Father's Day

Here go some fun facts about Father's Day.  When was the big day declared a holiday?  Steve had some not so fun things to say btw.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, so we all know that Father's Day is Sunday,
June sixteenth. Put it on your calendars right now if
you didn't know, Okay, it's right around the corner. And
here's some Father's Day fun facts. Pay attention, Steve, because
you always say that Father's Day doesn't get you know,
the same recognition as Mother's Day and other.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hand, don't you about to prove it?

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Okay, listen up, listen up.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
According to the US Census Bureau, the necktie is the
most popular of all Father's Day gifts.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yes, you love a beautiful tie.

Speaker 4 (00:35):
Though to go with love a beautiful tie, I pick
my own task.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
I don't need no damn help.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
Is gonna hand me some damn Tell them what that tie?

Speaker 3 (00:46):
All right, here's another fun fact.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
Father's Day is the fourth largest card sending occasion in America.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
All right, look at that, because they don't come see us.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Behind Christmas, of course, it's behind Mother's Day. It's behind
Valentine's Day. It's behind behind, it's behind behind. Watch that
I thought it Valentine. And then just ahead it's just
ahead of Easter.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Though.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
Listen to me, but that ain't but four that ain'ble
four gift card given days.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Easter car we're not in fourth? We all last? Who
give Easter car? I want to know Easter.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
Car a basket with some candy in it?

Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh, you joke, you want an Easter basket?

Speaker 2 (01:40):
All right?

Speaker 4 (01:41):
All them holidays is something to do with a woman.
Christmas they get gifts. Valentine's Day they get gifts. And
what's the other one?

Speaker 3 (01:52):
Easter and Mother's Day? Don't forget Mother's and Mother's Day?

Speaker 4 (01:55):
And then were in fourth? And that we ain't fourth?
We last? Oh holiday? Were you supposed to give a
call when the last time you got an Easter call?
I didn't even know the hand called. And we barely
beat them out cold?

Speaker 3 (02:10):
Just a resurrection day?

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Still buddy hopping down the buddy trail. Happy Easter?

Speaker 3 (02:17):
What more fun facts? More fun facts?

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Did you know that It wasn't until nineteen seventy two
that Father's Day was officially made a US holiday, when
President Richard Nixon helped set aside the third Sunday in
June for dads. Now the holidays, But it originated back
in nineteen ten. But again it wasn't made on holiday.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
All those days didn't happen the.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
What until nineteen seventy two, it was made an official
holiday by Richard Nixon.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
I knew that all.

Speaker 4 (02:46):
I had, I said, if i'da knew that, I wouldn't
even had no down kids. They didn't even give a
damn about us to nineteen seventy time.

Speaker 3 (03:04):
It's as bad as June tenth.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
That's bad as June teeth right there, that's.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
All right, Happy Father's Day. It's coming up?

Speaker 2 (03:13):
What coming up?

Speaker 1 (03:15):
At thirty four minutes after the hour, we'll check your
voicemail Steve eight seven seven twenty nine, Steve.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Right after this, you're listening Hardy Morning Show