It's what made this country great.
The Mrs. watched Glee last night, which means that I watched Glee last night. It's a very good thing indeed that I don't have a pretty 17 year old daughter singing Paradise By he Dashboard Light.
It would not have ended well. Just sayin'.
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It's funny how my attitude about that song changed between then and now. Raising two daughters leaves permanent marks. (Although we were lucky - the girls both found good guys to pair up with.)
LOL, ain't THAT the truth! :-) 2 daughters here too...
I keep one of my old double barrel shotguns on the fireplace mantel...for that day.
We had that episode on (I was out of the sight line, but within earshot). The other thing that comes to mind is that the girl singing the song is no Ellen Foley.
Perhaps the takeaway lesson is: Not all songs about 17-year-olds should be performed by 17-year-olds. For a number of reasons.
"If you kill the first one word will spread"
Best Meatloaf song evah! EVAH, I say!
Now must go to Youtube and listen.
That's an excellent point, Stretch. Heck, word will spread even if the first one just disappears right before you plant your garden.
Cue: "Cleaning this Gun" by Rodney Atkins!
They had a GREAT chance to do a counterpoint....But it is Glee, the modern medias indoctrination into all that is wrong with modern morals.
I was always told the shotgun wasn't to keep the boys away; it was to make sure he kept her.
Q
It's dual purpose.
Heh - I only raised a couple of boys, but my #1 son just had a daughter and our first grandchild. He tells me a another guy with a baby girl walks up to him in a store and says, "welcome to the NRA - in about 15 years".
A good laugh was had by all.
I have NEVER liked this song. But that is mostly to do with Jim Steinman, songwriter, who never met a cliche he couldn't fit to some bombastic major chords and a screaming lead singer. Hell, he even did it to AIR SUPPLY. How is that even possible? That's like Mother Teresa, Ninja Warlord.
I have 12 daughters. OK, only two of them actually belong to me. The other 10 are on the volleyball team I coach. The 10 often complain that having me around is like being stuck with a second Dad. Their fathers and I just laugh and congratulate each other on doing a good job.
When my oldest daughter started dating her boyfriend came out to watch her shoot at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. He was fairly impressed with how well she shot. I didn't think he had paid any attention to me or the other shooters there that day.
A year later I had a couple guys show up at a volleyball practice to see their girl friends. I stopped them inside the door and told them that boyfriends weren't allowed at our practices. When one of them got a little snippy with me, his girlfriend ran over to intervene and when she called me by name - one of the boys stopped his friend and said "That's the guy from the shooting match that Kevin told us about - his girlfriends Dad..." The kid stopped and asked me "Do you shoot?" I nodded. He asked "Really fast and you don't miss often?" I glared at him and said "It depends on how pissed off I am."
They both left.
His girlfriend laughed, patted me on arm and said "That's funny coach, they acted like they were afraid of you." and ran back out onto the court.
I don't know what kind of reputation I got among the guys in town from that shooting match, but if they are scared enough of me to stay calm and respectful - good. But I wonder what they must of thought about the 7 or 8 guys that out shot me at that match?
That my daughter's friends knew I made knives(big, sharp ones) and shot guns and such seemed to have helped keep some things under control.
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