Smokey Bones Seeks 'Dadisms' for Gift Card Contest

In time for Father’s Day, the “Dadism Giveaway” is under way at the Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill in Brandon, where posting your father’s best advice, or pearls of wisdom, is all it takes to win a $100 gift card.

Of course, you’ll have to beat out the competition, which comes in the form of everybody’s best dad’s advice — “and by ‘dadism’ we mean a bit of advice or some guidelines for life, so long as it sounds like it could be one of our ‘Boneisms,’ ” notes the contest’s Facebook announcement.

In case you need a little help, the following “Boneisms” are offered:

• “It’s not the size of the tongs, it’s the skill of the griller.”
• “Keep in mind that designated drivers remember everything.”
• “Hate to break it to you vegetarians, but plants are living things, too."

The top three posts submitted by June 17 win their submitters Smokey Bones gift cards, according to the announcement. “Plus, the very best ‘Dadism’ will become [a] Facebook official Smokey Bones ‘Boneism.’ ”

Should you be successful in making your “dad’s words immortal,” the prizes are as follows: $100 for first place, $50 for second place and $25 for third place.

As of post-midnight June 15, Facebook postings numbered 233, including, from Jessi Jo Housel, "Live, Laugh, Eat Meat."

"Have a day and learn something," Vickie Sue Takats noted that her husband would say to their children, every time they left the house, "whether it was for school or later for work."

"If everyone would learn something new every day, can you imagine what a great world this would be?" she added.

Smokey Bones is at 136 Brandon Town Center Dr.