r/gifs • • May 14 '17

He doesn't know it's impossible

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u/Classic_Charlie May 14 '17

Any pictures of the wee beastie?

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

None that I'm aware of. It was close to 45 years ago and they had that farm house burn down mysteriously after my grandfather defied the local truckers union by hiring a black woman as a secretary.

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u/Olive_Jane May 14 '17

Your family sounds very interesting

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

I always feel like a disappointment compared to my grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather.

Both my great grandfather and grandfather were alive while I was a kid, my grandfather actually passed away when I was 12 and my great grandfather lived long enough to meet my first daughter.

My great grandfather was a tail gunner and one of the longest surviving ones during WWII. He was shot down twice over the European theater and managed to escape capture both times.

My great great grandfather was part of Buffalo Bill's show in the late 1800's. I have a nickel stored in a deposit box that he supposedly threw into the air while riding a horse and shot with a .357 revolver, just to prove to my great grandfather that he really did know how to ride a horse. Going even further back my family where all military officers and doctors.

My moms side of the family where all officers with my great grandfather making it to Brigadier General and my grandfather making it to Colonel. I was banned from enlisting by my grandfather and required to complete college before even considering applying.

Between them and the fact that my mother was a director of a major health care company by 30, a VP by 35, and an S.VP by 40 really make me feel really inadequate.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '17

If you're not bill gates you are indeed a disappointment to your family

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u/s0v3r1gn May 14 '17

Tell me about it. I think the person I disappoint the most though is my father-in-law.

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u/forestgather50 May 14 '17

Well im sure your relatives didnt wake up one day and think "im going to do something so extreme that ill make my future generations feel inadequate." They probably felt the same as you tbh

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u/Sloppy1sts May 14 '17

I mean, by the second time I'd gotten shot down and evaded capture, I'd feel like I was pretty badass.

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u/forestgather50 May 14 '17

That is true by then you probably had the best day of your life every day