Things My Mother Taught Me [Egopidea.com]

...about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."

...about APPRECIATING A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

...about ASTROLOGY.
"You can thank your lucky stars that did not poke someone's eye out."

...about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"

...about BIOLOGY
"If you keep on doing that, you will go blind!"

...about CAREER PLANNING.
"How on earth are you going to amount any thing if..."

...about THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

...about DIETING.
"You are going to bed without your supper!"

...about DISAPPOINTMENT.
"No honey, when the ice cream truck is playing music, that means they're all out of ice cream."

...about ENVY.
"There are millions of children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

...about ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you'll be cold?"

...about FEAR:
"One day you'll have a child who'll do the same things to you".

...about FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

...about GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."

...about BECOMING AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

...about GIVING.
"Turn down your radio! Your music is giving me a headache."

...about GRATITUDE.
"Just be thankful your father is not here right now."

...about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I have told you a million times. Do not exaggerate!"

...about HUMOR.
"When that lawnmower cuts off your toes, do not come running to me."

...about IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I will give you something to cry about."

...about THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
"If you do not eat your dinner some poor child in Africa will starve."

...about THE LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.
"Money just burns a hole in your pocket!"

...about LIFE.
"You are going to be the death of me yet!"

...about LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."

...about MAKING CHOICES.
"You will do as I say, or else!!!"

...about MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you do not stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."

...about PATIENCE.
"Just wait until your father gets home!"

...about PRAYER.
"You can thank God I am too busy to deal with you right now."

...about RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

...about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"

...about RESEARCH.
"Whoever said life was fair?"

...about ROLE MODELS.
"Why are you not more like your brother?"

...about SELF ESTEEM.
"Just look at you!!!"

...about SHARING.
"I am going to give you a piece of my mind!"

...about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until you clean your plate."

...about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you do not straighten up, I am going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

...about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks like a tornado went through it."

...about WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you will understand."


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