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Father’s Day 2017: What’s funny about being a dad? Here are a few of the funniest quotes

SAN RAFAEL, CA - JUNE 15: A Home Depot customer walks by a display of Father's Day gift cards at a Home Depot store on June 15, 2006 in San Rafael, California. Retail outlets are promoting Father's day gift buying in hopes that the holiday will become more profitable for businesses. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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SAN RAFAEL, CA - JUNE 15: A Home Depot customer walks by a display of Father's Day gift cards at a Home Depot store on June 15, 2006 in San Rafael, California. Retail outlets are promoting Father's day gift buying in hopes that the holiday will become more profitable for businesses. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
By Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
June 17, 2017

Most of us can easily pull up a quote from our dad.

“Turn out that light.”

“Close that door! I’m not air conditioning the entire neighborhood.”

“Do I look like a money tree?”

But what about quotes about being a dad?

Here are a few.

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Debbie Lord, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
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