21 Jul 2010

Father vs. Son: Civil War, or Lonnie’s Karaoke?

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[UPDATE below.]

Most of you won’t care, but a lot of my relatives read this blog. (Or at least, they claim to at holidays when I see them.) Ryan Gosche captured a shot of my dad. I killed with Mack the Knife, then he had to pull out all the stops in his rendition of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” The crowd could not contain their ecstasy. Would it be immodest to say we owned Lonnie’s that night? I think not.

Incidentally, my dad is a musical force to be reckoned with. I’ve sung Neil Diamond karaoke songs, but my dad literally played with him (once) in front of an audience. So I’m not saying my dad could beat up your dad, but I bet he could sing Beatles songs better than your dad.

After my dad was done, one of my Mises Academy students (he can identify himself if he wants, don’t want to get him in trouble with the missus if he said he was in bed by 10pm) came up and said to my mom, “You are a saint, living in the same house with these two hams.” I don’t know what he was talking about.

UPDATE: I know, I know, he looks nothing like me. But really, that’s my dad.

4 Responses to “Father vs. Son: Civil War, or Lonnie’s Karaoke?”

  1. Teqzilla says:
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    wow, your dad looks way tougher and more manly than you. If he hadn’t been so stingy with the genes you could have been the worlds first intimidating economist.

  2. Teqzilla says:
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    He appears to have more hair also.

  3. RG says:
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    “You are a saint, living in the same house with these two hams.” I don’t know what he was talking about.

    I calls ’em likes I sees ’em and your mom didn’t protest.

    Those back 2 back performances were easily the best of the evening (and if you haven’t been to Lonnie’s, it’s all karaoke all the time – in Music City). Your dad literally whipped the crowd into a frenzy, it was quite something.

    I wish I would have had the battery power for video. Those would have made a very nice addition to the karaoke section.

  4. Sideshow Bob Murphy says:
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    I figured it out. He was talking in code.

    Take the first letters of what he said: “You are a saint, living in the same house with these two hams.”

    YAASLITSHWTTH

    It’s an anagram for ” A Hat Why Stilts”

    He was telling your mother that you need to wear a hat, and that there’s no need to wear stilts, Bob.

    LOL. no, i’m just joking.