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maggiewinchester | Report | 31 May 2015 19:12 |
My mum was useless at praise too. |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 31 May 2015 19:08 |
Yes Ann, potatoes were referred to in our house too or if you had made a half hearted attempt to wash your neck, it was ' I can see the tidemark. You need to wash again' |
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AnninGlos | Report | 31 May 2015 16:36 |
'Don't speak with your mouth full' and 'take your elbows off the table'. |
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Dermot | Report | 31 May 2015 16:09 |
"Take the spoon out of the cup before sipping your tea - and don't slurp like the dog." |
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'Emma' | Report | 31 May 2015 15:16 |
I also remember when eating being told not to speak |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 31 May 2015 14:18 |
Can,t remember being told off for showing off but do remember the retort "show off" at times when I thought I was being very clever . |
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Tenerife Sun | Report | 31 May 2015 13:39 |
I think "showing off" carries on into adulthood for a lot of people. |
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Sharron | Report | 31 May 2015 13:31 |
Eat it nicely. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 31 May 2015 10:24 |
lol Dermot |
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Dermot | Report | 31 May 2015 09:43 |
"One more smart-aleck remark & you'll get a box around your ears". |
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Dermot | Report | 31 May 2015 08:34 |
"Look at the dirt behind your ears"! |
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LadyScozz | Report | 31 May 2015 02:05 |
I grew up constantly hearing "what will the neighbours think" :-( :-P :-P |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 31 May 2015 01:31 |
"whatever will the neighbours think?" |
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Annx | Report | 30 May 2015 23:02 |
Gawd, yes handstands were a big no-no with my mum if I had a dress on and was flashing my knickers! 'It's not decent', she'd say!! |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 30 May 2015 22:21 |
I can remember being told off for "showing off" and being greedy in the 40s and 50s! |
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lavender | Report | 30 May 2015 22:01 |
Yes, it definitely used to be when doing the hopping up and down steps type thing, or the odd handstand that brought it to mind. |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 30 May 2015 19:29 |
I used to love to hop on one leg down my Grannies garden path, hop down the steps, and then back again. I remember one time as I hopped down the steps I fell over and grazed my knees, as I went into the kitchen my Auntie said "That'll teach you to show off". |
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'Emma' | Report | 30 May 2015 19:17 |
Many a time to stop showing off and |
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UzziAndHerDogs | Report | 30 May 2015 19:11 |
oh the memories of "showing off" :-D :-D :-D |
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Annx | Report | 30 May 2015 17:55 |
Yes, you'd just be pleased with yourself at mastering riding your 2 wheeler with no hands or saying your 5 times table/reciting a poem and be practising to prove it to yourself and they'd say 'stop showing off'' as you say. Even jumping up and down a step while out with your parents could be 'showing off''. |
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