# "Best dad anybody could ever had" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452 "2004-03-15T16:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/1 "2004-03-15T16:41:30Z")
Serafino Wesson, the teenaged son of Marcus Wesson, who was recently arrested for killing nine of his other children, described his father as “the best dad anybody could ever have.” I don’t know. Maybe my standards are different. But I’d have to rank Marcus Wesson as “average” at best. That “unsatisfactory” rating in the “killing your own children” category really dragged down his overall score. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/2 "2004-03-15T22:56:16Z")
If it is the one I think it is, I thought he had fathered some of his grandchildren by his own daughters. So you can’t say he wasn’t an involved father. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/3 "2004-03-15T23:50:12Z")
I see your point. But, under the circumstances, maybe we can cut Serafino a little slack. It’s probably been a trying couple of days. But the next time I say something really stupid, I am going to use this quote to reassure myself. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/4 "2004-03-16T00:00:27Z")
They can’t all be Cliff Huxtable. ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/5 "2004-03-16T00:45:33Z")
This is a good article to clip. That way, next time your child calls you “the meanest mom/dad in the world” you can say, “oh, yeah?” ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/6 "2004-03-16T01:34:50Z")
Would it be too much trouble to ask for a link? :::: shudders at the thoughts:::::: … he had fathered some of his grandchildren by his own daughters …who was recently arrested for killing nine of his other children WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/7 "2004-03-16T01:47:31Z")
[If you insist.](http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,240471,00.html) I rather doubt he has too many “World’s Best Dad” plastic trophies on his mantelpiece. It might just be me. But I doubt it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/8 "2004-03-16T02:18:49Z")
Thanks for the link **Shodan**. It’s very sad when people would rather see thier kids dead than with the other parent. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/9 "2004-03-16T04:49:14Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Serafino Wesson, the teenaged son of Marcus Wesson, who was recently arrested for killing nine of his other children, described his father as “the best dad anybody could ever have.” > > I don’t know. Maybe my standards are different. But I’d have to rank Marcus Wesson as “average” at best. That “unsatisfactory” rating in the “killing your own children” category really dragged down his overall score. Wow, this is the most horrible thing I’ve ever laughed my ass off about, I think. I mean, I sounded like a friggin’ lunatic. A+, sir or madam, A+. Truly a top-drawer post, this. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/10 "2004-03-16T05:26:53Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [If you insist.](http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,240471,00.html) I rather doubt he has too many “World’s Best Dad” plastic trophies on his mantelpiece. Nah, they’re not plastic… [sub]I know, I’m going to hell, but since that’s a given I might as well have some fun.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/11 "2004-03-16T05:57:19Z")
Why would the kid be upset? His inheritance has just grown by a factor of nine… Sorry, sorry, some things are just so very icky that you can’t help but joke about them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dad-anybody-could-ever-had/234452/12 "2004-03-16T16:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow, this is the most horrible thing I’ve ever laughed my ass off about, I think. You should see some of the things I think of but decide are too offensive to post.