Boomerangs by Jack Pullan for September 29, 2023

The mother’s curse.

A kid needs to create good comebacks for all of those sayings. Like for the last one: “I hope I have a kid just like me too. I’ll understand her better than you do me. I’ll be more patient with her. I won’t criticize everything about her.” When I told my mother that she shut up.

Don’t put it in your mouth

You don’t know where it’s been

Don’t assume it’s candy for a minute

Don’t take it from the ground

Or from a strange old man

Other kids have vanished when they did it

Don’t bring it in the house

Because it’s not a toy

Don’t you ever point it at your sister

Go put it in your room

I’ll wash your mouth with soap

Then I’ll put you two in separate corners

Did you bring enough for everyone

Keep it to yourself or share

Go upstairs and think of what you’ve done

You’re just not my kid, I swear

Don’t swing that thing around

You just might poke an eye

Wipe that grin before it sticks forever

Don’t leave it on the floor

Or feed it to the dog

If you break it you wont get another

There’s more. Video at https://www.youtube.COM/watch?v=tJ9r3nVHAb0&ab_channel=UncleBonsai-Topic

When I would accidently leave a door open, my Mother would shout “Do you live in a barn?”

I would just go Mooooooooo

the one I heard was “laugh and world laughs with you…cry, and you cry alone”!! (it did the trick…sorta)