In a comedy routine some time ago, Bill Cosby related his understanding of the difference between Mother ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day and Father ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day. He insisted that Mother ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day is a much bigger deal because mothers are more organized.  ¢â‚¬Å“Mothers say to their children: Now here is a list of what I want.   Go get the money from your father and you surprise me on Mother ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day. You do that for me. ¢â‚¬ 

And then he waxed eloquently on Father ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day:  ¢â‚¬Å“For Father ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day I give each of my five kids $20 so that they can go out and by me a present ¢â‚¬” ¢â‚¬”a total of $100. They go to the store and buy two packages of underwear, each of which costs $5 and contains three shorts. They tear them open and each kid wraps up one pair, the sixth going to the Salvation Army. Therefore, on Father ¢â‚¬â„¢s Day I am walking around with new underwear and my kids are walking around with $90 worth of my change in their pockets. ¢â‚¬ 