Twitter user @kane shared a compilation of heartwarming anecdotes of his dad, whom he described as “basically an Asian Ron Swanson,” for Father’s Day.
In the Twitter thread, Kane explained that growing up, their father, who is a trained military scout, would insist that they learn how to use paper maps and memorize routes while traveling instead of getting a GPS in their car.
When it comes to food, Kane said that whenever they visit an aquarium, their dad would go to the fish he had already eaten or planned to eat.
3/ When we visited aquariums, my dad liked to visit the fish he had eaten or aspired to eat.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
During the winter in what he calls a “very cold part of New York state,” his dad turned their garage into a large meat locker where he would hang up meat.
4/ We grew up in a very cold part of New York state. During winters, he would turn the garage into a meat locker and hang up meat. We had to make sure not to hit them with the cars.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
5/ Related to meat and cooking, my dad thinks different kinds of kitchen knives are a scam by Big Cutlery.
He uses one huge cleaver, which he keeps honed to a razor edge, to do all his cooking.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
Kane then went on to describe his father’s love for dim sum. He would wait by the kitchen door to intercept the food cart as it came out.
6/ On the rare occasions we would eat out, my dad really liked dim sum. He had little patience for the carts and would stand by the door to the kitchen to intercept food as it came out.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
His dad also wandered into a frat party after hearing that they often serve free beer.
7/ My dad really likes light beer. When my sister was graduating from BU, my dad heard that frat parties served free beer. So he wandered into one and helped himself to beer. I hear that the brothers were too bemused to kick him out so he had a few beers and left.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
Kane’s dad’s favorite pastime during the summer involves squatting on the deck, smoking, drinking light beer and eating peanuts.
8/ One of my dad’s favorite summer time activities is squatting on the deck, smoking, drinking light beer, eating peanuts, and feeding peanuts to blue jays.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
He would also feed peanuts to blue jays, which became a little problematic.
9/ The neighborhood blue jays started frequenting our house, which my dad liked.
Blue jays are known to be assholes. When my dad was on biz trips, his entourage of blue jays would attack our house and caw at 6 AM until someone went out to feed them peanuts.
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
Probably his most Ron Swanson (a character played by Nick Offerman in the hit series “Parks and Recreation”) moment was when he said that working for the government after years in the private sector was like retirement.
10/ My dad is an engineer for the fed gov and was an emergency responder at Ground Zero and Hurrican Sandy.
But he chose to work in gov after years of private sector because “it’s basically like retirement, you don’t really do anything” (see? Ron Swanson)
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
11/ When my dad had to plan a family trip he took us to… the Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station.
Standing on the shore, he turned to me unprompted and said “if you ever have to work for the government, work for a utility – they generate their own revenue”
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
Kane’s dad also likes to explain military vehicles to his children when they take trips to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.
12/ My dad’s other favorite family trip was taking me and my little sister to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station and explaining military vehicles to us. pic.twitter.com/jmdqyuJBf3
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
His dad was flabbergasted after learning that the Rolex he once bought decades ago is considered “hip” today.
13/ My dad bought a Rolex decades ago for work when it was on a list of certified chronometers for his engineering work.
I told him it was hip now and had appreciated, and he was flabbergasted. “Why should this appreciate when it is an obsolete technology now? That’s silly.”
— Kane (@kane) June 16, 2019
Happy belated Father’s Day to Kane’s dad and Ron Swanson!
Featured Image via Twitter / @kane
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