If you complained about high heels or girdles being uncomfortable:
“If you want to look beautiful you have to endure the pain.”
If you told a lie:
“Lies have short legs"
If you couldn’t go to the movies because you didn’t bag the bread at the bakery:
“Laziness is the father of all vices.”
If you fought with your sister:
“Between brothers knives.” Same for sisters.
If you refused a sister’s help:
“In union there is strength.”
If you left for school a little late:
“Lengthen your stride.”
If you dawdled doing dishes:
“Do it. Don’t make love to them.”
And her most frequent:
“Sprigite” or “hurry up.”
“If you want to look beautiful you have to endure the pain.”
If you told a lie:
“Lies have short legs"
If you couldn’t go to the movies because you didn’t bag the bread at the bakery:
“Laziness is the father of all vices.”
If you fought with your sister:
“Between brothers knives.” Same for sisters.
If you refused a sister’s help:
“In union there is strength.”
If you left for school a little late:
“Lengthen your stride.”
If you dawdled doing dishes:
“Do it. Don’t make love to them.”
And her most frequent:
“Sprigite” or “hurry up.”
If you wanted to get to church or movies early, she’d say,
“I don’t want (or have) to dress the priest.”
If Mom was on her knees cleaning the broiler complaining about engineers who half invent things, she’d say:
“The necessary man is not yet born.”
If Mom was on her knees cleaning the broiler complaining about engineers who half invent things, she’d say:
“The necessary man is not yet born.”
