Before I had LASIK, my eyes were really bad. They were so bad, that they were worse than my dad’s, and his eyes were REALLY bad.

We went to lunch one day when I was in law school and he asked to take a look through my glasses. When he held them up to his eyes he said, “Jesus Christ, kid. You’re blind as a bat. You’re like Mr. Magoo.” Needless to say, he started calling me “Magoo” and it stuck.

I hated that nickname so badly. But then he died in a boating accident a few months after that lunch date right before the bar exam.

Now whenever I see Mr. Magoo I think about my dad giving me that ridiculous nickname and I miss him.

OP, thank you for reminding me of him.