'At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I moved back in I was still, for the most part, an idiot. But this time, I was smart enough to write down all the things he said to me...'
Meet Justin Halpern and his dad. Almost 1.5 million people follow Mr HalpernтАЩs philosophical musings every day on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his sayings. What emerges is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father and son relationship from a major new comic voice. As Justin says at one point, his dad is тАШlike Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hairтАЩ; and this is the sort of shit he says...
тАШYou know, sometimes itтАЩs nice having you around. But now ainтАЩt one of those times. Now gimmie the remote, weтАЩre not watching this bullshit.тАЩ
тАШHappy Birthday, I didnтАЩt get you a present... Oh, mom got you one? Well, thatтАЩs from me then, too тАУ unless itтАЩs shitty.тАЩ
тАШYour brother brought his baby over this morning. He told me it could stand. It couldnтАЩt stand for shit. Just sat there. Big let down.тАЩ
тАШThe worst thing you can be is a liar . . . Okay, fine, yes, the worst thing you can be is a Nazi, but THEN, number two is liar. Nazi 1, Liar 2.тАЩ
тАШWhy the f**k would I want to live to 100? IтАЩm 73 and shitтАЩs starting to get boring. By the way, thereтАЩs no money left when I go, just fyi.тАЩ