OT humor in yesterdays profanity subject

flembo

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I have come to find some humor in yesterday’s subject of profanity or dirty words. I saw someone’s remark that they didn’t understand my comment about washing your mouth out with soap and I realized that probably a lot of folks never heard that before. When I was growing up that was very common and believe me I had my mouth washed out more than once. A dirty word meant a dirty mouth and that meant you were marched to the bathroom, usually pulled along by the ear, which makes me wonder why my left ear isn’t bigger than my right. Today that would probably be cruel and unusual punishment. Spare the rod and spoil the child was another common saying and belief. My dad kept a leather belt in the closet just for that purpose and both my sister and I felt the wrath of that many times. Imagine a child showing up at school with welts on their bottom today, the cops would beat at your house with a warrant within the hour. I remember when my daughter was raising her children in the 90s she used the time out method and I thought no way that would work. Well today I have 5 wonderful grandkids so I guess it works . I remember as the belt was coming out of the closet my dad always said this is going to hurt me more than you----seriously? Then why didn’t he give me the belt to hit him? Oh and I found out the comic book in the seat of the pants didn’t work but I wonder if it put a little grin on his face, I couldn’t see cause I was bent over his knee looking at the floor. I also remember all us kids bragging about the severity of our punishments and trying to outdo each other. Oh yaa well my dad uses a belt with nails in it or the big brass buckle end. Those were the days; I hope I sparked some memories and maybe a grin or two.
 
I have tasted that bar of soap, and felt Dad's belt across my back side. The magazines didn't help me either. My daughter got kicked by her horse in the face. The kick was just at the end of the stroke and just left a big red mark on her face. I told her to be sure she told the teachers the horse did it. Stan
 
I never got the soap treatment, but I did get the razor strap once. Different methods work for different kids. Had to be tough with son, just growl at daughter and that was all she needed.

Some kids will respond to words, some to time-out and some you can't beat into behaving. That's just the way kids are.
 
Saw my cousin take a bite of lye soap. Grandma warned him he didn't listen. I never wanted to eat the soap after that.

Dad told my brother this hurts me more than you. Brother said well don't do it then.Wrong thing to say at the time.

If dad brought out the leather belt. You knew things were going to get very bad.
 
I never got the belt, but my mother darn near killed a willow tree in the yard making switches. Once in a while she would make me pick the switch out. Couldn't win on that one. Big ones hurt, but little ones stung like the devil.

My mother is 89 years old and I'm still afraid of her. We don't have any willows on the place though.
 
Yup, Ivory soap. Pop never used a belt on me. He didn't have to. That big old ham sized hand of his was all he needed. Not sure the soap did much good, though. I still cuss like a marine on leave at times.
 
Our dad used the hamburger flipper from the grill...he didn't have to use it very much. He whipped my brother by the bed one time, my brother jumped upon contact, stubbed his toe on the bed rail and yelled GD! He got another one for that!
 
a friend tells about his dad was almost as big around as he was tall his belt was long enough he could still crack friend's
rear end at least half way up the stairs
 
Hate to break the news to ya, but the word "Marine" as applied to the Marine Corps is ALWAYS capitalized.

Also, why do you assume Marines cuss? You can't know unless you're one of us, and since you didn't capitalize "Marine", it's obvious you aren't.
 
Mom would make us brush our teeth with the soap. I'll never forget the lather that you could raise, nor the horrible taste of the soap.

As for a whoopin' Dad would use either his belt, or one of the several paddle he made over the years. I much preffered Dad's whhpin's to Mom's as she liked the hickory switch. The bad part is she would catch us in the bath tub, where there was no getting away, and stripe our legs good.

With our daughter now, I've never had to whip her, but other punishment, with the threat if me doing so if she didn't straighten up, has always been enough.
 
Yeah brought back memories.
When Dad thought we deserved a whoopin' with a belt he used the same phrase "this is going to hurt me more than you". It took a while, guess I'm a slow learner, he always held us by the shoulder or arm and held us out a bit so he could get a good swing. So I would step in really close, actually wrap my arms around his leg and hang on. When you make him swing like that it doesn't hurt so bad and it may even hurt him too. I also remember every time it end with both of us laughing.
 
(quoted from post at 14:57:55 04/25/15) Hate to break the news to ya, but the word "Marine" as applied to the Marine Corps is ALWAYS capitalized.

Also, why do you assume Marines cuss? You can't know unless you're one of us, and since you didn't capitalize "Marine", it's obvious you aren't.

I wasn't a marine either, didn't qualify,I could read, write and tie my own shoes when I joined the Army. I did enjoy working with the marine training team teaching Armor tactics to newly commissioned officers. Great guys to work with. I don't assume marines cuss. From working with them and having several friends who are marines I know they do. I never capitalize marine unless I say something about the Marine Corps or use it to start a sentence.

Rick US ARMY retired.
 
My mom used soap once but I don't know if it would have been lye soap or something else. My dad used a razor strap and a buggy whip to get our attention. I thing that would calm some of these knot headed kids down today that do not know what NO means.
 
The worst beating I ever got was from my 4' 11" MOTHER. She Beat me with a wiffel ball bat. I don't remember what I did to get the beating, But I know I never did it again.
 
I had a 4' something English teacher in 8th grade give me the worst butt whippin I ever got!

I had been absent the day before, something had happened in her class, the rules had changed and nobody told me! I talked in class or something, didn't even know I had done anything wrong, next thing I know she was dragging me down the hall to an empty principals office. Told me to bend over, started flailing at my behind with a 1x2 board!

After about 15 licks I realized this wasn't your typical punishment, this was an enraged demon with a weapon in her hand! I finally broke and ran! Didn't care, just wanted this to end! I ran outside and hid on the playground until her class was over.

I didn't say anything to anyone, especially my parents, afraid they would have sided with her and I would have got it again! The teacher never mentioned it either, think she knew her job and career could have ended that day!
 
Tasted the soap as others have for a dirty mouth. Back in the 50's and 60's if we got paddeled in school then a second one at home after dad found out.Mom rarely whipped us but told dad everything wich would usually mean a whipping.
Dad would tell me go to my room and he would be there later for my whipping. The wait was just as bad as the whipping.I know now he would allow a little time to cool off a little before the deed was carried out.
 
My mother was a woman of generous proporations, and would just give any one of us four boys a quick swat with the back of her hand, and it would happen so fast,you didn't have time to think. Never used any weapons on us, and never needed too. Mom was almost as tall as Dad and maybe had ten pounds on him, he was careful not to tick her off too!If my mother was still alive she would be 99 now,been gone 15 years , and my brothers and I still laugh about how the old girl kept us inline,but it worked.
 
True story, I'll try to make it short. Someone we knew about 15 years ago washed his high school age daughters mouth out with soap, she went to school the next day complained to her friends ect. and administration heard about it, called authorities about child abuse. Mom and Dad got 6 months probation and could obviously not discipline their daughter anymore. After a while the girl gets in trouble in school tells the principal off with some very nasty language. Principal calls parents and says you have to do something about your daughter. Dad tells him; you created the problem now you have to deal with it!
 
(quoted from post at 19:53:21 04/25/15)
(quoted from post at 14:57:55 04/25/15) Hate to break the news to ya, but the word "Marine" as applied to the Marine Corps is ALWAYS capitalized.

Also, why do you assume Marines cuss? You can't know unless you're one of us, and since you didn't capitalize "Marine", it's obvious you aren't.

I wasn't a marine either, didn't qualify,I could read, write and tie my own shoes when I joined the Army. I did enjoy working with the marine training team teaching Armor tactics to newly commissioned officers. Great guys to work with. I don't assume marines cuss. From working with them and having several friends who are marines I know they do. I never capitalize marine unless I say something about the Marine Corps or use it to start a sentence.

Rick US ARMY retired.
Actually, the whole word MARINE should be capitalized since
it's an acronym like RADAR. It stands form My Arse Rides In
Navy Equipment. :lol: Navy. SBU-2
 
(quoted from post at 18:33:50 04/25/15)
(quoted from post at 19:53:21 04/25/15)
(quoted from post at 14:57:55 04/25/15) Hate to break the news to ya, but the word "Marine" as applied to the Marine Corps is ALWAYS capitalized.

Also, why do you assume Marines cuss? You can't know unless you're one of us, and since you didn't capitalize "Marine", it's obvious you aren't.

I wasn't a marine either, didn't qualify,I could read, write and tie my own shoes when I joined the Army. I did enjoy working with the marine training team teaching Armor tactics to newly commissioned officers. Great guys to work with. I don't assume marines cuss. From working with them and having several friends who are marines I know they do. I never capitalize marine unless I say something about the Marine Corps or use it to start a sentence.

Rick US ARMY retired.
Actually, the whole word MARINE should be capitalized since
it's an acronym like RADAR. It stands form My Arse Rides In
Navy Equipment. :lol: Navy. SBU-2

And I was told, by a marine, that it stands for

Muscels
Are
Required
Intelligence
Not
Expected

Rick
 
yep, Mom would say you go pick out the switch and if it aint big enough I will go pick it out, so there i stood crying and trying to figure out is this one big enough.................
 

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