The whole chapter is great but here’s my favorite quote:Īs a dad, you are Vice President. The chapter that I laughed at the most was called “Vice President” where he compares dads to real vice presidents (like the enforcer role he sometimes has of Dick Cheney) and how dads different vice president roles function in the family. The laws of physics dictate that if there is a kid screaming and running in the hallway of a hotel, all the other children will scream and run in the hallway of the hotel. Like this:Ĭhildren have a tendency to behave as poorly as the most poorly behaved kid in the room. One of my favorite things about Jim Gaffigan’s humor is that he can take situations that usually stress me out about kids being themselves and show me how funny it is. I think another point he makes in this book is how funny kids are just from being themselves. I can laugh about my stress and let it go.įailing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent. The ability to laugh about it and realize all parents aren’t perfect inspires me to do a little better and not let myself get bogged down in the sheer stress of it is sometimes. As funny as the book is, I think it helped me look at life more honestly and realize that being a parent IS crazy and hard sometimes.

Reminiscent of Bill Cosby’s Fatherhood, Dad is Fat is sharply observed, explosively funny, and a cry for help from a man who has realized he and his wife are outnumbered in their own home.ĭad is Fat expands on Jim Gaffigan’s staple humor about kids and the challenges of being a parent. In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children-everything from cousins ('celebrities for little kids') to toddlers’ communication skills (“they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news”), to the eating habits of four year olds (“there is no difference between a four year old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor”).

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