Today I present a list of things that grownups said or directly told me when I was younger, that have somehow stuck in my brain. I'm not saying they were important things, or even helpful things. I'm just saying I remember them.
1. "When your grandfather and I owned a grocery store early in our marriage, I used to steal half dollars from the register and put them in my shoes so I'd have spending money. Your grandfather was stingy with his money." Paternal grandmother
2. "If you swallow watermelon seeds you'll grow watermelons out your ears." Maternal grandfather
3. "One day you'll learn." "One day you'll understand." and other variations on this same theme. Daddy (and he was right).
4. "Girls do NOT call boys". Guess who said that.
5. "I couldn't see the words", was my paternal grandfather's response, when my Daddy asked him why he wasn't singing the hymns in church. It made me very sad because I was the one holding the hymnal too low.
6. My maternal grandmother reacted to everything with the words, "Dear Gussy". My older sister says that all the time now. Makes me smile.
7. "If you haven't seen a little slip by now, it's high time you did." High school choral director, speaking to a male member of the choir who was pointing out that someone's slip was showing to another male member of the choir.
8. "This is the tiniest record player in the word (holds up thumb and index finger together and rubs them together) playing 'my heart bleeds peanut butter for you'." Ronnie McCall
9. "My Aunt Minnie, she died last night. She died a right way and she died a wrong way." This is a very long story and I never DID figure out this stupid game that Jay Hollowell was trying to play with me.
10. "We're healing". Overheard because the adult that said it knew I was within earshot and wanted me to hear it and to take it back to my parents (more than likely)...which I did.
11. "I don't mind giving shots, but I won't let anybody give me one. That scares me to death." This was said by the nurse who just given me a vaccination. Ruth Ruffin.
12. "Feel these!" Aunt Betty after having reconstructive breast surgery due to a mastectomy for breast cancer. I was horrified.
13. "I'll tell you when it's time to worry." Mother told me this all the time. Apparently I was a worry-wart. She only told me that it was time to worry ONCE. She was right about that.
14. "Will you bring me a lock of your hair the next time you get it cut?" I had no idea at the time how creepy that was coming from the Dad of a friend of mine. I was a child. I did it. I found out recently that he still has it. Ick.
15. "THREE LICKS" Said to me by my junior high principal as he stuck out three fingers toward me. He saw me toss a pencil to the person sitting in the desk behind me and used me as an example for the class. I didn't get the licks, but he sufficiently scared me into never throwing ANYTHING again.
I know this was pretty random. But hey, it's me. That's what I do.
That is all.
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I am going to be unable to sleep knowing there is a strange man with a lock of your hair. Just weird.
Ooooohhhh... number 14 gives me the chills. That's too weird!
I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who was told that if I swallowed watermelon seeds, they'd sprout inside of me. I used to worry endlessly about that!
Yeah, that hair thing - like something from a horror flick!
My mom always says "Dear Gussey" with an "Oh," in front, so 6 made ME smile.
So did you feel them? Number 12?? Or should I say "12's"?? I've never felt such things, so I'm just wonderin'.
I LOOOVE #1.
#12? Not so much ;)
#4 is exactly right. #14 is really very weird. Do you still see that friend? #15 Ah, the daysof corporal punishment. I had a teacher yank me by the hairs of my head...Well, what do you mean, did I deserve it? That would mean I had to take personal responsibility for my actions.
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