Lawn & Order
This common, bright yellow yard weed is actually entirely edible, but dads view it as public enemy number one for a pristine green lawn.
What is a dandelion?
his heavily scented, zinc-oxide-based paste is a dad’s primary weapon when fighting the dreaded diaper rash.
What is Desitin (accept generic diaper rash cream)?
If a "birdie" is one stroke under par for a hole, this avian term describes the much rarer feat of scoring two strokes under par.
What is an eagle?
When jump-starting a dead car battery, this color cable must always connect to the positive (+) terminals.
What is red?
Long before Spotify or CDs, children of the 70s and 80s used this writing utensil to manually wind a tangled tape back into a cassette.
What is a pencil (or pen)?
To keep grass healthy, you should never cut off more than this fraction of the grass blade's height during a single mowing session.
What is one-third (1/3)?
For maximum safety, pediatric guidelines state that infants must remain in a car seat facing this direction until they are at least two years old.
What is rear-facing?
When a golfer hooks or slices a ball directly toward unsuspecting players on another fairway, etiquette demands they yell this warning word.
What is "Fore!"?
To check if your car tires have enough tread left, you can insert one of these small coins upside down; if you can see the top of the president's head, it's time for new tires.
What is a penny (The Lincoln Penny Test)?
To get a stubborn Nintendo NES game cartridge to work, an entire generation erroneously thought they needed to blow into this part of the plastic case.
What is the bottom slot (or connectors/pins)?
This process involves punching small holes into the soil to break up compaction and let air, water, and nutrients reach the grass roots.
What is aeration (or core aerating)?
Often bought in bulk, these small, plastic, spring-loaded safety devices are jammed into electrical outlets to keep curious toddlers safe.
What are outlet covers (or safety plugs)?
This legendary golfer, nicknamed "The Golden Bear," holds the all-time record for the most men's major championship victories with 18 titles.
Who is Jack Nicklaus?
If your car suddenly begins to hydroplane on a wet road, you should never slam on the brakes; instead, you should smoothly ease off of this pedal.
What is the gas pedal (or accelerator)?
In the 1990s, before smartphones, people wore these small, rectangular devices on their belts that would beep and display a phone number to call back.
What is a pager (or beeper)?
While Northern lawns love Kentucky Bluegrass, Southern dads pride themselves on growing this tough, heat-tolerant, creeping grass variety named after a British island territory.
What is Bermuda grass?
It sounds like a wrestling move, but this tightly wrapped swaddling technique involves folding a blanket into a diamond shape to mimic the womb.
What is the "burrito" wrap (accept swaddling)?
If your ball lands in a sand trap, golf rules state that your club cannot touch this substance during your practice swing or address before the actual shot.
What is the sand (or grounding the club)?
When changing a flat tire, you should always loosen the lug nuts while the car is in this physical position relative to the ground.
What is still on the ground (before jacking it up)?
This iconic, yellow, disc-shaped portable music player manufactured by Sony was the ultimate status symbol for music on the go in the late 80s and 90s.
What is a Discman?
This is the specific botanical term for the underground horizontal stems or "runners" that grasses like Kentucky Bluegrass use to spread and form thick turf.
What are rhizomes?
In child development, this specific term describes the early stage of play where a toddler plays next to another child but not directly with them.
What is parallel play?
This unique piece of hardware, usually a metal tool with two prongs, is kept in a golfer's pocket specifically to repair the indentation a ball makes when landing on the putting green.
What is a divot tool (or pitch mark repairer)?
When driving down a long, steep mountain pass, dads know to shift the transmission into a lower gear to use this technique, preventing the brakes from overheating and failing.
What is engine braking?
Long before Google Maps, dads mapped out family road trips using a giant, spiral-bound book of paper maps, most famously published by this company.
What is Rand McNally?