Most of generation of 60+ were HOME SCHOOLED in many ways (but we didn't
notice it at the time!).
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 shops 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 HUMOUR .
"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 tent?"
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!”
This should be sent only to the over-60 crowd because the younger ones would unlikely believe we truly were told these "EXACT" words by our parents…
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