-This morning, I'm walking out the door to go to work, and pass Housemate Mom in the kitchen.
Me: [tired wave]
Mom: [sympathetic look, wave back]
Me: "Mommy, mommy, I don't want to go to Europe."
Mom: [without pause] "Shut up and swim."
Me: [big grin] I love you.
(Those jokes were current in my family about 20 years ago. I think my favorite of the genre is "Mommy, mommy, I hate my sister's guts.")
Me: [tired wave]
Mom: [sympathetic look, wave back]
Me: "Mommy, mommy, I don't want to go to Europe."
Mom: [without pause] "Shut up and swim."
Me: [big grin] I love you.
(Those jokes were current in my family about 20 years ago. I think my favorite of the genre is "Mommy, mommy, I hate my sister's guts.")