My kid took my Guinness World Record to school for show and tell. Another child's dad had Google. My son said, "If you type his name in an AI, it knows who you is." The playground never ends. It just gets more expensive toys.

https://javvadmalik.com/2026/02/18/the-art-of-one-upmanship/

The Art of One-Upmanship

There’s a peculiar disease that infects children somewhere between the ages of six and twelve. It’s not chickenpox or measles, though it spreads just as quickly through playgrounds and …

Javvad Malik
@Javvad congrats on reaching cook dad status. You should get a certificate for that and hang it next to the Guinness World Record one

@Javvad Great stuff! My Dad used to pretend to lay an egg in bed on weekends when I was small. Many years later I was inspired to continue the tradition (briefly) when my son was a kindergartener in a Dutch school.

He blabbed to his teacher "mij papa heeft een ei gelecht". He was indignant she didn't believe him. She was very cute and I got some sparkling twinkly-eyed knowing smiles later when I met her. Not a world record, but a secret superpower. πŸ˜‹πŸ’ͺ

@samueljohnson champion!!! πŸ†πŸ†πŸ†

@Javvad Dayum, he's right.

Also we can't afford those fonts anymore...