Can I Come Down Now Dad? Quotes

“my doggie don't wear glasses
so they're lying when they say
a dog looks like it's owner
aren't they

- My doggie don't wear glasses”
― John Hegley, Can I Come Down Now Dad?

“I experienced a terrible sense of my own mortality as it struck me that during my life I would only remove and replace my glasses a specific number of times. The thought filled me with sombreness to the extent that I began to weep, removing my glasses so that I could wipe my eyes, thus adding one more to whatever the final number would have been; the realisation of which cheered me.

- A spectacular tale”
― John Hegley, Can I Come Down Now Dad?

“for a while I was a bus conductor
and one day my Dad got on my bus
and sat on the long seat next to my cubby hole
he was proud to see me in a uniform and a job
and in a loud voice he said to everyone
do you remember the bus conductor's outfit you had
when you were a boy John?
and I said no Dad
but I remember how you used to enjoy beating me

- On the bus”
― John Hegley, Can I Come Down Now Dad?

“J just like his Dad
E ever so just (like his Dad)
S specless (he never wore glasses)
U unable to swim
S sometimes I wonder if he was praying for the betraying kiss of Judas so as not to miss out on his Easter egg

C cut bread into very thin slices
H hippy aeroplane impressionist
R really easy to spot in a crowd on a Good Friday
I I wonder if he had a dog
S escapologist
T took him three days but he did it

- In the name of the Lord”
― John Hegley, Can I Come Down Now Dad?