tO APPRECIATE a job well done. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning." RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet." about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" LOGIC. "Because I said so, that's why." MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me." she tought me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about." the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper." about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." she tought me about HYPOCRISY "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!" the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I ca n take you out." about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Sto p acting like your father!" about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do.! " about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home." about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!" MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way." she tought me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?" HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me" HOW To Become An ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." GENETICS. "You're just like your father." about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?" WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand." about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!
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