Sad Papaw is hosting a burger cookout and *everyone* will be there
The Internet's favorite sad grandpa is about to get a whole lot happier.
In case you missed it, Twitter fell in love with "Papaw" this week, when one of his grandkids tweeted a photo of her very lonely dinner with him.
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Yep, five of his six grandkids bailed on the invitation, leaving Papaw with some very cold, sad burgers.
But now the kids are making it all right.
Another grandkid, Brock Harmon (Kelsey Harmon's cousin), tweeted big news Friday night: Papaw is having a cookout, and everyone's invited.
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According to KVUE-TV, the cookout is happening on March 26 at the family's flea market in Purcell, Oklahoma.
"We were talking about the whole thing and Papaw said, 'Why don't we have a cookout?,'" Brock told the station.
Burgers will be $2 apiece, and you can get a T-shirt that says "I had a burger with Papaw" for around $25. Proceeds will go toward the grandkids' college education, and possibly some charities.
"We don’t want anyone to think we’re doing this for fame. We're a very family-oriented family. We communicate all the time," Brock said. "We want people to learn a lesson from this -- call your grandparents, tell them you love them, go eat with them."
People are already planning their trips to Oklahoma.
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Brock told KVUE the family is still in disbelief over all the attention. "No one would ever think that our Papaw would be the most famous Papaw in the world," he said.
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