Dad Sayings & Phrases

As endured & reported by my kids:

1. “Good to know.
2. “Good idea.” (pronounced extra distinctly)
3. “For this I was born!” (when asked to do something)
4. “Kaum zu glauben!” (German, “Can’t believe it!”)
5. “Welcome to the L.E.D. revolution!” (when seeing good LED lighting installations)
6. “Your tax dollars [not] at work.
7. “It always pays to be in shape!” (especially when a movie character runs impressively)
8. “”Love Interest!” (movie-watching game to note the very first appearance of such a character)
9. “Wow. One can only say, ‘Wow.’
10. “Why? And I ask again, ‘Why?‘”
11. “Correlation is not causation.
12. “Don’t waste good emotions on work stuff.
13. “Free stuff!” (when driving by curbside piles)
14. “There’s an app for that.
15. “Action ready!
16. “How big WAS it?
17. “That’s why I/he/she/we need Jesus.” (upon hearing a report of moral failing)
18. “Hey Siri…” (when, in a group, someone asks a question w/o a readily forthcoming answer)
19. “That’s/that’d be my job.” (when any stagehand on duty does something)
20. “I’d like to hear [name] pray.” (voluntelling someone to give thanks before a meal)
21. “The will of God.” (e.g., when finding a good parking space)


However, none of the above sayings were said here