This might be a good place to list crazy things our parents told us. I’ll kick off with two from my mother (RIP)
1. ‘Do not take your radio into the bathroom! Do you know how many people have been electrocuted doing that?’
The radio in question was one of those tiny el cheapo MW/SW jobs powered off 2 AA cells.
2. On chewing gum (I was about 12 at the time) ‘Spit it out now! Do you know how many kids choke to death on chewing gum every year?’
😂😂
1. ‘Do not take your radio into the bathroom! Do you know how many people have been electrocuted doing that?’
The radio in question was one of those tiny el cheapo MW/SW jobs powered off 2 AA cells.
2. On chewing gum (I was about 12 at the time) ‘Spit it out now! Do you know how many kids choke to death on chewing gum every year?’
😂😂
3. Stop that or you'll go blind.
4. If you were meant to smoke you'd have a chimney on your head.
5. Don't sit so close to the TV or you'll get square eyes.
4. If you were meant to smoke you'd have a chimney on your head.
5. Don't sit so close to the TV or you'll get square eyes.
Strange things parents.
They teach a kid to walk and talk, then tell them to shut up and sit down !
They teach a kid to walk and talk, then tell them to shut up and sit down !
And, while I think about it. In a vain attempt to get me to eat fewer Maynard's Wine Gums I was told they were made from "bones dredged from the bottom of the Ganges".
Or “Put wish in one hand and **** it the other and see which fills up first.”
"Go outside and play - or I'll take the tubes out of that TV and smash them"
Is it true that if you eat cherry stones, you'll have a cherry tree growing inside you?
"Eat your greens, they'll put hairs on your chest " - an odd thing to tell both genders.
My sister had a pet rabbit, so she wouldn't eat rabbit, so my mum told her that we were having Giraffe for tea, so my sister went to school the next day, and told everyone that we'd had Giraffe.
Should there be a category for things that teacher said? " Well, if it's so funny, why don't you come to the front of the class, and tell all of us!".
"Eat your greens, they'll put hairs on your chest " - an odd thing to tell both genders.
My sister had a pet rabbit, so she wouldn't eat rabbit, so my mum told her that we were having Giraffe for tea, so my sister went to school the next day, and told everyone that we'd had Giraffe.
Should there be a category for things that teacher said? " Well, if it's so funny, why don't you come to the front of the class, and tell all of us!".
Here one but this time it’s what I told my two boys when one was about 5 and the other 2 1/2. The oldest asked how come people got sleep in their eyes. I told them at night your eye balls pop out while you are sleeping and run around the house collecting dust and dirt. Just before you wake up, they jump back in the sockets again, leaving dirt on your eyelids. I even embellished with a bit about crazy dreams. Because the eyeballs aren’t connected to your brain, they can’t make sense of anything so that’s why you have crazy dreams. We still laugh about it and one is 37 and the other 35
"It's right where you left it"
The universal answer to "where's my .....?"
And
"Eat what's put in front of you, there's people starving in China"
The universal answer to "where's my .....?"
And
"Eat what's put in front of you, there's people starving in China"
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My Dad is doing some mundane task. I walk into the room with a "Smug" statement , "Dad if you did it this way then.......!!!
My Dad gives me the "LOOK" and replies, I am SKINNING THIS CAT, YOU JUST HOLD THE TAIL"
Got me everytime🙂
My Dad gives me the "LOOK" and replies, I am SKINNING THIS CAT, YOU JUST HOLD THE TAIL"
Got me everytime🙂
Mom: "Use Common Sense!" and "If you don't do it, it won't happen!"
Pop: "Go Shh!t in your hat and pull it over your ears!"
Pop: "Go Shh!t in your hat and pull it over your ears!"
A few more:
"Children should be seen and not heard." At the dinner table on holidays with guests visiting.
"That kid must have a hollow leg." When a kid actually liked the food and wanted more.
"Don't eat that. You'll get worms." When Mom was making brownies and you wanted to lick the bowl.
Great thread Bonsai!
This is so emotionally therapeutic I feel like I should be paying someone.
"Children should be seen and not heard." At the dinner table on holidays with guests visiting.
"That kid must have a hollow leg." When a kid actually liked the food and wanted more.
"Don't eat that. You'll get worms." When Mom was making brownies and you wanted to lick the bowl.
Great thread Bonsai!
This is so emotionally therapeutic I feel like I should be paying someone.