met me with a gun, since he thought I was a burglar. And of course it's impossible to hold the flashlight right for any man working under a hood or a sink.
My dad check my sisters and my cars tags and inspection stickers. And tires. He will call you weekly to bug you about it. He was hard of hearing but could hear you touch the thermostat 3 rooms away. And he heard when my mom whispered how much my wedding gown cost to me two rooms away. He pretty much had supersonic hearing anytime money was discussed. He’s 85 and I love that man so much.
My favorite is when my dad complains about buying anything that costs more than $20 and I tell him....well, it's not 1970 anymore and you told me your first house was $17k, my first house was $197,000.....soooo....I dont want to hear it. Grumbles and walks off 😅
If my dad was like this, I'd see it as him showing that he cares for my well-being. ❤ My dad's mad all the time, but not for most of this stuff mentioned in this video. 😅
My dad has been known to roll into gas stations on the last fumes. He's worse than I am about waiting till the last minute to fill up. But oil, yes, he is always harassing me about it 😂 he makes me check it myself, though, so I at least have time to top it up before he finds out I've been slacking 👀
My Dad’s go to was getting so pissed when I’d come home from college on the weekends and bring all my clothes to do laundry at the house. He would say “K-Boy, I swear to God I’m gonna install a quarter machine on the washer and dryer like the laundry mat. I could retire off how much laundry you do”. The funny thing is, he was paying the majority of my bills in college so he was paying for laundry either way, no matter where I did it. I guess he was just angry about paying for college and was voicing it, hahaha. Cracks me up when I think about it.
The "cash" one is me completely. Everyday I would ask my son, "How much cash do you have on you?". His response was always, "I don't know". I would say "How do you not know?" "Count it right now" "You should ALWAYS KNOW how much cash you have" etc.. Then I would take his misc. bills and give him a $20. Thanks for the laughs and GOD Bless.
Yep…got a kid going to college and potentially med school 100% free from scholarships and another going to be just as successful. Proud as hell of both of them. But, I’ll never tell those dumbasses that.
My Dad is a rancher, he has 3 toolboxes in the bed of his "pasture truck". They all look like complete chaos but when you're helping fix fence, you better know exactly where everything is. And exactly where to put it back, down to having the wire rolled up exactly like he had it 😂😂
My dad was a firm believer in the "safety squints" until i had to drive him to the ER (with a learners permit) to get a hunk of wood out of his eye. Now, he hands safety glasses out like candy😂
As a Dad, the “what?” after saying something while looking straight into my son or daughter’s eyes blows my mind. I have to take a walk outside when I get the “what “ answer.
Oh great, I sounded like a grumpy dad the other day at khoury league practice when I complained about the kids wearing those metal face masks. "When I was younger getting hit in the face once taught ya to catch better." -me a 35 year old mom.
I grew up in Flint during the late forties/early fifties where nearly every conversation between men, in general, started with some kind of 'car inquiry'. If the men have already met, it might start with, "How's she runnin'?" If you got a new car? "What kinda mileage you get?" If the car made a funny sound while pulling up in the yard....."Sounds to me like you gotta problem with......... Lemme take a looksee." "You drove all the way here from the U.P.? What kinda time you make?" And don't even get me started about which auto manufacturer made the best or the worst cars. Families could have feuds over whether or not one of the adult kids was considering buying a Ford. Or a Buick.
for my dad it was recycling paper and cardboard. I know at first it sounds crazy but at the time our house had electrical heating when rates were through the roof so he saved any and all burnable items for the fireplaces. sad note: he once had the one in our room going so much it killed my sister's hamster of heat stroke.
As someone who often scoffs at safety precautions, hates going cashless, gets pissed off when I have to repeat myself, gets annoyed by my husband’s gas tank always being low and hates not having a plan … I guess I’m a Midwestern dad despite being a mom in my 30s.
Oh the plan thing almost set me off and you were just talking about it. (Dad here), and yes gas must be kept at a sufficient lvl in the tank, it's what cools the fuel pump. The 10 dollars in gas is cheaper than a fuel pump.
Eveything was so spot on. Except for safety. Omg my dad would lose his mind if you didn't have safety goggles on at all times, or if you talk low in public and he can't hear you. I will say though, Pop is my hero, the shit he was anal about was actually helpful. Love ya, Dad.
When my dads pissed off i tell him its better too be pissed off than pissed on and then he usually laughs and snaps outta it lol
Depends on who is doing the pissing.
That’s a good one
A classic
Ima remember that one 😂
Yep. Use a Dad joke against them and it’s their kryptonite.
hold the flashlight straight
And keep it on what I'm working on, why is the light on the alternator am I working on the alternator right now
Spent many hours holding the flashlight in the winter while he checked something on his car. Golden moments. I didn't actually freeze to death just thought that I might.
Holy crap,I always thought my pops was the only one that did this.
for real. hold the dang light where i can see, you don't need to see.
Ooooof, that one hit close to home.
Real story about my dad.
We had a small tree fall over in our yard once from some strong storm winds and poorly being rooted in some rocky and clay soil. So we rented a wood chipper and mulched it all up.
This was in autumn, maybe around September or October many years ago. So he was out wearing the flannel over his shirt. Pack of red Marlboro's in the flannel pocket.
Well, a branch snagged around the jacket and began to pull him in toward the chipper. I grabbed him around the waist and pulled back. He and I both rolled away from the chipper, and it tore and took his flannel with it.
(The reason why I didn't just run over to shut the chipper off was because 1. I was closer to him than the chipper and 2. The chipper was on the opposite side of a chain link fence in the driveway behind our back yard. So I'd have to either scale the fence or run around to the gate. Either way, it was easier to get to him first)
After we got our footing from the excitement, I asked him if he was okay. He said, and I damn near quote him on this:
"No, the fucker took my smokes!"
Miss you, Dad. RIP (2009; pancreatic cancer)
Sorry about your dad.😢 Great story 😂
My dad passed 2 years later 2011 cerosis of the liver. It doesn’t get easier.
Thought for sure you were going to bring up touching the thermostat 🤣
Especially considering it was the thumbnail, LOL. That gets me so frustrated, more than my kids though, are guests who have the sac to touch it. Next time get a hotel if you don't like my climate, haha!
This is only part 1. It will take a whole series just to scratch the surface of this topic. Looking forward to parts 2-17
Dad heated with wood most of the winter so the furnace was left at a baseline 62. To turn up the heat all you had to do was open up the air vent on the stove a bit, and maybe throw a little wood on the fire. I learned not to complain if the house was chilly (it hardly ever was) as I'd be the one going out to the woodshed to get more wood. :)
@@brianboehmer43 I’d be down for that!
He trolled us with that Thumbnail. Ha. Thought the same thing too.
The anger is necessary. I have three teens. It is necessary. 😂
My old man was born to give lectures. Circular lectures. Ones that lead back to the first point he made an hour ago that he has now since forgotten that will undoubtedly lead him through the rest of the points he's already made. Any mention of this will result in further lectures.
Id rather hear a lecture than do the job tbh
I’ve been dealing with that for 42 years. It’s usually accompanied by what a failure I am. You have my compassionate sympathies.
This is hilarious!!
Leave a light on in a room you are not in.
Mines kinda the opposite, has to have every light on!
yup, "turn something off. this electric meter is spinning like a top!"
When you leave a light on it’s the end of the world but when pops does it “oh i forgot”
And frequently I'd hear the phrase, "if you paid attention, you might learn something."
solid life advice for just about anything.
Using his stuff and not putting it back was a pretty effective way to send my old man over the edge
I can certainly relate to this one.
If it's not put back where it belongs, it's as good as gone forever. Even if it's only one drawer wrong in the toolbox.
As a dad, yes. This. 😂
100%
Every time
"Dad's don't love danger, they just hate safety." CLASSIC!
Love the classic Midwest split-level house. Shot right there in the kitchen/dining room
This was so spot on! Lol. My dad did most of these things, and I used to roll my eyes. But now that he's been gone for 12 years, I'd give anything to have him back doing this stuff. ❤
Midwest dads are so chill, my dad would be pissed over the smallest things. Like my existence.
“Booking flights 2 years in advance” 😆
My dad not being able to find a pen would send him into an endless rant about how he's going to buy every pen in the "god damn" store next time, etc. lol
Can confirm on the gas. So many times, I'd let him borrow my trucker and I'd get it back full. Felt so good to get free gas. Now with these gas prices, I wish he'd still do that 🤣
This feels like You Betcha made a trip home recently…
2:55 yes!!! My dad was a project manager and a communications major back in school… enough said right there 😂
You are a funny bastard. I am a dad of 4 and you are spot on!❤
Growing up is real life Inception.
I despised my dad when I was growing up, and he also did not have a favorable opinion about me. Now that I'm in my early 30's, I realize that my dad didn't like that I had not turned into him yet, and I didn't like my dad because I had not turned into him yet.
Now, we sit on the back patio on my property, drink a couple of beers, and stare at the corn field.
Nailed it
U got a gpa to sit back there with ya?
The irony is that I wasn't paying attention so I had to rewind and listen to Miles talk about the cash thing again lol
Yup this is accurate af all these things are things my dad does 😂😂😂
I worked as the facilities and ropes director at a camp. I was the oldest staff member (by a lot) and felt like the camp dad. I would wander around in cargo pants and new balance shoes turning off the lights and muttering about the power bill. I was trying out for The Walking Dad. I felt a great disturbance in the force every time someone touched the thermostat.
I love when the card machine doesn't work, having the cash, but they don't have change. WTF!
68 degrees was for 3 rooms on the first floor. The upstairs where we slept wasn't heated even at 30 below.
Oh boy do I remember that. We had central heating but dad loved to heat with the woodstove in the living room. It would be in the 70's downstairs but upstairs where my bedroom was could get a bit nippy. The furnace would kick in at 62. But the thermostat was downstairs and it was well above 62 there pretty much all night. There were plenty of mornings where I had a pretty thick layer of ice on the water glass I'd brought up the night before.
As an adult I’ve slept in a room so cold I saw my breath
I gave my kids the rooms by the woodstove
That’s why they made blankets and longjohns. You will be sleeping. You won’t feel the cold.
Yeah, I could see my breath in the winter.
Don't replace an empty roll of toilet paper.
Dad's gonna check the dipstick so he knows whether or not to chew out the "DIPSTICK" 😤
This is my dad and my husband🤣🤣
leaving 1 sec on the microwave. always gets me and my dad. 1.) it messes up the clock, all dads must know what time it is in every room and 2.) wasted energy to hit cancel and put in the right time.
The light blinks incessantly, like it's on life support.
The dad segments are the best ones
My dad wasn't the hot tempered one of my parents. But as a teenager I do remember some incidents ... like when I loaded his gun with the wrong size shells and he had to pry them all out. Luckily I didn't fire it. And when I poured hamburger grease down the sink, and it got solid and clogged the sink. And once I got home late and tried to climb through the window. Dad met me with a gun, since he thought I was a burglar. And of course it's impossible to hold the flashlight right for any man working under a hood or a sink.
My dad blames me for losing tools to this day. Even the ones he’s lost in the 13 years I’ve been in another state
Oohhh I can’t stand repeating myself lmao I felt that one idk why but I go from 0-100 super quick
I'm sure there were plenty of times dad was pretty frustrated with me but he never once got mad or lost his temper. Sure do miss him.
And behind every angry midwestern dad is an even angrier midwestern mom. ❤😂
Missed the most important one about the thermostat. It’s never to be touched. Dad always knows the correct temperature.
My grandpa believed it was cheaper keeping the top half of the gas tank full.
Lookin' slim, dude!
Yeah he is, damn . That's definitely not how a dad looks let alone a Midwest dad lol. Looking good
thank you for a reminder to check my oil...
Dont mess with the thermostat!
My dad check my sisters and my cars tags and inspection stickers. And tires. He will call you weekly to bug you about it. He was hard of hearing but could hear you touch the thermostat 3 rooms away. And he heard when my mom whispered how much my wedding gown cost to me two rooms away. He pretty much had supersonic hearing anytime money was discussed. He’s 85 and I love that man so much.
Oh my God! This sounds just like me!!!😂😂😂
Don't touch the thermostat!
leave the frig door even slightly open.
Why leave it open in the least???
Your dad's right to get pissed off by that, what a waste of food and electricity.
Not gonna lie, now that I’m a Dad…Getting pissed off is pretty damn fun… AND THAT really pisses me off! 😀
I get the having cash thing, those sh#t card readers F up enough to carry some. Fun video!
Never check your oil when the engine is still hot.
And never check your tires psi right after driving on them
My favorite is when my dad complains about buying anything that costs more than $20 and I tell him....well, it's not 1970 anymore and you told me your first house was $17k, my first house was $197,000.....soooo....I dont want to hear it. Grumbles and walks off 😅
If my dad was like this, I'd see it as him showing that he cares for my well-being. ❤
My dad's mad all the time, but not for most of this stuff mentioned in this video. 😅
The ending was perfect!
My dad has been known to roll into gas stations on the last fumes. He's worse than I am about waiting till the last minute to fill up. But oil, yes, he is always harassing me about it 😂 he makes me check it myself, though, so I at least have time to top it up before he finds out I've been slacking 👀
My Dad’s go to was getting so pissed when I’d come home from college on the weekends and bring all my clothes to do laundry at the house. He would say “K-Boy, I swear to God I’m gonna install a quarter machine on the washer and dryer like the laundry mat. I could retire off how much laundry you do”. The funny thing is, he was paying the majority of my bills in college so he was paying for laundry either way, no matter where I did it. I guess he was just angry about paying for college and was voicing it, hahaha. Cracks me up when I think about it.
The "cash" one is me completely. Everyday I would ask my son, "How much cash do you have on you?". His response was always, "I don't know". I would say "How do you not know?" "Count it right now" "You should ALWAYS KNOW how much cash you have" etc.. Then I would take his misc. bills and give him a $20. Thanks for the laughs and GOD Bless.
🤣🤣 perfect for Xmas 2024. The only thing you missed was the importance of tire pressure in the winter✔️. It IS IMPORTANT
Dads get mad when you do a target commercial as well
Idk why I’m watching this as I will never need it, but good video!
My dad told me he was proud of me once. He was drunk and me and my sister still talk about it 😆
Yep…got a kid going to college and potentially med school 100% free from scholarships and another going to be just as successful. Proud as hell of both of them. But, I’ll never tell those dumbasses that.
My Dad is a rancher, he has 3 toolboxes in the bed of his "pasture truck". They all look like complete chaos but when you're helping fix fence, you better know exactly where everything is. And exactly where to put it back, down to having the wire rolled up exactly like he had it 😂😂
Lookin' good, Myles! Keep on movin'!
He could be saying “ happy birthday my only son “ me - what ? And here’s the lecture on how I’m not doing anything with my life 😂😂
Me: *Turns up the thermostat by a degree from 68*
Dad: *the second he comes home from work* who turned up the heat??
I didn't see that so much in my dad, as I do in my husband becoming his father.
My dad was a firm believer in the "safety squints" until i had to drive him to the ER (with a learners permit) to get a hunk of wood out of his eye. Now, he hands safety glasses out like candy😂
Nailed it....
grandpa taught me alot, im sorry for the children. and "thy* shall inherit".
Angry mom is way more terrifying
Especially if she’s quiet
THATS the stuff of horror movies
As a Dad, the “what?” after saying something while looking straight into my son or daughter’s eyes blows my mind. I have to take a walk outside when I get the “what “ answer.
Oh don't forget getting somewhere "on time" and not 45 minutes early.
The fear turns into anger into hate and then suffering
Can confirm the one about going "What?" after my dad says something to me. My parents have had many arguments over me doing that
Don't touch the thermostat!!!
#1 lol I make sure that my truck is in pristine condition when I know I’m going to see my dad.
Why is the safety squint so universal? 😂
I’m not an angry guy. The world is just constantly giving me good reason to be angry, every day
This was hilarious. 😂
A dad's time IS his most precious commodity. He's running out and it this ... Inconvenience can't be changed.
Yeah mine didnt do any of that except be in a bad mood all the time. We're cool now but it was rough growing up.
SPOT ON!
Dad “WHERE’S THE beep beepin REMOTE?!” *stands up while yelling. Looks down and see’s he has been sitting on it* “Never mind…”
Spot on Miles!
I usually repeat back what my dad said and write it down if it's complicated to make sure I do it like he said
I'm 37 years old & I agree with all of this.
Oh great, I sounded like a grumpy dad the other day at khoury league practice when I complained about the kids wearing those metal face masks. "When I was younger getting hit in the face once taught ya to catch better."
-me a 35 year old mom.
I grew up in Flint during the late forties/early fifties where nearly every conversation between men, in general, started with some kind of 'car inquiry'. If the men have already met, it might start with, "How's she runnin'?" If you got a new car? "What kinda mileage you get?" If the car made a funny sound while pulling up in the yard....."Sounds to me like you gotta problem with......... Lemme take a looksee." "You drove all the way here from the U.P.? What kinda time you make?" And don't even get me started about which auto manufacturer made the best or the worst cars. Families could have feuds over whether or not one of the adult kids was considering buying a Ford. Or a Buick.
He just described my dad 😭
When my dad is pissed off... wait, I don't have a dad.
Not turning off the damn lights
My dads dead so I have nothing to worry about but good pointers for my toddler he’s about to grow up with a “real”dad 😂
This is very much my dad!
for my dad it was recycling paper and cardboard. I know at first it sounds crazy but at the time our house had electrical heating when rates were through the roof so he saved any and all burnable items for the fireplaces. sad note: he once had the one in our room going so much it killed my sister's hamster of heat stroke.
As someone who often scoffs at safety precautions, hates going cashless, gets pissed off when I have to repeat myself, gets annoyed by my husband’s gas tank always being low and hates not having a plan … I guess I’m a Midwestern dad despite being a mom in my 30s.
Guess I grew up in a different household. I’m not scared of pissed off dad. I am however, terrified of pissed off mom
Oh the plan thing almost set me off and you were just talking about it. (Dad here), and yes gas must be kept at a sufficient lvl in the tank, it's what cools the fuel pump. The 10 dollars in gas is cheaper than a fuel pump.
Anyone else thinking of their dad at first and realize they (I) do about half of these. Time marches on.
Not gonna lie, very disappointed flashlight holding and thermostat wasn't mentioned.
Eveything was so spot on. Except for safety. Omg my dad would lose his mind if you didn't have safety goggles on at all times, or if you talk low in public and he can't hear you. I will say though, Pop is my hero, the shit he was anal about was actually helpful. Love ya, Dad.
Personal attack vid 😂
not having the lawn cut before he got home from work was an oopsies
You nailed it!
Pissed off dad isn’t nearly as scary as pissed off mom.