<p>I nominate Dad II for the first Annual CC Darwin Award.</p>
<p>Brag about how much money you save each month from your take home pay (I think that it was about 40%), gloat about daughter getting lotsa $$ from Stanford, then ask if the college would mind if you paid late.</p>
<p>Man, I don't have much courage even on an anonymous message board!</p>
<p>LOL! I second the nomination.</p>
<p>Not wishing to highjack the thread (gee....maybe we should start another one in the Cafe)..but second place for CC Darwin goes to the person who has SO much snow in their garage, they can't figure out how to get it out.</p>
<p>Nearly 5000 views and DadII appears to have left the house. Isn't there a term for when someone sets up a crime scene and than sits back and watches it unfold?</p>
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<p>hmom5 , this is Dad II's MO. He starts a thread with seemingly a question. He gets answers he does NOT want to hear...or that don't agree with what he HOPES people will say. Then he departs.</p>
<p>On this one...I think he wanted all of us to give him a huge wad of sympathy..."oh dear...you forgot to pay your tuition bill? Golly gee...hope they give you a waiver of the late fee."</p>
<p>He didn't get that response. Truthfully, if the guy is as "smart" as some folks portray him to be, he should have KNOWN what to do...call the school...find out what to do and when, and then DO IT. He didn't have to hear that from anyone here.</p>
<p>But then...I'm not Dad II.</p>
<p>Hmmmm always kinda reminded me of the cat "Macavity" from the musical "Cats". Macavity would stir up trouble and then disappear. Lyrics include
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Mcavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin;
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.</p>
<p>Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square -
But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!</p>
<p>He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard's.
And when the larder's looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,
Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke's been stifled,
Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair -
Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!
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Or... maybe DadII's just on that caribbean vacation with his family????</p>
<p>I'll bet anything he's silently watching, he got his desired result. He's not for real.</p>
<p>I think Dad II's role here on CC is to be the court jester. Sometimes they actually irritated the royalty while achieving their laughs.</p>
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Good call! He kinda always reminded me of the late, unlamented poster Laserbrother. Gosh, those guys are similar. :)</p>
<p>I always made the assumption laserbrother and DadII were the same person. The departure of one and the arrival of the other seemed to coincide. The type of posts were just a little TOO similar for that not to be true.</p>
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<p>Separated at birth, I'd say...;)</p>
<p>He had a third incarnation in between Laserbrother and DadII but I've since forgotten what the username was. There were only 1 or 2 posts but it was obvious that it was him.</p>
<p>Admit it, the entertainment value of OP is off the charts!</p>
<p>Smart guy. Starts an edgy thread to solicit ideas, sorts ideas, and implements best. Sounds like a fringe money manager :). I'm kinda jealous.</p>
<p>I'm personally on my third avatar, changing on each phase of son's academic life. Look for me on a new name if he goes for phD or for me to vanish if he gets out of academics.</p>
<p>Admit it, the entertainment value of OP is off the charts!</p>
<p>Well, I don't know if I would go that far- but he certainly is practiced in his song and dance.
;)</p>
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Not for me. Not in this incarnation or his previous one. And I resent that my use of the term "narcissistic" earned me a rebuke by the mods.</p>
<p>Truth will out, however.</p>
<p>Heavens, people have been a lot worse than narcissistic on these boards. Must be a slow day...Since the elections have been over, there hasn't been a lot of snap,crackle and pop.</p>
<p>^^^ no kidding, ellemenope!! </p>
<p>drb-
When did you use the word "narcissistic"? Was that recent or a while back? Sounds appropriate to me on all fronts....</p>
<p>jym626, now YOU'VE done it! Reminds me of the stoning episode in the MOnty Python movie, Life of Brian.</p>
<p>Uh oh... what'd I do??? (I don't remember the lines from Life of Brian, though I LOVE Monty Python-- please enlighten me.)</p>
<p>**** I've just spent the past 10 minutes watching clips from Life of Brian on the web. Funny stuff... but honestly, Ellememope, I have no idea what you are referring to :o</p>
<p>The Cost of Entertainment:</p>
<p>52 inch plasma TV....$1500
Apple Vacation to Punta Cana for family of 4: $4500</p>
<p>And for those of us with college bills and loans:
Reading DadII's threads: Priceless</p>