My New Favorite Show

Our son is roughly about 2 1/2 months away from arriving, but I'm already trying to think of witty sayings I can offer as advice to the young man as he grows up.  In my opinion, things become much more memorable if the advice you give them is humorous or said in an unforgettable way.  I can imagine incidents that demand such statements like, "We're gonna need to be like a dwarf at a urinal......on our toes."  Which brings me to one of my new favorite TV shows:

Duck Dynasty.

This is a show about a family in Louisiana who are self-proclaimed "red necks" who started a duck call business 40 years ago and have turned it into a multi-million dollar business.  The show focuses around a few main characters of the family:  Willie - he is the younger son (of the ones focused on the show) and he is the CEO of the business.  He turned the business from a living room operation to the largest duck call business in the world.  Phil - he is Willie's father and the one who started this business 40 years ago by inventing a better duck call.  Jase - he is Willie's brother and the main duck call designer today. 

I tell you all the above so that what I will share next makes sense.  Here are some quotes from one of the episodes.  In this episode Willie finds out that his 14 year old daughter (Sadie) has a boyfriend (Beau) and is going with him to her 1st dance.  Needless to say, he isn't that excited about that thought, so he decides to "get to know" Beau by taking him hunting with his brother Jase and himself. 

-“I learned the art of being oblivious to chatter.” (Phil talking about being with his wife alone in a boat for the day.)

-“Being youthful is dangerous when it comes to love.  Their young, and they’re moving too rapidly.” (Phil after just finding out his granddaughter was going to a dance.)

-“There is a thin line between insanity and coping with your daughter dating.” (Jase talking about Willie’s actions while taking Beau out hunting “to get to know him”.)

-The 4 things Phil found out about  Beau from Sadie that made him feel good about Beau:  1) Gets good grades  2) Godly man  3) He’s a hunter, and 4) he’s the quarterback.

-“If his lips have to be on something I made…I’d rather it be a duck call.”  (Willie after giving Beau a brand new duck call when Beau came by to pick up Sadie for the dance.)

-“As a father, there’s nothing that makes me happier than seeing a smile on my daughter’s face, and fear in her boyfriend’s eyes.” (Willie)

I think the main thing I took away from this particular show is that if I ever am blessed to have a daughter.....I''m taking up hunting.