There are so many, many funny times with my daddy, mostly because he just did not understand some of the newer "phenoms" of the times. He would actually "beat it to a pulp" when he got his hands on something funny, (and annoying), such as the "hashtag" that is now popular. Last summer, he asked what a hashtag meant, so I explained to him. After that, he just walked around and "hashtagged" every single thing he said. When I was watching my favorite movie, he hated to watch it with me because I would just mouth the words with the characters. So in response, he just said "#my #big #fat #greek #wedding!" My response was always a stare followed by a headsmack saying "That's not how this works... that's not how any of this works!" But he found himself funny, as almost everyone did. 

Dad always loved music, and Bruce was his man. One day in the car with my brothers, we had the radio on and the song Moves Like Jagger came on. Naturally, he starts singing and when he gets to the chorus, he says "you got to remove the dagger, remove the dagger, remoooooovveee the dagger." Again, my brothers and I just stared at him and headsmacked.

"Dad, that's not the words." 

"Yeah it is, remove the dagger!" 

"No dad, it's 'moves like Jagger'"

"Well, that doesn't make ANY sense!"

"Yes it does Dad, THOSE ARE THE WORDS!" 

"Well, I'm just going to sing 'remove the dagger' anyway."

And sure enough... he did. 

When my parents adopted my cat Lily for my birthday this year, my dad needed some convincing. He loved the little thing, but she was trying to acclimate herself to her new home, and having some difficulty. One night, I found her under the couch, crawling into a hole in the bottom lining. When my parents came home, Anthony and I were holding the couch up trying to get Lily out of it. When Alex finally just stuck his head in and pulled her out, I grabbed her and starting scolding. 

"Lilyana Fiume, we don't climb into couches!"

Dad: "Lyss, I don't think yelling at her is going to help now." 

"Dad, she has to learn that she can't do that." 

Dad: "But she's not going to understand you." 

"Really? And how do you know that? Were you a cat in your previous life?"

Dad: "YEP!" -- #fredwasacat.