Not really a joke since those of us over 60 prolly heard most of these from our parents.
Most of the generation of 60+ were HOMESCHOOLED in many ways .
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 father 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 father 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 father 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 .
“Just 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 father 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 from your father 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 father 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 WISDOM .
“When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”
25. My father taught me about JUSTICE .
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!”
From Gary.
#10 STAMINA – I am a Junior namesake of my late father Senior. I don’t remember this, but I was told as a toddler that I could not get down from my high chair until I ate my scalloped potatoes. Senior was determined that Junior would eat them while Junior determined that he would not. My mother called it “the irresistible force meeting the immovable object”. At midnight, I was still sitting there, and my parents apparently said “OK, you can go to bed now, but you have to eat them tomorrow.”. (Tomorrow they dropped the whole matter without mentioning it.)
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Plus one
I heard all of these, and so has my kid. I think a lot of the younger generation did not, and that’s why we are where we are now!
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My parents used everyone of these.
In my youth, I frequently heard a six-word question that I don’t hear anymore. It is especially needed in this social media sewer of would-be judges: “Who died and left you boss?” .
I always heard it as “Who died and named you Head Ni&&er?” and the sayin’ was used as much by my black friends as anybody else.
Modern Answer:
Joe Biden!
ALL so true.
#25 really hits home. We were at my parents house for Thanksgiving some years ago and my younger one was about 6 or 7 at the time and being a real pill.
I turned to my father and said, “There’s your revenge.”
Growing up in Montreal, Quebec, I heard them all in French. I guess no matter where parents share the same DNA to raise children.
I remember a SNL sketch in which a cop is citing a protester. The man objects on the basis of free speech. The cop says “Your violation is your sign being only in English, and not also in French.”.