Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day 父親節快樂

Wife: Today is Father's Day, I'll take the kids out so you'll have the whole day to yourself; you can go on-line, play video games and you can throw your underwear and socks on the floor and I won't get mad ----
Daughter: I'll tell him about my boy friend tomorrow ---
Boy: I'll show him my report card tomorrow ---

Father's Day is a celebration of fathers inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, special dinners to fathers, and family-oriented activities.

The first observance of Father's Day actually took place in Fairmont, West Virginia on July 5, 1908. It was organized by Mrs. Grace Golden Clayton, who wanted to celebrate the lives of the 210 fathers who had been lost in the Monongah Mining disaster several months earlier in Monongah, West Virginia, on December 6, 1907. It's possible that Clayton was influenced by the first celebration of Mother's Day that same year, just a few miles away. Clayton chose the Sunday nearest to the birthday of her recently deceased father.
Excerpt from Wikipedia, for complete texts, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_Day

父親節是一年中特別感謝父親的節日,約始於二十世紀初。每個國家的父親節日期都不盡相同,也有各種的慶祝方式,大部分都與贈送禮物、家族聚餐或活動有關。世界上有52個國家和地區是在每年6月的第三個星期日慶祝父親節。台灣的父親節是每年的8月8日。

2 comments:

  1. Hi, Dick, it is a very interesting cartoon. I enjoy it very much. Thank you for making us happy.
    Terry

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  2. Thank you to all the good comments on my blog.

    Do you know there is a tie for the recipients of Father of the Year award? They are Arnold, the Govenator of California and John, former Presidential candidate.

    Just kidding, Happy Father’s Day to them too.

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