Fathers Day

[Andy in Germany]

Happy German Father's Day to all the dads of Cycle Chat..

 

[lazybloke]

I don't have a German father

 

[Electric_Andy]

Happy German Father's Day to all the dads of Cycle Chat..

Thanks. What's the German tradition for fathers day? I have been forced (by my sister) to buy a £25 restaurant voucher. And only last week I bought Dad a new wheelbarrow for helping me out with some cementing.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thanks. What's the German tradition for fathers day? I have been forced (by my sister) to buy a £25 restaurant voucher. And only last week I bought Dad a new wheelbarrow for helping me out with some cementing.

There's a small festival in most villages, usually run by the fire department.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I don't have a German father

Ironically, neither do I.

Technically, if you are Anglo-Saxon then you have one in your ancestry somewhere.

 

[chriswoody]

I don't know about Southern Germany where Andy is, but here in the North it's a tradition for a small group of men to load up a Bollerwagen with beer then walk around the neighbourhood pulling it behind you and getting louder and more lairy as the day goes on. Quite what an earth it's got to do with being a father escapes me, but that's what the vast majority of men get up to. It's also a public holiday today so everything is shut and tomorrow all the schools are also shut.

 

[biggs682]

I don't have a German father

I lost my English father recently so that saves me buying a father's day card

 

[Andy in Germany]

I lost my English father recently so that saves me buying a father's day card

I'm dreading that happening to me: I'm still very close to my dad.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I don't know about Southern Germany where Andy is, but here in the North it's a tradition for a small group of men to load up a Bollerwagen with beer then walk around the neighbourhood pulling it behind you and getting louder and more lairy as the day goes on. Quite what an earth it's got to do with being a father escapes me, but that's what the vast majority of men get up to. It's also a public holiday today so everything is shut and tomorrow all the schools are also shut.

Same here. Is it the majority though? or just the noisiest minority?

 

[chriswoody]

Same here. Is it the majority though? or just the noisiest minority?

It's a good question, I certainly know a good few folk who do, but then I also know a few like myself who despise the whole tradition. So to answer I have no clue! probably as you say just the noisy minority.

 

[The Crofted Crest]

I don't know about Southern Germany where Andy is, but here in the North it's a tradition for a small group of men to load up a Bollerwagen with beer then walk around the neighbourhood pulling it behind you and getting louder and more lairy as the day goes on. Quite what an earth it's got to do with being a father escapes me, but that's what the vast majority of men get up to. It's also a public holiday today so everything is shut and tomorrow all the schools are also shut.

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Absolutely!

 

[The Crofted Crest]

Same here. Is it the majority though? or just the noisiest minority?

I've often seen small groups of men wander off into the woods to drink beer together in celebration of father's day. A German friend says it's all above board and just a form of male bonding.

i thought that was why they invented man caves.

 

[biggs682]

I'm dreading that happening to me: I'm still very close to my dad.

It's not the easiest thing to happen 😭

 

[winjim]

Ironically, neither do I.

Technically, if you are Anglo-Saxon then you have one in your ancestry somewhere.

My niblings have a German father. At least they do now.

 

[Drago]

Sehr gut!

ich habe von meiner Tochter eine Lederhose bekommen.
Mod Note: @Drago in English pretty please, as per forum rulz - or supply a translation
Mod translation: very well, my daughter gave me [for father's day] a pair of leather trousers