"Important" things your parents taught you

[Melora]

This weekend while driving home from Las Vegas, it was dark and I was getting tired of listening to Lilo and Stitch playing for the 3rd time since we left and I wanted to read. I was going to turn on the overheard light when suddenly my mothers voice rang through loud and clear..

"Do NOT turn on the light in the car at night while you are dirving.. some lunatic will see you and it will be easy for him to shoot you in the head with his gun."

I am NOT lying... these are the type of things my mom used to come up with. To this day I think..better not turn on that light, you never know who is driving close by!

Of course Jeff doesn't let me do it anyway because he says it makes it hard for him to see..... but still!

Do you have any words of wisdom carried down from your elders??

 

[gshoemate]

I'm sure there are lots of them...but the only one I can think of is not to go outside with wet hair, you'll catch a cold.

And then there's my FIL who doesn't wear his seatbelt because there is a chance that his car will end up in a lake or river and the seatbelt would trap him Forget actually getting into a accident and having it save you from flying out of the car.

 

[TarraLee]

I can't eat Skittles because for years it was drilled into me that Skittles caused cavities and ruined your teeth. Teeth that Mom and Dad spent alot of money on (braces). Anyone around me eating them, it is hard for me not to say, "you know, skittles will ruin your teeth"

Also, it takes TWO fingers to close the car door. No slamming, because it will break the car. I will admit to having said this to my husband, who is just a bull in a china shop kinda guy.

Sheesh, I am my parents. Scary.

 

[Disney Doll]

Make sure you have on nice underwear. You don't want the ER people laughing at you when you get to the hospital after your car accident.

 

[Lars624]

My Mom said lots of things! Right now I can only think of a few.......

"You'll catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar"

"Stop it or your face will freeze like that" said only when i was pouting or making a mad face....

"If so & so jumped off a bridge......" of course, doesn't every Mom say that????

 

[edcrbnsoul]

My dad had the same one about his seat belt and added they dont save your life, the paramedics are just too lazy to go look for your body

Here are some from Homer J Simpson:

Homer: Maybe, just once, someone will call me "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene."

Kids, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening

Oh, they have the Internet on computers now

Kent Brockman: Springfield has come down with a fever: football fever. If you have the fever, there's only one cure. Take 2 tickets, and see the game Sunday morning.
Public Service Announcer: Warning. Tickets should NOT be taken internally.
Homer: See? Because of me, now they have a warning

Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them

There, there, Bart. If something's hard, then it's not worth doing

If something goes wrong, blame the guy who can't speak English

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.

 

[Cruise04]

Here's one -

Don't trip on that bottom lip (always said when I was supposedly pouting)

 

[oogieboogie]

Originally posted by Disney Doll
Make sure you have on nice underwear. You don't want the ER people laughing at you when you get to the hospital after your car accident.

OMG... that's the same line my mother drilled into me!!!!

 

[Melora]

Another couple

Pork gives you worms.. Now OK..I know you have to cook pork reaaly good, but I always thought "Why would you want eat something that had worms in it in the first place?"

You will get a deadly disease if you sit on (or even touch) a public toilet seat....when I was little she would hold me over the seat to go..... Ive looked it up and cannot find any diseases you can catch from a public seat that will kill you....

They had the asme ideas about that seat belts.... they would get trapped in the car if they got into an accident.

 

[tiggerlover]

"Treat others the way you wish to be treated."

"It takes more effort to frown than it does to smile."

 

[Danauk]

My mum told me the underwear thing too in case I got run over by a bus!


Also always keep a spare coat in your car in case you break down - although that one could be useful.