Father’s Day Winner: The Role Model
June 21st, 2009
A toast to the man who has taught us so much.
(submitted by Gina)
Tags: dad, father's day contest
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Spreading the Awkwardness
A toast to the man who has taught us so much.
(submitted by Gina)
Tags: dad, father's day contest
definitely father of the year.
wow.
did my mom submit this photo????
yeah……..I remember my first beer too……..good times….damn good times
a whole new meaning to contributing to minors….
Ah, memories. What child from the 70s doesn’t have a picture of themselves drinking dad’s beer?
exactly! as commonplace as not wearing seatbelts and drinking from a hose.
Geez, we’re not supposed to drink from the hose anymore – is nothing sacred?????!!!!!!!!
What? When did drinking from a hose become illegal?
Drinking from the hose became illegal when Dasani hired corporate lawers.
i have one and i’m from the 80’s!
Yes. This takes the cake. Good job, dad.
I think we all have a picture like this. Lets just hope he doesnt drop ash in her hair!
Daddy’s Little Girl/Ashtray
…it´s never too early to start drinking and get drunken. never.
Gotta start ‘em young.
I’m willing to bet that the kid never became an alcoholic though
You’re right. Grew up quite normal. There’s also a picture of my Italian grandma shoving a huge slice of pizza in my face when I was younger than this. What is it with folks shoving inappropriate things in toddlers faces back then??
The same logic that gave us lawn darts and toys covered in lead paint. I have a similar picture of my grandmother (ciggarette in hand) giving me a sip of rum and coke at a similar age. This is also the same woman who would put whiskey on our gums when we were teething, not to dull the pain, but to get us to pass out.
You know what’s scary? I just had a little girl of my own two months ago and people are STILL telling me it’s fine to put whiskey on her gums!
Oh yeah, my dad still stands by the old whiskey on the gums thing. I was a child of the 90’s and my dad (who also raised children during the 70’s-large family) would give us wine to ‘thin our blood’, and he let us sip out of his vodkas, rum and cokes, what ever a lot. Nine kids, not a single alcoholic in the bunch. He even put beer in our bottles. Awesome babysitter, my dad.
Ironically though, when one of my older sisters was 2 she picked up a pack of my Dad’s cigarettes and the image scared him so much that he quit smoking.
So, I shouldn’t be doing that? Whoops…
Oh man!!! Those old school lawn darts (Jarts) were great!!!
A worthy winner! I hope he has a “Father of the Year” mug somewhere in his kitchen…….
Bad picture. Sure. But Awkward?
The quality of this blog has deteriorated lately. Please don’t post so many pictures. Go for quality instead of quantity.
if you aren’t happy with the site, don’t visit it! The rest of us enjoy a good laugh whether the picture is awkward or just plain bad judgement!
awesome!! such an inspiration to dads everywhere!!
So much awkwardness, so little time to comment.
Next year I’ll submit a photo of myself on Father’s Day at the computer, writing comments to Awkwardfamilyphotos.com
That would definately create a “down the rabbit hole” type of feeling!
Nice father
Ahhh, I remember those days. Being a kid was easy back then!
And this hasn’t become a Hallmark card yet?
I’m sure I could find a very similar photo in my mom’s closet. Makes me miss my Pappy.
Bad enough he’s using his kid as an ashtray, but beer too?
Win, toasted to perfection, smothered in awesome sauce and braised lightly in perfection.
What happened to those simpler times?
You remember…when a father and his little girl could share a warm can of beer and a Lucky Strike?
I think my dad became an alcoholic because us kids used to love solving the puzzles on the inside of the Lucky Beer bottle caps.
Old school beer = something for every member of the family.
LOL! I love this comment!
Seriously though, I think we all probably have a picture like this, and we turned out ok. We have coping skills. Kids today are practically shrink wrapped at birth and have no coping skills whatsoever (boomerang kids moving back home anyone?). My parents let us sample almost anything we wanted to, and today I might have a drink at a party once or twice a year, and I absolutely detest the brand of beer my dad drank, because I hated it when I was a kid.
Watch you doing?
Watching the game giving the kid a bud.
True. True.
Thanks for the laugh!!
Ah, what fond memories (:
Looks like a refugee from Goodfellas.
Sigh…..A touching photo of a young Amy Winehouse!
ahh the one thing that fathers across the world are all guilty of.
This made me snort….thanks for the great pic!
It’s a classic no doubt. I’m just glad he didn’t give her the smoke while he drank the beer.
Now that I look more closely, I must know what he’s sitting on. Hide-a-bed? Hospital cot? So many potential backstories…
Is that a Schlitz?
Daddy obviously cut his finger opening a pop top.
“Oh can it, Rose; one sip won’t hurt her….” You *know* he said that!
That person in the background totally looks like she just walked in and is thinking “What on earth are you doing?!”!
Thought the same thing! “Ralph, do you HAVE to do that??”
Brilliant! xD
i think i met her in aa… said her first blackout was at age 3!!!
ooh the thinks we survived….
Ahhh… the 70s.
Love the Sam “Ace” Rothstein glasses and blue polyester shorts.
Where is he anyway? Looks like one of those old hospital rooms with the folding closet door or something. And what’s that he’s sitting on – a stretcher? Is that a Pabst he’s drinking? Great pic AFP!
but did he have a compound bow?
I can’t believe I’m going to say this…but I don’t find this akward, I think it’s cute! Seriously, when I was little my grandfather used to let me taste the whiskey out of the glass, and my dad would let me have a sip of beer. Which, probably explains why I am the way I am!
It’s a can of Ortlieb’s! I knew he had to be from Philly!
Good guess! And for the record, this is in some motel in Wildwood which explains the fold out cot. I don’t know who used it but since it looks rickety and unsafe, I probably did! I survived though and my dad is embarrassed/honored to have won.
Gina,
I just KNEW it had to be somewhere on the Jersey shore!
It’s a great picture – really reminds me of my own family and neighbors. Congratulate your dad on his victory
Tomorrow they start the drunken compound bow lessons
So what if she’s having a sip or two or three? She’s going to get cigarette ash in her hair!!
Is he visiting the baby in the hospital?
This compares to the day my dad brought home mercury in a baby food jar and let us play it with it.
Back in the day, my father liked to put salt in his beer but hated the foam it produced. I was more than willing to help out. Good Times. RIP Dad.
Same here. Thought my dad was the only guy who salted his beer. I helped him do yard work just so I could get a sip of brewski. Ah, the good old days…
My dad salted his beer too! I thought he was the only one to do that!
Good old Pabst Blue Ribbon. Still drink that stuff once in a while!
I think I met this chick in rehab.
Every day was a party at the Lohans and no one knew that more than littel Lindsey.
See the bandage on his finger? He tried to take the beer away from her too soon.
Look at the bed and the curtain behind them…they are in a HOSPITAL ROOM!!