Thanks to my dear friend and commenter Sally-Ann, whose blog Wombats in the Belfry I just now discovered (sorry I have been awol from blogging and blog reading for a while, this year has been busy!) I came across the above youtube clip. I am not a mother myself, but I sure have heard every one of these phrases all through my childhood, so this post is dedicated to my lovely mother, Yvonne!
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I particulary like the one about jumping off a cliff if your friends did. Except my Mum would say, “If your friends sat on a hot stove, would you?” Unfortunately, as I get older, I find myself saying things that I swore I would never say!!!!!