[Dragaera] Giddy T-shirt par-ergon

[Scott Schultz]

If you drop the parental relationship, you've pretty much lost the joke at 
that point. Kinda like the one about the poor guy who always wanted to eat 
crepe suzettes because he'd heard that rich people ate them. Every time his 
wife complained about an ingredient being unavailable or too expensive, he 
told her "make it without". When it was finally served to him, he took a 
bite, spit it out and said "For the life of me, I can't understand why rich 
people eat crepe suzettes".

Without "my father/mother/parents/grandparents", travel to an 
exotic/exciting/fun locale, and disappointment over receiving a cheap, 
thoughtless souvenier you don't the joke any more. If you have to think 
about it too hard, it isn't funny any more. ;-)

Personally, I'd be equally as happy with something simple like "My parents 
made the pilgrimage to Deathsgate Falls and all I got was this lousy tunic". 
*heh*