THINGS YOU DON'T HEAR ANY MORE
> >
> > Be sure and refill the ice trays, we are going to
> > have company after awhile.
> >
> > Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter in
> > the mail today.
> >
> > Quit slamming that screen door!
> >
> > Be sure to pull the windows down when you leave, it
> > looks like it might shower, and bring in the clothes
> > on the line too.
> >
> > Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.
> >
> > Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty
> > from playing bare footed outside all day.
> >
> > Why can't you remember to roll up your pant legs?
> > Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times
> > is tearing them up.
> >
> > You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so
> > many tim es there is nothing left to put a patch on.
> >
> > Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on!
> >
> > Hang up your Sunday School clothes, you know you need
> > to pass them down to your brother in good condition.
> >
> > Go comb your hair, it looks like the rats have nested
> > in it all night.
> >
> > Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk
> > when you open the new bottle. I need it for baking
> > and Pa's coffee.
> >
> > Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you
> > won't have to pay a deposit on another one.
> >
> > Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get
> > on it.
> >
> > Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven
> > and you are going to make it fall if you don't quit!
> >
> > Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need
> > to get a few things from him. You boys stay close by,
> > the car may not start and I will need you to help push
> > it off.
> >
> > There is a dollar in my purse, go by the Service> > Station and get five gallons of gas when you start to
> > town.
> >
> > Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze
> > through here, it is getting hot.
> >
> > You can walk to the store, it won't hurt you to get
> > some exercise.
> >
> > Maybe you will learn to be more careful with your
> > bicycle.
> >
> > Don't sit too close to the TV it is hard on your eyes.
> >
> > If you pull that stunt again I am going to wear you
> > out!
> >
> > Don't lose that button, I will sew it back on after
> > awhile.
> >
> > Wash under your neck before you co me to the table, you
> > have beads of dirt and sweat all under there.
> >
> > Get out from under that sewing machine, pumping it
> > messes up the thread!
> >
> > Do you want to go get me a switch?
> >
> > Be sure and fill the lamps this morning so we don't
> > have to do that tonight in the dark.
> >
> > Here, take this old magazine to the outhouse (toilet)
> > when you go, we are almost out of paper out there.
> >
> > Go out to the well and draw a bucket of water for me
> > to wash dishes in.
> >
> > Don't turn the radio on now, I want the battery to be
> > up when the Grand Ole Opry comes on.
> >
> > No! I don't have five cents for you to go to the
> > show, do you think money grows on trees?
> >
> > Eat those vegetables, they will make you big and
> > strong like y our daddy.
> >
> > That dog is NOT coming in this house! I don't care how
> > cold it is out there, dogs just don't come in the
> > house.
> >
> > Sit still! I am trying to get your hair cut straight
> > and you keep moving and it is getting botched up.
> >
> > Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that,> > I will wash your mouth out with soap again!
> >
> > It is time for your system to be cleaned out, I'm
> > going to give you a dose of Castor Oil in the morning.
> >
> > If you get a spanking in school and I find out about
> > it, you will get another one when you get home.
> >
> > Quit crossing your eyes! They will get hung that way!
> >
> > Soak your foot in this pan of Coal Oil so that cut
> > won't get infected.
> >
> > When you take your driving test don't for get your hand
> > signals each turn. Left arm straight out the window
> > for a left turn, and left arm bent up to the sky at
> > the elbow for a right turn and straight down to the
> > side of the door when you are
> > going to stop.
> >
> > It is Yes sir! And No sir! To me and your elders young
> > man, and don't you forget it!
> >
> > While we are at Aunt Sissy's and Uncle Tony's, you kids
> > eat when the adults get through and I don't want to
> > hear 'I don't like this stuff'. You better keep your
> > mouth shut and eat everything on your plate.
> >
> > Well, that ought to keep us remembering some of the
> > finer things of the past, some good and some not so
> > good, and young man if I hear you repeat one word of
> > this I will beat the day lights out of you, do you
> > understand that?
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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