Father, Son and the Holy Cow

My father has a tendency to complicate even the slightest of the tasks. In order to explain his personality, here is a classic example (although, i hate to quote Henry Kissinger).

“Intellectuals are cynical. Cynics have never built a Cathedral”

Me: (meddling with my motorcycle’s spring seat)
Father: (joins me) Do you think about in a scientific way [...]

Meaningless conversations

Person 1: I am an unfortunate victim of Murphy’s law. Whenever I end up at Mens’ restroom, the soap dispenser (as in machine) invariably suffers from erectile dysfunction - quite to my dismay.

Person 2: Did you check out the soap dipenser (again, as in machine) at our Office Mens’ restroom? It seems to be on [...]