Graydon Carter
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No, I mean, he was a sort of cozy father, and he was a really good athlete.
He skied a lot.
He wasn't around that much.
Why wasn't he around that much?
Parents weren't.
They didn't come to all your sporting events in those days the way that parents are supposed to do now.
Childhood is very sort of performative.
It's like a spectator sport being a child today.
Parents are always at the games.
My parents never came to any of our sporting events, and nor did any of my friends' parents.
He became the administrator in the government.
Very happy and really funny.
Oh, good.
I mean, largely inadvertently funny, but very funny.
One of his great talents was his ability to break wind at the most unfortunate times.
And my mother would just put up with it.
And finally, when they bought their first sailboat, he wanted to call the boat passing wind, and she put her foot down.
Yes, and my mother would just go, oh, your father, you know, during social engagements.