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1. *_My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE _*.
'If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished
cleaning.'
2. *_My mother taught me RELIGION _*.
'You better pray that this will come out of the carpet.'
3. *_My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL _*.
'If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of
next week!'
4. *_My mother taught me LOGIC _*.
' Because I said so, that's why.'
5. *_My mother taught me MORE LOGIC _*.
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to
the store with me.'
6. *_My mother taught me FORESIGHT _*.
'Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.'
7. *_My mother taught me IRONY _*.
'Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about.'
8. *_My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS _*.
'Shut your mouth and eat your supper.'
9. *_My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM _*.
'Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!'
10. *_My mother taught me about STAMINA _*
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone.'
11. *_My mother taught me about WEATHER _*.
'This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.'
12. *_My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY _*
'If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!'
13. *_My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE _*.
'I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.'
14. *_My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION _*.
'Stop acting like your father!'
15. *_My mother taught me about ENVY _*.
'There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't
have wonderful parents like you do.'
16. *_My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION _*.
'Just wait until we get home.'
17. *_My mother taught me about RECEIVING _*
'You are going to get it when you get home!'
18. *_My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE _*.
'If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that
way.'
19. *_My mother taught me ESP _*.
'Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?'
20. *_My mother taught me HUMOR _*.
'When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me.'
21. *_My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT _*.
'If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.'
22. *_My mother taught me GENETICS _*.
'You're just like your father.'
23. *_My mother taught me about my ROOTS _*.
'Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?'
24. *_My mother taught me WISDOM _*.
'When you get to be my age, you'll understand.'
25. And my favorite: *_My mother taught me about JUSTICE _*
'One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you '
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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