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1. My mother
taught me to APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just
finished cleaning."
2. My mother
taught me about RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My mother
taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the
middle of next week!"
4. My mother
taught me about LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."
5. My mother
taught me about FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an
accident."
6. My mother
taught me about IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
7. My mother
taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
8. My mother
taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks like a tornado went through it."
9. My mother
taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't
exaggerate!"
10. My mother
taught me about the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
11. My mother
taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"
12. My mother
taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of children in this world who don't have
wonderful parents like you do."
13. My mother
taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
14. My mother
taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"
15. My mother
taught me about MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze
that way."
16. My mother
taught me about ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you'll be
cold?"
17. My mother
taught me about HUMOR.
"When that lawnmower cuts off your toes, don't come running to
me."
18. My mother
taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
19. My mother
taught me about GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."
20. My mother
taught me about WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand.
21. My mother
taught me about SHARING.
" I’m going to give you a piece of my mind!"
22. My mother
taught me about FEAR.
"One day you'll have a child who'll do the same things to you." |
