Joke/Meme Trends:

The joke trend of the week on Twitter seems to be making up fake meanings behind “what your kids are texting” and some are pretty funny.

Is your child texting about the War of 1812?

LMAO – loyalist militia attacking ohio
WTF – warn the federalists
SMH – send more horses
GTG – garrison troops guarding
FML – fort mackinac liberated
BBW – british burning washington

— Alex with an ex (@psybermonkey) January 25, 2018

Are your kids secretly Republicans? Check their social media messages for these tell-tale signs…

LMAO – Limit Minorities Around Ohio
BTW – Build The Wall
IRL – I Repudiate Lefties
ROTFL – Rights Of The Females?: Less
WTH – Withhold The Healthcare
GOP – GOP
OMG – Oh My Guns

— Todd 'Papi' Carlos (@TheToddWilliams) January 31, 2018

Is your child texting about snacks?
A quick guide:

GTG – got them goldfish
LOL – lots of lay's
WTF – wheat thins forever
STFU – save takis for us
LMFAO – losing my funyuns all over
IMO – i'm munching oreos
BBL – bring bugles later
WYD – want your doritos?

— Terry F (@daemonic3) January 30, 2018

Is your child texting about frogs?

A guide:

FML – frog my life
WTF – where’s that frog
STFU – shut that frog up
LMFAO – listen Mom frogs are outstanding

— Boog (@BoogTweets) February 1, 2018

Are your kids texting about Groundhog Day?

A quick guide:

NSFW – Never Settle For Winter
THOT – That Hog On Time?
WTH – Where's The Hog
OMG – Ooooh Majestic Groundhog
ASAP – A Shadow Again? Poop
BRB – Bring the Rodent Back

— Jordan Stratton (@jordan_stratton) February 2, 2018

Kids these days and their secret codes, I tell ya.

Funny Animal:

That's some nice calligraphy you've got there… pic.twitter.com/NlAjZao7Ac

— Ben Brainerd (@ben_brainerd) February 2, 2018

Anyone with a cat knows they will ignore you right up until the moment you’re trying to accomplish something. Thems the cat laws.

Funny Dad:

Simon Holland is one of the funniest dads on the internet, and he tells us what it really means to “go full dad.”

You haven't gone full dad until start reading a historical marker plaque out loud to your uninterested kids.

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) September 20, 2016

Just went full dad and went outside to get firewood in my underwear and a pair of boots.

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) October 18, 2015

Went full dad at the grocery store and bought beer and 3 different kinds of BBQ sauce but forgot the go-gurt.

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) October 10, 2015

One time I asked a rival dad what size filter his HVAC system used in front of a bunch of people.

— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) January 15, 2018

Funny Commercial Spoof:

Here at The Dad, our team made a video all of us parents can relate to, big time.

It’s had such a good response, we talked to ABC News about it.

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Aside from a small modification to the bike’s seat, he’ll be riding the bike as-is. “My knees clear the handlebars by about half an inch so it’s going to be really tight, but it’s a great bike,” he told the BBC. He estimates the ride from Bristol to Land’s End will take him a week to complete.

Ellie loved cycling and impressed her dad at age three, when she was able to ride without training wheels.

The bike he’ll be riding was her pride and joy – a present she received for her last Christmas.

So far Peter has raised £22,499 (roughly $30K US) through his JustGiving campaign, already doubling his £10,000 target.

What a guy! What a dad! Go, Peter, go!

If you’d like donate to Peter’s campaign, visit his JustGiving page.

If you want to learn more about where the money is going, you can visit The Brain Tumour Charity.

That’s when both men attempted to open their doors but they would not unlock.

The father wondered if this would be their final moments together.

“I told him he would have to break the glass or kick the door open. I couldn’t help him.” the elder Sammons told News Channel Nebraska.

But eventually Kobe was able to kick the door open.

“It was in those moments. Just when it had to open, the door opened.” Kobe’s dad said.

By the time firefighters arrived the truck was completely engulfed in flames. Authorities on the scene considered that the fire may have caused the doors’ unlocking mechanism to malfunction.

The truck can easily be replaced, the important thing is that this father and son duo escaped unharmed.

Elizabeth Feldhausen, the founder of Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary, told The Huffington Post that Lauerman never signed up to be a volunteer but just showed up one day, armed with a cat brush and dream to help some kitties.

“He just walked in and started brushing,” Feldhausen said. “So eventually we told him he was an official volunteer and had him fill out our volunteer form.”

Safe Haven is a cage-free, no-kill shelter aimed at rehabilitating cats with special needs who would likely be euthanized elsewhere. Feldhausen says Lauerman usually comes in for about three hours every day—he’ll start by brushing a cat but usually ends up dozing off.

“He sleeps for about an hour, then he’ll wake up and switch cats,”

The cats aren’t the only ones benefitting from his visits, though. “He said, [the brushing is] as great of an experience for him, as it is for them,” said Feldhausen.

The post about Lauerman has received tons of positive attention and according to Feldhausen, they’ve received about $20,000 in donations since the post went viral.

While Lauerman is happy to have brought so much attention to Safe Haven, he wants people to know that there are plenty of other volunteers that put in hours of hard work to make sure the cats are loved and cared for.

Unlike them, however, Lauerman can do it in his sleep.

They always come first, and I believe they will appreciate the struggles later on in life, and they’ll be better off for it.”

– Mauro Hernandez

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“My dad told me to stand by the apples because he said he discovered a new way to take pano pics vertically,” Simran told Mashable. “I agreed to it and this was the result.”

My dad trying to take Panoramic’s of me. I’m mad asf. pic.twitter.com/qLz73jM5tk

— Simran (@sc_x_cs) September 15, 2018

“When he saw them he said ‘they look great’ and then I saw them and completely lost it. I mean, are you kidding me? I look like an Alien,” she said.

A number of people chimed in and made fun comparisons to some pretty unflattering images.

Clearly, Simran has been a good sport and we commend her dad for a bold attempt at harnessing advanced photo technology. But perhaps he should stick with the old fashioned point-and-shoot method from now on?