Father's Day...
I never know whether the apostrophe goes before the "s" because it is a day for each individual father, or after the "s" because it is for all fathers collectively.
I have previously posted items for earlier Fathers Days, either on the Bytes blog or in its previous life as an email send. To see those items:
1. Go to the blog site by clicking on the words bytes daily on the top of the email or by going to:
http://www.bytesdaily.blogspot.com/
2. Go to the search function, which is the white rectangle at the top left of the Bytes page.
3. Type in Inigo Montoya and hit enter.
4. Then go back and do the same with Blind Rower and hit enter.
When I was thinking about the coming Father’s Day I was reminded of the Banjo Paterson poem, Father Riley's Horse. This in turn started me thinking. Why are priests, who are pledged to celibacy and therefore sans children, called Father? Why are other members of the clergy and holy orders called by family designations – Brother, Sister, Mother? And what of Matthew 23:9? – “And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven..”
