Things my parents said . . .
1. Because I said so.
2. If you swallow your gum, it will stay in your stomach for 7 years.
3. If you swallow a watermelon seed, it will grow in your stomach.
4. Keep making that face and it will freeze like that.
5. I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it.
6. I have eyes in the back of my head.
7. You can't swim for 30 minutes after eating.
8. If you sit too close to the TV, you'll go blind.
9. I'm just going to the store for one thing. (Comes back 3 hours later.)
10. Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about.
11. Wipe that smile off your face or I'll wipe it off for you.
12. Do as I say, not as I do.
13. I hope your kids turn out just like you, so you'll know what it feels like.
Did your parents say things like this?
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!, 4, 12, and 10. I heard Bill Cosby say number 5.
ReplyDeleteMust be generational. I have heard most all of them. I would add, via my mother: "I only have two hands!"
ReplyDeleteOh yes. Many of those were said in my house as well.
ReplyDeleteMy mom said #7 and #8. My dad had a version of #10 -- "No one wants to see that," meaning my tears -- and I still won't/can't cry in front of anyone.
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