Mothers Will Be Mothers

MONA LISA’S MOTHER:  “ After all that money your father and I spent on braces, that’s the biggest smile you can give us?”

COLUMBUS’ MOTHER: “ I don’t care what you’ve discovered, you still could have written!”

MICHAELANGELO’S MOTHER:  “ Can’t you paint on walls like other children?  Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?”

NAPOLEON’S MOTHER:  Alright, if you aren’t hiding your report card inside your jacket, take your hand out of there and show me.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S MOTHER:  “ Again with the stovepipe hat?  Can’t you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?”

MARY’S MOTHER:  “ I’m not upset that your lamb followed you to school, but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you.”

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S MOTHER:  “ But it’s your senior picture.  Can’t you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something ….?”

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOTHER: “ The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance goodbye!”

JONAH’S MOTHER: “ That’s a nice story.  Now tell me where you’ve really been for the last forty years.”

THOMAS EDISON’S MOTHER:  “ Of course, I’m proud that you have invented the electric light bulb.  Now turn it off and get to bed.”

PAUL REVERE’S MOTHER:  “ I don’t care where you think you have to go young man, midnight is past your curfew.”

WALT DISNEY’S MOTHER:  “ With a mouse, with a duck and now with dwarfs, why don’t you become a CPA like your cousin Morris?”