A Sacrifice I Will Make For My Children

For the next ten years I am going to exclusively listen to jazz and classical music-- no rock or punk-- so that my kids have the opportunity to disparage my lame and antiquated ways, and so that they have something to rebel against . . . you can't really enjoy Black Flag and The Misfits and AC/DC if your dad likes them too.
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8 comments:

  1. ericOctober 29, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    I will never forget the Saturday moring when I awoke to my father listening to Clapton's "Cocaine" and thought I was dreaming.

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  2. zmanOctober 29, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    You should exclusively listen to "One of These Days" over and over and over.

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  3. robOctober 29, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    you realize the boys are on the road to becoming huge lady gaga and justin bieber fans, right? not that there's anything wrong with that.

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  4. TerrenceOctober 29, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    let's just hope they don't do anything too crazy when they do rebel against you...like get a Cult tattoo or something.

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  5. C'est MoiOctober 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    Or cover it up with a Ween one...

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  6. DaveOctober 29, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    good point. maybe it's best if they don't rebel.

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  7. ClarenceOctober 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM

    Kids rebel by doing the exact opposite of their parents, so expect Alex and Ian to be teetotaling, clean-shaven teenagers who hate music and books, love cable television, defer to other people's wisdom, and bathe often.

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  8. DaveOctober 29, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    that's a well crafted sentence there, igor, with a funny (but completely fictional) punch line.

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