dizzojay: (Dean)
dizzojay ([personal profile] dizzojay) wrote2017-07-02 10:32 pm

I am an awesome daughter. Maybe?

I've been away visiting my parents this weekend, hence my more-or-less radio silence oer the last couple of days.

It was my Dad's birthday on Friday, so the visit was mainly to spend some quality time with Mum and Dad for his birthday and to take him his birthday presents.  I bought him two books, on subject matter that I knew he would enjoy - The Titanic, and British History.  In all my years, I have never once seen my Dad read a fiction book; he devours factual books like a man starved, but fiction leaves him completely cold - weird huh?

But I also took him some treats to enjoy while he was reading his new books.  A few bars of Cadbury's chocolate (best chcolate in the world, apparently), and a couple of tubes of Pringles. Smokey Bacon Pringles.

It seems that such exotic fare hasn't made it over the Solent to the Isle of Wight yet, so my Dad's eyes lit up when he saw the smokey bacon Pringles - he didn't even know they existed, and I've spent the weekend listening to him munching on them and making the sort of happy noises you really don't want to hear your Dad making.

Now I have a regular order for each visit.  Half a dozen tubes of Smokey Bacon Pringles each time, or I won't be allowed in the house!

I'm either an awesome daughter for inroduciing my father to such a taste sensation - or a terrible one for leading him into temptation!

The jury's out!

;)

[identity profile] metallidean-grl.livejournal.com 2017-07-05 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I do think men have a proclivity for more factual type things. My dad was really into war books, especially WWI and WWII. I also have a couple brothers who are really into that kind of stuff too. They read these really heavy type books, stuff that I would never even dream of looking at, let alone reading. All way above my head. Give me non-fiction any day.

I have not seen the Smokey Bacon Pringles. Will have to look for them on my next trip to the grocery store. They sound interesting. I too make yummy noises if I am eating something really good. Family hasn't seemed to mind, since I try to keep it on the quieter side.

[identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com 2017-07-08 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
As I said to Anne-Marie, I like a balance between the two. I couldn't just read factual books without missing fiction and vice-versa.

I hope you find your smoky bacon Pringles. They really are divine!