What mama said?

Last evening I was having a sandwich for supper, and without thinking, I was leaving the crusts on my plate, and I could hear my mum "you will never have curly hair, if you do not eat your crusts". And I started to think of other similar sayings. "Someone slept in the knife drawer" or, "you are too sharp, be careful you do not cut yourself", if I gave a smart Alec response.

I am sure there are dozens, so come on ladies and gents, what things did your mama say?

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I was always told the curly hair one too, Daisy.
Also "if you don't eat your peas you won't be able to whistle."
Then if I pulled an ugly face "Careful the wind might change and you will stay that way."

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Never heard the pea one, but yes, the wind changing one was another.

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"Wipe that look off your face." Of course, she said it in such a way I knew I was about to die if I didn't do so immediately.

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I´ve never heard the pea one either. If my mother thought I was being less than honest about something she would say "I can see the green in your eyes", which meant she always knew I wasn´t being honest. I used to go and look in the mirror to see if I could see the green, but I never could and never understood how my mother could.

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My mother would continue....or I will wipe it off for you.

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My mother used to say to me when I had been naughty..''Wait till your father gets home!'''

My father used to come home..listen to her and then do absolutely nothing..

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You can stop that pouting, you could hang a bucket on your lip!

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I think mine did continue, but I have some memory loss attributable to stark terror.

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But the sheer terror you felt whilst waiting for him was more than enough punishment huh?