Toss it out

I had a wonderful dad. He was the practical one, the quiet one, the steady one. He cared for my paralyzed mother for several years until she entered a nursing home. He coped fairly well on his own but after awhile he started to lose it. He no longer took a bath or cleaned house. He stayed in bed most of the time but did manage to feed himself. One day when we stopped to check on him there was an electric fry pan lying next to the outside steps. I questioned Dad about it and his answer was, "That damn garbage man was too lazy to pick it up!" Now, if we want to get rid of something we say, "Just toss it out the back door." It reminds us of Dad and also gives us a laugh.