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Moonliner
06-10-2005, 12:55 PM
I've got a birthday coming up soon and in yesterdays mail I received a nice gift card from my dad. Attached to the card was a note that I'm having trouble ascertaining what it was trying to say. It reads:

"Remember, you are the youngest son".

While I do have an older brother, I just can't figure why my dad would put that (and only that) message on my card. :confused:
Ghoulish Delight
06-10-2005, 01:19 PM
Perhaps he was just trying to make you feel better about getting older by pointing out that there's someone older than you?
Gemini Cricket
06-10-2005, 02:50 PM
Youngest son takes care of parents in their twilight years.
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blueerica
06-10-2005, 03:42 PM
??

Strange

??

Perhaps it's code for something secret, like where to find some hidden treasure... Hmmm, that would be nice, wouldn't it?

I'm guessing it's either 1.) to remind you that you're not the oldest. or 2.) Your dad has no idea what he put in there. It's the kind of weird cryptic messages I would get from my grandfather in his later years, so I don't mean to be harsh... But I figure there would be other things that would make something like that apparent.

Chances are, it's #1.
Ghoulish Delight
06-10-2005, 03:47 PM
Have you reviewed his will recently? Prehaps he's attempting to justify his latest revision in which he has written you out.
Moonliner
06-10-2005, 03:58 PM
Perhaps he was just trying to make you feel better about getting older by pointing out that there's someone older than you?

Thanks, I think you got it right. Through the fog of family politics it's not always easy to see the real meaning of things.



Ps. I'll just ignore the "will" comment.
wendybeth
06-10-2005, 09:10 PM
Lol- I was going to point out that the younger sons historically had to strike out on their own, or join the priesthood. :evil:
sleepyjeff
06-10-2005, 09:55 PM
When my Son turned 4 I wrote on his bowling pin(yes, he had a bowling party even though we are not from Vantucky) "4 more years"......It didn't mean anything except that I was exhausted and didn't know what the heck I was doing :eek:
MerryPrankster
06-10-2005, 09:58 PM
I received a nice gift card from my dad. Attached to the card was a note that I'm having trouble ascertaining what it was trying to say. It reads:

"Remember, you are the youngest son".




Was it a Toys "R" Us or Chuck E. Cheese gift card? http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/images/smilies/grin.gif
Ghoulish Delight
06-10-2005, 11:30 PM
When my Son turned 4 I wrote on his bowling pin(yes, he had a bowling party even though we are not from Vantucky) "4 more years"......It didn't mean anything except that I was exhausted and didn't know what the heck I was doing :eek:You should get more sleep. Maybe you should see someone about a more comfortable matress.
sleepyjeff
06-10-2005, 11:33 PM
You should get more sleep. Maybe you should see someone about a more comfortable matress.

Good one... :snap:
wendybeth
06-10-2005, 11:40 PM
When my Son turned 4 I wrote on his bowling pin(yes, he had a bowling party even though we are not from Vantucky) "4 more years"......It didn't mean anything except that I was exhausted and didn't know what the heck I was doing :eek:

It meant you dug the past four years enough to sign up for the next four. It meant you loved him. You may have been tired, but I know exactly what you meant. We're coming up on number ten for our girl, and I may just write on her cake "and ten more!"
Ghoulish Delight
06-11-2005, 01:14 AM
It meant you dug the past four years enough to sign up for the next four. It meant you loved him. You may have been tired, but I know exactly what you meant. We're coming up on number ten for our girl, and I may just write on her cake "and ten more!"That'll make her 20th birthday a bit awkward when you have to kill her to make good on your promise.
Moonliner
06-11-2005, 06:41 AM
It didn't mean anything except that I was exhausted and didn't know what the heck I was doing :eek:

Humm, perhaps that helps to explain the card I received last year, It just said: Redrum, Redrum, Redrum....
wendybeth
06-11-2005, 08:56 AM
That'll make her 20th birthday a bit awkward when you have to kill her to make good on your promise.

Lol! No, but hopefully by then she'll have her own place- like a college dorm room.
Tref
06-11-2005, 02:23 PM
Attached to the card was a note that I'm having trouble ascertaining what it was trying to say. It reads:

"Remember, you are the youngest son".

While I do have an older brother, I just can't figure why my dad would put that (and only that) message on my card.

Look underneath the postage stamp. Perhaps he wr'it the answer to the riddle on the stamps back so as to fool the warden (assuming your papa is in prison.)

I rec'd a letter from my father when he was illegally held at Guantanamo Bay. He said the usual, having a great time, treated well, etc. But at the bottom of his letter he wr'it: Son, you may want to add the stamps on this letter to your prized collection.

I thought it odd as I didn't have a stamp collection, at least one that was prized, so I peeled the stamps off and read the back. To my shock he wr'it:

They've cut out my tongue!

On the second stamp he wr'it:

And the food is lousy!

My advice --check the stamp!
Name
06-11-2005, 08:58 PM
could be worse, he coulda wrote, "well son, you're one year closer to dying"
Moonliner
06-11-2005, 09:11 PM
could be worse, he coulda wrote, "well son, you're one year closer to dying"

Wow! What a coincidence, that's the card I sent him last year.
wendybeth
06-11-2005, 09:52 PM
Wow! What a coincidence, that's the card I sent him last year.
Well, you might have included that little tidbit of info in your op.

He's definitely cutting your ass outa the will.;):D
Kevy Baby
06-12-2005, 12:22 AM
He's definitely cutting your ass outa the will.;):DThe rest of your body is still in, but the ass is definitely out!
sleepyjeff
06-12-2005, 12:27 AM
Humm, perhaps that helps to explain the card I received last year, It just said: Redrum, Redrum, Redrum....

Everytime I go skiing I say those words.......everytime.
Tref
06-12-2005, 12:41 PM
I submit that it is some sort of anagram. Your poor papa is trying to communicate something to you but he is afraid to come out and say it directly.

So, let's take the words, Remember, you are the youngest son and see what we have.

"Er, buy term heterogeneous yam"

or, "Merry Heterogeneous tube yam"

By combining the two options I have come to the answer. I think your papa is saying, albeit, hesitatingly, something about the purchase of dissimilar (tube) yams, perhaps, a lot of them, over a period of time. And to be merry about it.

I think that solves that.

Thank you. Thank you very much.
Cadaverous Pallor
06-12-2005, 08:18 PM
I submit that it is some sort of anagram. Your poor papa is trying to communicate something to you but he is afraid to come out and say it directly.

So, let's take the words, Remember, you are the youngest son and see what we have. GRUESOME MENSTRUATE OBEY HER YON
Decoded: Watch out for women on the rag.

HEY GENEROUS MOMENTOUS BETRAYER!
Decoded: You've betrayed him, but you're still not a tightwad, so the news isn't all bad.

BUY THREESOME, GET ERRONEOUS MAN. Y?
Decoded: When you sign up for a threesome, you should find out the sex of the third partner.

MEET RESURGENT AMOROUS HONEY. BYE!
Decoded: Chicks on the rebound will really suck up your time.