The Random Yak

Working on getting back into the blogging habit – it’s amazing how fast your skills deteriorate when you go idle for a while.  At any rate, though I promised not to turn this into the official “My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad Blog,” having to come up with 13 items on short notice did turn me in that direction.  Particularly since The Random Father very much wanted to see such a post during his lifetime, and I never had the opportunity to make good on the promise.

Therefore, instead of working my way through jellybeans or film scores, you get:

Thursday 13 Most Frequently Used Sayings From the Random Father

1.  Use Good Judgment.  (During my high school years, often interspersed with the popular variant: “Was that Good Judgment?”)

2.  Laugh it up, Fuzzball.  (Han Solo said it first, but The Random Father said it more.)

3.  I’ll be the judge of that.  (Generally offered in response to statements like, “I finished weeding the rose bed.”)

4.  Speak to me (as you often do).

5.  Don’t wig your brother.

6.  Do you want to play?  (Translation: Are you really stupid enough to think you can beat me in the courtroom?  I’m willing to prove you wrong.)

7.  Be the solution, not part of the problem.  (Yes, he omitted “part of” from the solution.  He believed – and in many cases proved – one person could make a difference.)

8.  Don’t be afraid to try a case.  (The larger principle – that if you have the courage to see a matter through to the end, you may not have to do so – applies far beyond the courtroom.)

9.  You can get people to do many things if you ask nicely.  (If that doesn’t work, refer to lesson #8.)

10.  Keep your sense of humor.

11.  Are you going to play, or are you going to whine about it?  (Note: This one actually does relate to sports rather than law practice, but despite the deceptive sentence structure, it doesn’t actually represent a choice.)

12.  Don’t throw like a girl.

13.  This is not a Grecian Tragedy.  Tears are not necessary.  (Applied, with equal effect, to everything from bruised knees to things most would probably consider real Grecian Tragedies.  In any event, it got us through.)

Take em home, use em with your kids.

I know I do.

Trackposted to Blue Star Chronicles, Pirate’s Cove, Rosemary’s Thoughts, Woman Honor Thyself, and Adam’s Blog, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.