[Observer]

Are you my boy? ​

I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes

(he’s 92).
We stopped at the food court for a bite

, and I noticed he was watching a teenager with spiked hair-green, red, orange, and blue

.
Dad kept staring. Every time the kid looked over, there he was... still staring

.
Finally, the teen snapped, “What’s the matter, old man? Never done anything wild in your life?”
I braced myself. I knew my dad had something locked and loaded. Without missing a beat, he said:
“Got drunk once and had a wild night with a parrot. Just wondering if you were my son.”