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So this past weekend’s NFL playoff games ended and my son was ticked, he was unsure of one of the outcomes and asked me if I thought Brett Favre could beat New Orleans, I said “for sure, you heard it hear first my boy the Vikings will beat the Saints!” So he takes Minnesota to win in the football pool, and of course New Orleans wins and he falls out of the money and he blames it on me. Well, I think one of the perks of parenthood is dispensing advice to your kids at any given time on absolutely any given subject. Now advice on the more serious subjects like relationships, school, and career choices are jointly dispensed with my wife and or Oprah and Dr. Phil, but the other stuff,  I  handle myself and not just advice to my kids but other relatives and for that matter co-workers friends, people at the grocery store, heck if your breathing and within shouting distance I’d be happy to pass on any wisdom I can and my record is ……..well…..let’s review.  Convincing my brother-in-law to buy my share of Leafs season tickets back in 2004 because they were on the cusp of winning the cup may have been off a little bit.  My neighbour was talking about taking a trip this winter so I convinced him that instead of going south in January he should take his kids to Ottawa and watch the government in action in the House of Commons. OK sorry, blame the PM for that one. My cousin and her husband we’re having marital problems,  she thought he was fooling around on her cause he said he was working late and I said “ look he’s a golf pro, he needs to practice, you don’t think Tiger Woods got to be the best in the world by fooling around instead of golfing do you?” in retrospect probably not the best advice I could give. Finally, a buddy of mine was debating whether or not to take a new job last summer and was really hesitant so I said to him, “look take the job your perfect for it, you’ll do great and be there for years and years, Conan for goodness sake, take my advice!”