My mother taught me > > > > > > 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 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 LOGIC > " Because I said so, that's why." > > 5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC . > "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to >the store with me." > > 6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT . > "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." > > 7. My mother taught me IRONY . > "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about." > > 8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS . > "Shut your mouth and eat your supper." > > 9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM > "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" > > 10. My mother taught me about STAMINA . > "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." > > 11 My mother taught me about WEATHER. > "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." > >12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. > "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!" > > 13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE > "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out." > > 14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION . > "Stop acting like your father!" > >15. My mother taught me about ENVY. > "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't >have wonderful parents like you do." > > 16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION > "Just wait until we get home." > > 17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING > "You are going to get it when you get home!" > > 18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE . > "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that >way." > > 19. My mother taught me ESP . > "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?" > > 20. My mother taught me HUMOR . > "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me" > > 21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT . > "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." > > 22. My mother taught me GENETICS. > "You're just like your father." > > 23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. > "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?" > > 24. My mother taught me about WISDOM. > "When you get to be my age, you'll understand." > > And my favorite: > 25. My mother taught me about JUSTICE > "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you > >
What makes them so funny is that we have all heard them or said them! One that I always heard as a kid was " If you fall out of that tree and break you leg, don't come running to me! "
I was told them and have them and Capt. I have been told that one too.When I was coming up I was the biggest Tom Boy ever.