My Mother Taught Me...

My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION:
"Just wait until your father gets home."

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!"

My mother taught me RELIGION:
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My Mother taught me ESP:
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?"

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!"

My mother taught me LOGIC:
"Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT:
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD:
"If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job.

"My Mother taught me CONSEQUENCES:
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My Mother taught me about GENETICS:
"You're just like your father!!"

My Mother taught me about SEX:
"How do you think you got here?"

My mother taught me IRONY:
"Keep crying and I'll *give* you something to cry about!"

My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE:
"What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you... Don't talk back to me!"

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS:
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM:
"Will you *look* at the dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA:
"You'll sit there 'til all that spinach is finished."

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT:
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up!"

My Mother taught me HUMOR:
"When that lawn mower cuts off you toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me about WEATHER:
"It looks as if a tornado swept through your room."

My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS:
"If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you; would you listen then?"

My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE:
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're going to freeze that way."

My Mother taught me about RECEIVING:
"You are going to get it when we get home!"

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY:
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times... Don't Exaggerate!!!"

My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE:
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!!"

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION:
"Stop acting like your father!"

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!"

My Mother taught me about my ROOTS:
"Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE:
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

And my all time favorite... JUSTICE:
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you... Then you'll see what its like!!"

Thanks Linda!!