Unusual things your mum taught you that you still unconscionably do

[Brian Deakin]

As a child I was taught to lift my vest ( undershirt) up and hold it under my chin when I got dressed and still do it today and this puzzles my wife

[Michael Weber]

I understand her puzzlement

[Bruce Wrenn]

My mom taught me to hold pillow under chin when replacing the pillow case. Also was to wash the pots and pans as cooking. When you sit down to eat, there isn't a pile of dirty pots to be washed. Never leave the house with dirty dishes in the sink. Ain't nobody going to do them while you are gone!!

[Kevin Jenness]

unconscionable=shockingly unfair or unjust, excessive or unreasonable, or unscrupulous.

I still hold the pillow under my chin like Mom taught me, but I try not to do it unconscionably.

[Jim Becker]

My mom taught me to hold pillow under chin when replacing the pillow case. Also was to wash the pots and pans as cooking. When you sit down to eat, there isn't a pile of dirty pots to be washed. Never leave the house with dirty dishes in the sink. Ain't nobody going to do them while you are gone!!

I do pillows that way but don't know if it originated with my mother. I've always been a habitual cleaner while cooking and that's how I'm teaching my daughters to do it, too. It's not just about not having the mess to deal with after the meal...it's actually easier to clean certain pans when they are still warm. My carbon steel stuff requires immediate cleaning. It only takes a few moments after I've plated. (we don't do family style here)

My mother taught me to cook, bake, sew, do laundry and all the other tasks necessary to live in a household. Same for my brother.

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And Brian...I'm with your spouse. I want my tee shirt IN my pants, not over it!

[Brian Deakin]

Hi Jim
Let me explain I was born in 1957 and I live in the United kingdom The item of clothing I am referring to is called a vest in the Uk. It is worn underneath a shirt with the purpose of keeping you warm ( no central during heating in the 1960.s)
I was taught to hold my vest under my chin when putting on on my pants ( 1960.s form of boxer shorts )

Further when going to the toilet as a child because your vest was usually too long. I would hold it under my chin so I did not pee on it

Contrasting Uk and USA words

UK word trousers,..... USA word pants


UK (1960.s ) image pants



UK image 1960.S vest

[Edwin Santos]

Hi Jim
Let me explain I was born in 1957 and I live in the United kingdom The item of clothing I am referring to is called a vest in the Uk. It is worn underneath a shirt with the purpose of keeping you warm ( no central during heating in the 1960.s)

Hello Brian,
To add some fuel to this fire, when I was growing up in India, we referred to the garment you're describing as a singlet. I always thought it was a holdover from British colonial days, but perhaps not.

Edwin

[Peter Kelly]

Hello Brian,
To add some fuel to this fire, when I was growing up in India, we referred to the garment you're describing as a singlet. I always thought it was a holdover from British colonial days, but perhaps not.

Edwin

”Singlet” is also the correct term for that garment in UK and Australia.

I’d say my mother taught me how to be a good listener.

[Mike Henderson]

”Singlet” is also the correct term for that garment in UK and Australia.

I’d say my mother taught me how to be a good listener.

And it's used for a type of running shirt in the US.

Mike

[Wade Lippman]

And it's used for a type of running shirt in the US.

Mike

RE: Singlet... wrestler call their entire uniform a singlet. Rowers wear pretty much the same uniform, but all it a uni.

[Jim Becker]

Commonly known as "tank tops", too...

[Stephen Rosenthal]

Put the toilet seat lid down when you’re done.

[roger wiegand]

Put the toilet seat lid down when you’re done.

I tried to teach my daughter to leave it up when she was done. Didn't go so well.

[Jim Becker]

Put the toilet seat lid down when you’re done.

Haa...I'm the one in the house that required them to be down. I hate open toilets. It was a challenge for Professor Dr. SWMBO and our two daughters, but for the most part...they learned. This didn't come from my mother...it's all me. LOL

Hi Jim
Let me explain I was born in 1957 and I live in the United kingdom The item of clothing I am referring to is called a vest in the Uk.

I was also born in 1957, but obviously on a different side of a very large body of water. We have the vests here, too. Some folks call them that but there are a number of names used. Some folks even refer to them as a "beater" but we don't' need to go there. I never prefered that style, but have known a number of folks who wore them. I had them when I was a kid for sure. There's good logic in the process you describe, however, especially for a child.

[Brian Deakin]

To improve my sons aim when he was very young I put a table tennis ball in the toilet