My Pops: Accidentally Hilarious

Ahhh... Pops. My 60-something, retired father is one of the greatest people in the entire world... and accidentally hilarious.  He's just one of those people that you can't help but start a quote book so that you can remember everything he says. He shared two of his most recent little gem while we were in the car the other day:

"That’s what the horn is for! Your mother isn’t happy about it, but I am becoming more and more of a honker each day – so you don’t have to deal with people like this!"

...and...

“These lights last 2 minutes each; that’s 2 minutes of my life...gone! You better believe I am going through a yellow light.”

It's impossible for me to give you a proper impression of my pops through writing. His delivery is amazing - because he is dead serious. I find that as he is climbing through his 60's being around him just keeps getting better. He's the guy that answers the phone by saying "What's up, Pal?" to any of my friends. He opens salsa bottles and they explode on him. He's goofy but he's also the man who, although he served in Vietnam, won't stand up to be honored because he doesn't believe that war was something to be proud of. He's the man who held me at my grandparents funerals. The dad who spent years getting his shins damaged from pitching practice, and the man who taught me how to respect.