Also, it has to be pointed out that, contrary to most other examples here, Barney is already an adult. Before that, he either forced his father to join him during his own usual activities (which are partying and hitting on chicks), or completely ignored him. However, it can be seen as an improvement of their father-son relationship that Barney has agreed to go with them in the first place. Barney quickly proclaims that this is boring. At the end of an episode of How I Met Your Mother, we see Barney's dad taking Barney and his half-brother to a fishing-trip.The combination of freezing conditions as well as Steve tagging along and catching all the fish makes Eddie miserable and he and Carl start arguing, only to be interrupted by the ice on the lake beginning to crack. The problem is it's the middle of winter so it becomes an ice fishing trip and not the warm weather activity that Eddie was hoping for. In one episode of Family Matters, Carl realizes he hasn't been spending as much time with Eddie as he used to and decides to taking him on a fishing trip the latter wanted to do.Will inevitably end in the hunters becoming the hunted, showing that Dad himself isn't as MANLY as he likes to consider himself. Which doesn't make much sense, if you think a bit about it: There is no logical reason why being gay and being a passionate sports hunter should be mutually exclusive. Here, Dad tries to make a MAN out of Son, often with the ulterior motive to cure him of (either imagined or really existing) homosexuality. This specific activity involving most of the time not much, well, activity, Son will most likely show reaction #2: "This is so booooooring." For that matter, Dad and Son throwing a(n American) football to and fro might convey the same associations. Might have something to do with baseball being more popular in the US than in many other parts of the world. For some reason, American media tend to depict this as iconic stock image of Dad and Son genuinely having a splendid time together. May often not include the Son-Doesn't-Like-It bit.