Anyone got any salmon? Lovely...

[venta]

Goodness me. I've just worked out how the rest of the world feels.

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred when I quote some kind of proverb or childhood saying, people look at me funny. They claim that instead of repeating a perfectly sensible saying, I'm spouting utter nonsense.

But today a colleague has just assured me that any injury, when he was a child, was greeted by the not-at-all-consoling remark "don't worry, there'll be a pig's foot there in the morning".

Weirdo.

And contrary to telling children rubbish about trotters to terrify them (apparently it did), we also have the truths we try to conceal from children. No, don't worry, eating pips from fruit is fine. They won't grow inside you. It can't happen. Oh, except for that guy in the US who grew a pea plant in his lung.

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[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mine were also quite big on the idea of consequences, so I got things like "don't pick your nose, or you'll get a smack". Worked every time.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

("Worked" in the sense that I did indeed get a smack, not in the sense that I gave up picking my nose.)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

Overhead in the cinema the other day:

Frazzled parent: "If you don't share your sweets nicely, I'll take them back!"
Smart-arsed kid: "You can't, we've already eaten some!"

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Me to my own smart-arsed kid in same scenario: "ok, we'll give them to narenek then" [he eats all the leftover dinner if given the chance, as the child is well aware]
S-AK: "bum." *behaves*


They learn fast given the right threat.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

*lol*
Yeah, I've got a d_floorlandmine who happily hoovers up any leftovers. Including the portion you were saving for the next night's dinner.