You know, out of all my five children, my oldest son is the one I spent the most time in conversation with while he was growing up. Moreover, he really seemed to enjoy listening to me talk about everything from philosophy to science to music to fiction. Hell, I don’t like to brag, but I do think that all that time we spent together has played a significant role in his becoming the well adjusted, fully mature husband and father he is today.
Anyway, I got a copy of a video he made after some fairly bad storms blew through our area last weekend, and, remembering our talks about what I had learned during my time as an Air Force Weather Observer, I couldn’t wait to see how much of it he remembered.
So here it is, my son making his old dad proud! 
Somehow, the word “pride” doesn’t adequately describe what I’m feeling… 
Apparently, there were “other influences” that managed to slip past my guard… 
You know, when they talked about it taking a village to raise a child,
they forgot to advise us on the quality of the village…
I think I’ll be going now… 
I want ice water.
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haha, sat here wondering as well what on earth was going on until I saw the rest of the videos… super.
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Thanks my friend. I try, but my son is the real cut up of the family! 😀
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ROFL. You really hadn’t seen the original double rainbow video before? Your son is a hoot!!
BTW, with your penchant for musical videos, you might want to add this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyq4ZGMRV7A&feature=autoplay&list=PL1AB70743A38B045F&lf=player_embedded&playnext=1
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Thanks PT! I remembered seeing it only after he reminded me of it – when I was just about to publish this post without mentioning it. That’s why I added the playlist at the end, which includes that Spongbob video! 😀
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Ha! I finally made the connection, too, when watching the second video. Can you believe it? 33 million hits on that second vid.
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You know, I feared that my failure to remember such a “news worthy” event was another sign of my impending senility. I felt a lot better (I think?), when my son had to remind all his friends on Facebook about it too. 😀
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Oh I ROLFed so hard , Siri told me to STFU. That was friggin hilarious. You should be proud, I watched it twice.
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Oh I am Loon, but my PC must be from the same silicon pool as your Siri – right after I posted this, it had a tantrum and refused to run for more than 5 minutes at a time. I ended up being sent to bed for a time out! 😯
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Your son has super powers!!!
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He must. He even “sensed” that something was wrong when I dropped out of the Facebook comment stream and called me later that night! 😯
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Good Cthulhu, that guy in the second video! I’ve got my headphones plugged in ‘cos my speakers are busted, and boy am I glad I took them off before playing that!
Satirically or not, your son wants to watch out asking “What does it mean?” about aerial phenomena on Youtube. Before you know it the chemtrail theorists and assorted other nuts will be out in full force.
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If I understand what you mean by “that guy in the second video” (which is actually a playlist containing THREE videos, that’s the guy my son was making fun of in his (the first) video. Hell, he’d probably welcome an onslaught from the lunatic fringe as more fuel for the mockery bonfire! 😀
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It was hilarious.So much fun. 😀
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Thanks Cool. I’m so glad! 😀
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Rincewind hit the nail on the head for me …thus the joke was on me. 🙂 Well done.
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Wonderful, another fly caught in my magical web of Eee-Ville! 🙄
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Hilarious! You must be beside yourself with pride. 😉
Double fucking rainbow, all the way!
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Oh I am, and I’m also trying to pry open that box of things his wife thought was just plain too crazy to post! 😀
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I had not seen the double rainbow sponge bob thing before..or the other one. from
u-tube…but ………..after watching the second one and the Sponge Bob clip I HAD to go back and watch the FIRST one again…………..so funny……..I loved it……I can see where his sence of humor comes from!!!! great post. As they say…the apple does not fall far from the tree.. GREAT JOB MAK!
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Funny how you’re first to make the apple and tree reference Rosie. But compared to him, I’m actually the clamped down, repressed one! It takes me hours of sweating the details to make my humor seem anything like spontaneous, while it literally exudes from him! 😀
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The genes are there…………….yours may be walmart’s and his may be Levi’s….but genes are genes.:-) LOL
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What a perfect analogy! 😀
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What does it mean . . . wow . . . fruit smoothies for everyone . . .
Your son may not have used all of that weather observation jargon that you taught him, but I think that he captured your essence perfectly. It’s just a toss-up as to whether his is better than Sponge Bob’s . . .
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We humans are so hard pressed to compete with cartoons. I’m sure my son would be most appreciative of the comparison – to SpongeBob, not necessarilly to me! 😉
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