Was sick now I am playing catch-up

On a scale from 1 to 10, this was a bad idea.

In his attempt to get better, he walked half a mile in the pouring rain.

With a sudden jolt of surprise, he realized he was making his dad proud.

You spend your life trying to ignore your parents, yet one day you find out you are fulfilling all their expectations, sneaky bastards.

All parents posess voodoo magic, it is part of the pre-natal program.