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Dads · Plate II

THE SHORTCUT DAD

Paternus madegoodtimus

Knows a shortcut. It is not shorter.

THE SHORTCUT DAD specimen plate
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Tee $34 Crewneck $49

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Field observations

  1. Knows a shortcut. It is not shorter.
  2. "We made good time": his only metric
  3. Circles the lot for a spot ten feet closer
  4. Backs in. Every time. No reason given.

The four notes printed on the plate, in the order they appear.

Colours

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Tee 9

Crewneck 6

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Find this plate in the guide

Also on THE DADS — the group plate and the rest of its specimens