Sideswipe: October 23: Dads are welcome

I know you're trying to be encouraging, Sylvia Park, but did you really have to spell it out?

Hey, Dad ...
You know you're a parent when ... "During a particularly tough round of meetings where we were trying to solve some sticky problem in our process someone had a suggestion that turned out to be a big breakthrough. A team tried it out and reported back that it did indeed solve the issue. I was excited that we'd solved it and found myself with my hands in front of me and my mouth open and everyone looking at me funny. I had just done the encouraging clap and 'yay' to a room full of adults. I wasn't being funny or sarcastic or ironic. I was genuinely proud of us. Someone in the room said 'He has a 2-year-old', and they laughed. There's no going back after that public display. I was officially a parent." For more answers on Quora go here...

Let's keep it on a last-name basis
The UK Telegraph Letters page included this bewildered old-school fellow: " I have just spent much of last week interviewing eager souls for positions in our company. All were intelligent and qualified, yet every one of them insisted on the regular use of my first name: 'Well, that's a very good point, Steve', and 'If I may answer that, Steve'. I subscribe to the joys of equality and bonding, but am I wrong to find this somewhat disrespectful, and how do I politely encourage them to desist?"
- (Via Pointless Letters)

You stole my identity actor accuses Simpsons

Italian American actor Frank Severo, who played Frank Carbon in Martin Scorsese's 1990 Mafia classic

Goodfellas

, is taking Fox TV to court claiming mob character Lou "Louie" Walters in The Simpsons infringes on his copyright.

Sivero says writers for the animated TV series were living next door to him in 1989 and 1990 while he was preparing for the Scorsese mob movie. The character Louis debuted on the animated series in 1991. The actor is seeking US$250 million in damages for his name and likeness being used.

Karl thought this advice on his bottle cap was a bit superfluous.

Picture this: Cool font made from accidental typography plucked from satellite imagery...

Picture this: "The wife discovers browser history" - Author unknown, oil on canvas, 1768...

Local: Have your say and vote in Metro Magazine's the best of Auckland, never mind the restaurants you've never been to and don't take it too seriously (David Seymour is in the sexiest man category) but please vote for The Most Irritating Aucklander now including some new irritating people. As newly nominated Pebble Hooper tweeted: "Hey @MetromagNZ if I win most irritating person in AK, will you send me one of those signs I can put on my house like the restaurants get?"

Video:

The Kinder River runs through Derbyshire in England. During a recent wind storm the force was so great that the river's current was overpowered and a 98ft waterfall literally stopped...

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