My Father on Father's Day

Ok, so I admit, I tooootally forgot Father's Day until the day itself, when I woke up around 11am, sitting groggily staring at sweetie laptop, and some random person wrote on Facebook on how great his/her dad is etc.

And I go... Oh shittttt! I forgot today is Father's Day. Damn damn damn!! Immediately I googled for funny/interesting/hilarious greetings for Father's Day. Nothing I want. It's all those sweet touching greetings that I would not, I stress, would not send to my dad cos we are just too cool.

Then, I sorta got side-tracked by other stuff you know... like... FYP (yeah right), OM (bullshit), etc that I clean forgot about father's day, again.

Around 2.15pm, I received an sms from my dad, it goes:

Dear Mand,
Good afternoon. I hv been waiting for Fathers Day msg fr u since 12 mid nite. Hv u totally forgotten yr father because deeply indulged in love matters? Lovers can be a lot but father is only 1. I hv even rec'd Fathers' Day msg fr Najib Rajak. Perhaps yr msg is too long and u r still not ready!
Pa
ps: Is yr hp memory full?


I blood ran cold, literally. I was like... Oooooh sheeeeeet! Gotta do damage control quick. So I shot back a super fast text to him:

Haha haha haha haha. I've not forgotten at all. In fact, I've been looking for the perfect message but I haven't come up with one yet. Najib's message is forwarded to everyone, therefore not sincere.


I might just get a lot of shit from the authorities for saying that, but hey, come on, I've got to say I'm more sincere than Najib (who didn't forget about Father's day and I did). It's my dad, not Najib's dad.

After a while, I send another sms to him:

Well aparently, there aren't any funny or interesting quotes or sayings on the web that I could find on father's day. Most probably because father and humour doesn't usually go together. Oh but i did find this from a french proverb, a father is a banker provided by nature. Haha. Happy father's day. May you have many more to come.


And he goes:

Thanx for the proverb. Might be yr home flight account has already found its sponsor! Actually I never believe in Mothers or Father's Day. It's only business gimmicks! Everyday shd be a Mother or Father Day! The sms is only a joke fr Ma n Pa. The main intention is to inform u yr hp memory is full!
Pa

Yaaaa right Pa. Nice one. But you can't pull it off this one.
I know you've been waiting for my sms, as you usually do on your birthday and you would complain if you didn't receive any sms from me on the stroke of midnight. Sorry about that, but ah well...

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. And my dad sure is funny.