{"id":19477,"date":"2018-01-06T18:55:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T18:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=19477"},"modified":"2018-01-06T18:56:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T18:56:57","slug":"some-important-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=19477","title":{"rendered":"Some important stuff!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My daughter, Catherine, posted this on her facebook page, I love it, and it is pretty much what my father taught me growing up!!! \u00a0Who ever wrote it knew my father, I hope I learned well!!!!<\/p>\n

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Rules For Sons:<\/p>\n

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  1. Never shake a man\u2019s hand sitting down.<\/li>\n
  2. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool. The stairs ain\u2019t one.<\/li>\n
  3. The man at the grill is the closest thing we have to a king.<\/li>\n
  4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.<\/li>\n
  5. Act like you\u2019ve been there before. Especially in the end zone.<\/li>\n
  6. Request the late check-out.<\/li>\n
  7. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.<\/li>\n
  8. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.<\/li>\n
  9. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.<\/li>\n
  10. Play with passion or not at all…<\/li>\n
  11. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look him in the eye.<\/li>\n
  12. Don\u2019t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.<\/li>\n
  13. If you need music on the beach, you\u2019re missing the point.<\/li>\n
  14. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.<\/li>\n
  15. You marry the girl, you marry her whole family.<\/li>\n
  16. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.<\/li>\n
  17. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.<\/li>\n
  18. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.<\/li>\n
  19. Never turn down a breath mint.<\/li>\n
  20. In a game of HORSE, sometimes a simple free throw will get \u2019em.<\/li>\n
  21. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.<\/li>\n
  22. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.<\/li>\n
  23. Thank a veteran. And then make it up to him.<\/li>\n
  24. If you want to know what makes you unique, sit for a caricature.<\/li>\n
  25. Eat lunch with the new kid.<\/li>\n
  26. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.<\/li>\n
  27. Ask your mom to play. She won\u2019t let you win.<\/li>\n
  28. See it on the big screen.<\/li>\n
  29. Give credit. Take the blame.<\/li>\n
  30. Write down your dreams.<\/li>\n
  31. Always protect your siblings (and teammates).<\/li>\n
  32. Be confident and humble at the same time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Copy and paste. Post a picture of your son (sons).<\/p>\n

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    Have a great weekend, and blessings,<\/p>\n

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    the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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    Why the Coca Cola image, my father was a manager of the local Coca Cola bottling plant when I was growing up. \u00a0I never see anything Coca Cola related that doesn’t remind me of him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      My daughter, Catherine, posted this on her facebook page, I love it, and it is pretty much what my father taught me growing up!!! \u00a0Who ever wrote it knew my father, I hope I learned well!!!!   Rules For Sons: Never shake a man\u2019s hand sitting down. There are plenty of ways to enter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19479,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19477\/revisions\/19479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}