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TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE: "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
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RELIGION: "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
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TIME TRAVEL: "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
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LOGIC: "Because I said so, that's why."
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MORE LOGIC: 'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."
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IRONY: "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.
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SCIENCE OF OSMOSIS: "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
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CONTORTIONISM: "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
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STAMINA: 'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
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WEATHER: "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
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HYPOCRISY: "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
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CIRCLE OF LIFE: "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
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BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: "Stop acting like your father!"
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ENVY: "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
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ANTICIPATION: "Just wait until we get home."
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RECEIVING: "You are going to get it when you get home!"
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MEDICAL SCIENCE: "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, They are going to freeze that
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ESP: "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"
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HUMOR: "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
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HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT: "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
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GENETICS: "You're just like your father."
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ROOTS: "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"
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WISDOM: "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
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FORESIGHT: "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
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JUSTICE: "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you
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