{"product_id":"100-dad-stories-lon-barfield-9780954723934","title":"100 Dad Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe are all made up of collections of stories. Our lives are stories; we recount what happened in our day when we come home, we tell our kids what will happen when we take them to the zoo, we retell happenings from our past. Some of these stories are small, some are bigger. Some are overarching and become the story of our life. I have stories about my ancestors. Stories about those that are still living, and stories about those that I still remember but who have died. And I have stories about ancestors who I never knew but only know of through the stories themselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese are my stories. The ones I tell the kids when circumstances remind me of them. If I am reminded of a story two days in succession then I will tell the same story two days in succession, and halfway through, my kids will usually tell me that they have already heard it. 'Yeah, but it's a good story', I say. 'Maybe I ought to write them all down, then I could just give you the page numbers instead'. Well that is exactly what I did, so here are my favourite dad stories. Most of them are mine, but some of them are stories told to me by others that I repeat because they are so good or because they tickle my fancy in some way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead in these pages my account of...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe difficulties of explaining guinea-pigs to Russians\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Stubby and I set fire to the house while making unstable potassium compounds \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe trauma of the banana-split I couldn't finish eating when I was a child\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy I now have part of the Eiffel Tower in my study\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow our O'level German teacher could eviscerate you without even raising his voice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happened when I tied my foot to a bicycle with string\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSitting in a curry house and proving that The Arnolfini Wedding was painted by a Belgian painter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHitting computers in Manchester University's research labs with mallets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happened when Jeff's gear stick came off in his hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy I offered over a thousand pounds for some pencils\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd more  Another 90 to be precise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lon Barfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0954723937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780954723934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bosko Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.57d","brand":"Lon Barfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063507448063,"sku":"9780954723934","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eff212da-1571-46e7-a2a4-a8a74d97436c.jpg?v=1685389967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/100-dad-stories-lon-barfield-9780954723934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}