A Rochdale Dad has broken protocol by announcing that he has begun thinking about thinking about starting his Christmas shopping with more than a week to go till Christmas.
Parenting authorities were called to an address in the town after Steve Dickinson, 42 and a bit, was overheard saying that he might start thinking about what to get people for Christmas on Wednesday next week.
“It’s a storm in a teacup really.” Steve told reporters outside his Milnrow home. “It’s not like I’ve made a list or anything.”
“All I said was that I might have a think about thinking about when to go shopping on Wednesday. Next thing you know there’s a bloody knock on the door.”
“It’s not like I’ve filled out any Christmas cards or done anything drastic like that.”
A spokesman from the National Union of Dad’s said: “We’re carefully considering what action needs to be taken against Steve Dickinson. We will be monitoring him closely and if he buys any gifts before the 24th December there will be real trouble.”
“You can’t have random Dads going around and being organised before Christmas. It’ll make the rest of us look bad.”
Thousands of fathers around Lancashire are expecting to form picket lines around Steve Dickinson Rochdale home on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week to ensure no shopping is done before Christmas Eve.
“It might seem drastic to be taking mass scale industrial action against one father in a small northern town but it is vital that we take a united position in order to stop the rot.”
“If we don’t nip this in the bud we’ll be expected to buy Valentine’s cards from somewhere other than petrol station forecourts before the 14th of February.”
“It really is that serious.”
