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The speaker is recalling a father’s comment that sounds affectionate but also slightly ironic. The line suggests that understanding one’s parent can be complicated, even for someone who has spent a lifetime around them.
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Originally said in English.
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About Michael Leunig
Australian cartoonist, poet and artist
Michael Leunig, known professionally as Leunig, was an Australian cartoonist, poet, and artist. He became widely known for his work in Melbourne’s The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Leunig’s work brought together cartooning, poetry, and visual art, and those newspaper contributions made him familiar to a broad Australian readership. His public voice was shaped by that blend of image and language, which is why his name remains closely associated with those papers and with his distinctive artistic output.
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