The Slice: Father’s Day includes white-collar celebrations

Before we say farewell to Father’s Day for another year, here’s one more.

“I enjoyed your article (Friday) about non-fathers being wished a happy Father’s Day,” wrote the Rev. Mark Nelson.

“As a collar-wearing Lutheran pastor I, along with other clergy, are often called ‘Father’ by well-meaning Roman Catholic sisters and brothers. The first time it happened to me I was a seminarian and hospital chaplain intern in New Jersey. I was new at wearing a clerical collar. A nurse came running down the hall behind me calling, ‘Father, Father!’ I turned, looked at her and said, ‘Father, heck I’m not even married!’

“She gave me the most curious look (yet another stupid intern chaplain) and then directed me to the emergency in a room down the hall.

“Happy Father’s Day to fellow clergymen, clergy women, and all of our dear priest friends.”

A pig style: “I was helping my granddaughter Maycee (5 years old) get dressed for preschool,” wrote Kim Madore. “I went to her bedroom to retrieve some clothes. When I came out I teased her and said don’t go in that room, something terrible happened! She said, ‘I know Nana, it’s a pig style.’ ”

Well, he heard something all right: “Years ago I was driving a combine in a wheat field on the first farm to the south of the radar domes on Mica Peak,” wrote Glen Jones. “As I went over one of the hills I heard a roar from the back of my combine. To a combine operator this was very bad news as any change in the sound of the machine was a sign that something had broken or plugged up. When I looked over my right shoulder I was startled by the sight of a B52 next to me. The pilot waved and then the plane roared on by. I watched it follow the contours of the hills as it went into the distance.”

Warm-up question: It’s not really summer until the first (    ) makes an appearance.

Today’s Slice question: Are children under too much pressure to come up with the next big thing during their summer vacations?