Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site kitty.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ritcv!rocksvax!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Re: cut tongue out Message-ID: <568@kitty.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 23:38:21 EST Article-I.D.: kitty.568 Posted: Sat Nov 9 23:38:21 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 04:16:18 EST References: <183@drutx.UUCP> <561@riccb.UUCP> <1021@bunker.UUCP> <2473@sunybcs.UUCP> Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 21 > > > My mother cured me of using nasty words by threatening to cut my tongue > > > out. (She was holding a butcher knife and told me to stick it out where > > > she could get it.)... > > Not to be rude or anything, but a parent should never make a threat that > > they do not intend to follow through with. > Maybe she did intend to cut it out! Not all mothers are sane. When I was a kid, I was threatened with having my mouth washed out with soap. I never believed it until one day I did in fact have a bar of soap forcibly shoved in my mouth. I took admonishment about using nasty language much more seriously after that... The moral of the story in my case being that at least one parental threat ACTUALLY being carried out went a long, long way... === Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York === === UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry === === VOICE 716/741-9185 {rice,shell}!baylor!/ === === FAX 716/741-9635 {AT&T 3510D} ihnp4!/ === === === === "Have you hugged your cat today?" ===