In Honor of Father’s Day happening Saturday, we want to wish
all the Dad’s out there a Happy Father’s Day. With that said, we thought it was
appropriate to honor another Classic Dad that I feel partly raised me: Homer
Simpson.
Homer has been fathering Bart, Lisa and Maggie as well as
most of America, if not the world, since 1989. He is a Dad in every sense of
the word: wears the same clothes, rocks the facial hair that stays even when
shaven, and embarrasses his kids at every possible moment—whether intentionally
or not.
Homer speaks his mind and even coined the phrase “D’oh.” Most Dads attempt
to speak slang while Homer creates it. Definitely a Cool Dad.
And with his blue-collar nature of drinking and eating donuts and pork chops,
every Dad aspires to be him. Homer is definitely worthy of the Father of the
Year award he won in 2008.
When Homer isn’t scarfing down food or doing the bare
minimum at his job, he is offering Dad advice to Bart and Lisa that is wise
beyond their years. Some of his gems have included
“Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just
go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.”
or
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.”
or
“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.”
It is through this wisdom that not only Bart and Lisa learn,
but we all learn how to approach things in life.
Lastly, Homer has participated in many rites of passage as a
Dad: from doing a recreational
softball league (with the likes of Ken Griffey Jr and Jose Canseco), coaching little league,
and using power
tools to fix things. But the thing we love most about Homer as we love in
all our Dads is that they never stop caring and trying to impress us.
So Happy Father’s Day to Homer and to all the Dads out
there. We wish you a Sunday of beers, comfortable walking shoes, and watching
the US Open from the couch.
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