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Whats the best quote you have heard from a parent in passing?

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Backtoreality1 · 02/03/2021 13:46

Had a lovely one yesterday....family were in their back garden but mum could be heard from the front in total exasperation saying ' xxxx, you are getting on my last nerve today'. Wasn't said with aggression just a clear voice with the tone of someone who was getting so tired. I wanted to go and give her a hug and I have never met her!

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TemptedToSleepInTheShed · 02/03/2021 15:47

“I know you can’t eat monkeys”

Backtoreality1 · 02/03/2021 13:54

@alsodetoxing That is pure genius!

Don't know why the voting is on here....I'll see if I can switch it off.

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TheCatWithTheFluffyTail · 02/03/2021 13:53

“It’s just a phase!”

alsodetoxing · 02/03/2021 13:52

"not for billions of years and you'll be dead by then so it's all fine"

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