# Things to do to remember my Dad on Father's Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770 "2016-06-19T14:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/1 "2016-06-19T14:26:51Z")
Toss a frisbee. Make pancakes. Play cribbage. Take a hike. Sail a boat. Tell a corny joke. Go bowling. Build a cupboard. Scratch my back. Drive a station wagon. Love my family. What would you do? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/2 "2016-06-19T14:43:16Z")
Put flowers on his grave. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/3 "2016-06-19T15:24:56Z")
Make sure the bird feeders are full. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/4 "2016-06-19T16:14:49Z")
Well, I’d watch football, but there isn’t any right now. Complain about the government? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/5 "2016-06-19T16:21:52Z")
I helped someone else get a new grill home (I’m the friend with the pickup, and it’s a bit grill) to their husband/dad so \*they \*could have a great father’s day. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/6 "2016-06-20T08:19:11Z")
Every time I make potato omelette it’s Father’s Day. Because he made the best potato omelette in the world. At one point when us kids were all in our teens, he’d make two: one wetter, one dryer, to satisfy different tastes. As our appetites diminished, he started making only one, but he tilted the pan just enough that one end of it would be wetter, one dryer. Every time I DIMyself, it’s Father’s Day. Because one day he came home and couldn’t open the door, and when I opened it for him he said “I’ve been saying I need to change that lock, guess I can’t put it off any more… please take out the toolbox while I change,” and I said “no need,” and handed him the key for the new lock I’d put in place. Because hey, any kind of DYI an accountant can do, a girl ought’a be able to do too! Any day in the year can be Father’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/7 "2016-06-20T16:29:14Z")
Eat ice cream. My dad was crazy about ice cream and ate it almost every day. This cone’s for you, Dad. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-to-remember-my-dad-on-fathers-day/757770/8 "2016-06-20T17:19:52Z")
Yeah, ice cream. And a whole lot of unhealthy food. Gee, maybe I shouldn’t memorialize my dad that way… Let’s see, there were the bourbons and cheese ‘n’ crackers as “cocktail hour” to get ready for the huge steak and mashed potatoes and no veggies, washed down with a bottle of wine, followed by a 10-scoop sundae ([The Kitchen Sink](https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/kitchen-sink-dessert-recipe-at-beaches-and-cream-at-disney%E2%80%99s-beach-club-resort/) was a favorite), then another drink and coffee…with a scoop of ice cream in it! Then off to bed – getting up early to bring a dozen donuts home for the family… We marvel at why dad didn’t weigh 300 lbs. He somehow stayed in shape.