RE: Happy Holidays to All/now old country lanquages

Ugh - just the smell of that stuff turns me emerald green.  I'd rather have the Ivory soap.

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From: "Jesse Bell" <jesserenebell@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:40:40 -0600

>YOU??? Smart mouthed???? The hell you say.  LOL, LOL, LOL
>When my son was little (2 years old) he had this bad habit of sticking his 
>tongue out at people.  I told him several times to stop and told him if he 
>didn't stop, he would be sorry.  So, one day he was at it again and I put 
>Tobasco sauce on his tongue and said, "every time I see you stick out your 
>tongue, I'll just think you want some MORE of this".  He was slapping his 
>face and yelling...and MAD at me.  We lived in New Orleans at the time...he 
>got no sympathy from the neighbors...their kids grew up on it.  Well, we 
>never had the problem again after that.  But ya know...now he likes Tobasco. 
>  Go figure.
>
>Jesse Rene' Bell
>Claremore, OK
>Zone 6
>
>
>
>>From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] Happy Holidays to All/now old country lanquages
>>Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 21:40:43 -0600
>>
>>Well one thing's for sure - it is effective and you only had to do it
>>once! Can't remember if it was mother or Nana who did that. I
>>occasionally had a smart mouth when I was a child. Act surprised.
>>
>>
>>
>>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>>From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>Date:  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 19:25:34 -0800
>>
>> >oh gag- I can't even imagine Fels Naptha in the mouth- it's great to wash
>> >off skin after touching poison ivy though to prevent the rash.
>> >
>> >Thanks god my mother didn't believe in the soap in mouth punishment!
>> >
>> >Theresa
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>> >Behalf Of james singer
>> >Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:32 PM
>> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] Happy Holidays to All/now old country lanquages
>> >
>> >
>> >Fels Naptha, I think
>> >
>> >On Saturday, December 27, 2003, at 03:17 PM, Daryl wrote:
>> >
>> >> That's interesting. There was no dearth of people who were
>> >> well-educated in
>> >> my Mom's family, but they had problems with postal delivery. If I
>> >> recall,
>> >> one of the last letters we got from the cousins said, in effect, please
>> >> don't send any more letters or packages, because they use them against
>> >> us.
>> >> We had been in the habit of sending clothes and food, and apparently,
>> >> among
>> >> other things, the packages were pilfered, and then the recipients
>> >> still had
>> >> to pay taxes on the whole thing. Sad.
>> >>
>> >> Re getting your mouth washed out with soap - that's a memory, all
>> >> right. I
>> >> can't stand the smell of Ivory to this day, nor of the old yellow
>> >> laundry
>> >> soap.
>> >>
>> >> Daryl
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Daniel Roman" <djroman@worldnet.att.net>
>> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 8:43 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Happy Holidays to All/now old country lanquages
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Daryl,
>> >>>
>> >>> We lost track of our relatives in the early 50's too. I know they were
>> >>> having trouble finding letter writers and sometimes it took close to a
>> >> year
>> >>> for a response. My mom used to complain that some of the writers were
>> >> barely
>> >>> able to put words
>> >>> on paper. She had to read the letter multiple times and guess at
>> >>> parts of
>> >> it
>> >>> to get any meaning.
>> >>>
>> >>> I still remember the time at the Christmas dinner table that I proudly
>> >> said
>> >>> a new Polish word that I had learned. It caused quite a commotion and
>> >>> threats of getting my mouth washed out with soap if I used that word
>> >> again.
>> >>> It was also bad timing on my part since we had about 20 relatives at
>> >>> the
>> >>> dinner. I think I was in my 20's before my parents were able to laugh
>> >> about
>> >>> the incident. Funny things one remembers about the holidays.
>> >>>
>> >>> Dan
>> >>
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>> >Island Jim
>> >Southwest Florida
>> >Zone 10
>> >
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>>Kemp TX/zone 8A
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>>
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