The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59418 Message #1815041
Posted By: Rapparee
21-Aug-06 - 08:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Oh, if only I had known the warm and loving touch of a mother who picked up after me! Our nanny, Gunny Rock, had been a drill instructor in the Marine Corps during WW2 and would scream the most amazing things when we would do something he didn't like. Things like sneezing and talking and failing to get out of bed at 4 a.m. and not knowing how to field-strip the M-1 rifle. We thought that this was a lot for boys 5, 4, and 2 to know and do (or not do), but the push-ups made us strong and finally we beat the crap out of Gunny Rock and he changed. He changed for the meaner and we had to try to beat him up every night after lights out -- individually, not all at once. Because of this I couldn't walk with my legs parallel until I was in the 7th grade.