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MOM taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE: "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning!"
MOM taught me RELIGION: "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
MOM taught me about TIME TRAVEL: "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
MOM taught me LOGIC: "Because I said so, that's why."
MOM taught me FORESIGHT: "Make sure you wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident."
MOM taught me IRONY: "Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about!"
MOM taught me about the science of OSMOSIS: "Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"
MOM taught me about CONTORTIONISM: "Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck!"
MOM taught me about STAMINA: "You'll sit there until all that spinach is finished."
MOM taught me about WEATHER: "It looks as if a tornado swept through your room."
MOM taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS: "If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"
MOM taught me about HYPOCRISY: "If I've told you once, I've told you a million times, Don't exaggerate!!!"
MOM taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: "Stop acting like your father!"
MOM taught me about ENVY: "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
And most of all . MOM taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE: "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
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