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    'Go get the wooden spoon' good enough to put panic into any Irish child because you knew you were going to get a wallop.

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    Made me shudder without even knowing what it meant

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    'For the love of God', could be the start of a telling off, or could be an instruction to go outside, clean the bedroom or get ready for mass.

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    My mum used to say "Wait till your father gets home" if I did anything naughty.
    77 and counting, less of the "Old" call me "Mike"

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldMike View Post
    My mum used to say "Wait till your father gets home" if I did anything naughty.
    So did mine, except we always thought she was the scary one
    The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

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    That was the same in my house!
    Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!


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    Jesus, Mary and Holy Saint Joseph, what have you done?

    Normally something very bad!

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    I can't imagine you ever doing anything bad Magie x
    Do a little of something that makes you happy every day!


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    'What's in the cat is in the kitten' - speaks for it's self I think.

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