When I was a little girl, my Mother let a colloquialism slip and my little ears were shocked. But, I have remembered it my entire life. And on days like today, I look back fondly on her wise words.
What is a monkeybox?
When I was a little girl, we had a pet monkey named Amanda. My Dad worked in the produce business, so each night he brought home that days culls in a big box - spotty cucumbers, pithy apples, limp celery, moldy oranges and the like. We called it a monkeybox. It was really just trash, but my Mom would take each piece of fruit and trim it, pare it and cut it up to make a beautiful fruit platter for Amanda. Even though it was deemed trash by one, it still had life left in it and was good for the purpose we needed it. That's how I live my life - thrifting, yard saling, looking for another's trash to be my treasure.
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Yup, moms can come up with some good ones. My mom's was "It's as cold as a witch's tit". That was always a shocker when she said it!
ReplyDeleteMy great-grandmother was the colorful one in our family! She said both...and alot more!
ReplyDeleteThose pics are amazing!
Lord, I'm afraid of the coloquialisms my children will say they learned from me!
ReplyDeleteEither way, I'm glad I'm not a well digger today! It's 20 degrees this morning. I promise I won't whine when it's 103 in July!
Anna
My dad always said "colder than a witch's t*t",too! We've reformed it because of kids and now, in my own family we say, "Colder than a witch's BROOM!"
ReplyDeleteStay warm!
rosie
Your mom sounds like quite a pistol! Great photos.
ReplyDeletexoxo
Pam
hehehe! I had not head that one, but Christine's I had heard. "Colder than a witches tit in a brass bra" is always one of my favorite!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Mom's "naughty" poem that she always used to say:
ReplyDeleteLadies and gentlemen take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice"
Goes well with the picture for today too!
Too cute :)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunatly, I think my kids might remember more from me!
Awesome pictures though :)
Pat, my mom used to say that 'poem' too!
ReplyDeleteShara, don't go skinny dipping any time soon!
Those photos are unbelievable.
Stay warm,
Lynn