Dad, bless him
I'd just moved into my second year house at uni and pops had given me a hand shifting my stuff.

We said hello to my new housemates and their associated folks, and were having a look round the new digs.

"I see there's a Mosque at the end of the garden," said my dad, looking at a vaguely religious building adjacent to the property. Now my dad loves cracking jokes in awkward situations, so this was rapidly followed with: "The bad news is that it's going to be firebombed next week."

In the uncomfortable silence that followed dad just left and went and sat in my new room, alone. At the time I was a bit pissed off with his crudity, but looking back I genuinely feel for him.
( krang, Thu 12 May 2011, 22:54, 1 reply)

Your dad is ace
Never an opportunity missed for a faux pas
(Monchberter Can't go wrong with Doom, Fri 13 May 2011, 23:56, closed)