I got this in a email
Things I Owe My Parents```````````LOL !!
1. My Parents taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
2. My Parents taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My Parents taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
4. My Parents taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."
5. My Parents taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
6. My Parents taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
7. My Parents taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
8. My Parents taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
9. My Parents taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
10. My Parents taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
11. My Parents taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
12. My Parents taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
13. My Parents taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
14. My Parents taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"
15. My Parents taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
16. My Parents taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
17. My Parents taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"
18. My Parents taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."
19. My Parents taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
20. My Parents taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
21. My Parents taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
22. My Parents taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."
23. My Parents taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
24. My Parents taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
25. My Parents taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"
my dad said the last one to me a lot...
Things I Owe My Parents
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Re: Things I Owe My Parents
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SOLD-71 F-350 dually flatbed, 302 / .030 over V-8 with a "baby"C-6, B & M truckshifter, Dana70/4.11 ratio, intermittent wipers, tilt steering, full LED lighting on the flat bed, and no stereo yet (this way I can hear the rattles to diagnose)! SOLD!
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SOLD-71 F-350 dually flatbed, 302 / .030 over V-8 with a "baby"C-6, B & M truckshifter, Dana70/4.11 ratio, intermittent wipers, tilt steering, full LED lighting on the flat bed, and no stereo yet (this way I can hear the rattles to diagnose)! SOLD!
Many Ford bumps / one 76' EB / and several dents through the years.
A lot of "oddball" Ford parts collected from working on them for 34 years now!
2008 Ford Escape 4 x 4
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Re: Things I Owe My Parents
I think weve all heard them a few times in our life growing up. I heard 17 a lot
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Re: Things I Owe My Parents
26. My parents taught me about DENTAL HYGEINE
“If I ever hear you say that word again, Ill wash your mouth out with soap!”
27. My parents taught me to be a COMEDIAN
“Quit acting like that, people are looking at you funny!”
28. My parents taught me how to CANOE
“When we get home, you’re gonna get a good paddling”
29. My parents taught me that I could someday be a STAR
“I cant believe you acted like that in front of those people!”
30. My parents taught me the value of EYESIGHT
“I better never see you do that again!”
31. My parents taught me the value of the DOLLAR
“You break that item and its coming out of your allowance!”
“If I ever hear you say that word again, Ill wash your mouth out with soap!”
27. My parents taught me to be a COMEDIAN
“Quit acting like that, people are looking at you funny!”
28. My parents taught me how to CANOE
“When we get home, you’re gonna get a good paddling”
29. My parents taught me that I could someday be a STAR
“I cant believe you acted like that in front of those people!”
30. My parents taught me the value of EYESIGHT
“I better never see you do that again!”
31. My parents taught me the value of the DOLLAR
“You break that item and its coming out of your allowance!”
-Jeff
1971 F-100 240 straight six, 3 on the tree (parted out)
1972 F-100 302 auto trans, pwr steering, pwr brakes (under construction)
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1971 F-100 240 straight six, 3 on the tree (parted out)
1972 F-100 302 auto trans, pwr steering, pwr brakes (under construction)
"Things are more like they are now than they ever were before" Dwight Eisenhower