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 freeze 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 WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
25. My mother taught me JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just
like you!"
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