... What's she mean 'a crummy father?' I'm a great father. Why, just this last week, I even bought my daughter a brand new Mercedes-Benz!" I wonder if Pete was serious -- if he thought that a Mercedes has anything to do with being a good father. A lot of parents are ... toward the gorgeous view. "Take away the ocean, and then what have you got?" (Barry P. Boulware, "The Man Who Would Not Be King", July 24, 1988). Groucho was being his funny self. The truth is you can't take away the ocean -- you can't take away the ...