Monday Kickstart: Father Knows Best

Don't try to prank your old man. He's seen it all and done it all. And he's done it better.



You ain't ready to run things just yet, young Skywalker. You know who is ready to run things? Carol Seleme Daniel:

Yup. I'll do anything she commands. Let's go.

FLOTUS Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

Here's an excerpt from my phone conversation with my old man today.

Dad: "So long as [President Obama] doesn't do anything stupid before election day, like beat on Michelle, he should be okay."

Me: "Well, yeah, he'd have other things to worry about..."

Dad: "He'd have to deal with me. I'd have to go up to Washington and teach him some manners."

Me: "I don't even think you'd have to—Michelle can handle herself. If he slapped her around, he'd be on a cart being pulled up Pennsylvania Ave LONG before the election."

Dad: "A woman that we walk with at the track told me, 'Michelle Obama isn't attractive.' I said, 'Hater.'"


(For the record, that's a 75-year-old man calling someone a "hater." Don't ever wonder where I get it from.)