No situation is ever completely hopeless. Never give up.

[Beaming with fatherly pride, Dad lets go, gesturing to the giant cake and present table. He may have finally been told about John's distaste for clowns by Davesprite, but he was never disabused of the notion that John loves delicious cake. Oh well, baby steps.]

Now let's have some cake and celebrate, okay? Oh, and be sure to talk to Rose's mom - she's got a pretty nice birthday surprise for you too.

[There are also two presents from Dad sitting on the table.]

Those ones are from me.