Jul 5, 2010
whydoihaveablog: One of my favorite things to do in Plymouth is to go to Plymouth Rock and watch tourists look at the rock. It’s really delightful to see these people come far and wide to look at some basic sediment of medium size that’s kept in a cage. Plymouth Rock isn’t even where the pilgrims first landed. We all know that. What I didn’t know, and Wikipedia tells me, is that Thomas Faunce, the town record keeper, recorded the rock as being the first land that the pilgrims set foot upon because that’s what his father told him. Dads always be talking like they know stuff when sometimes they don’t. That’s just what Dads do and you don’t realize it until you’re older. You think they’re these omniscient creatures up until age 17 when you realize they know just as much as anyone else, only they’re much more apt at just confidently pulling things out of their ass. Only this Dad was the Dad of a fucking town record keeper, so it was put down in the history books and subsequently taught to every first grader from then until INFINITY. Thomas Faunce’s father: Possessor of Ultimate Dad Knowledge.

whydoihaveablog:

One of my favorite things to do in Plymouth is to go to Plymouth Rock and watch tourists look at the rock. It’s really delightful to see these people come far and wide to look at some basic sediment of medium size that’s kept in a cage.

Plymouth Rock isn’t even where the pilgrims first landed. We all know that. What I didn’t know, and Wikipedia tells me, is that Thomas Faunce, the town record keeper, recorded the rock as being the first land that the pilgrims set foot upon because that’s what his father told him.

Dads always be talking like they know stuff when sometimes they don’t. That’s just what Dads do and you don’t realize it until you’re older. You think they’re these omniscient creatures up until age 17 when you realize they know just as much as anyone else, only they’re much more apt at just confidently pulling things out of their ass. Only this Dad was the Dad of a fucking town record keeper, so it was put down in the history books and subsequently taught to every first grader from then until INFINITY.

Thomas Faunce’s father: Possessor of Ultimate Dad Knowledge.

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