Sky-blue pink
posted by Kerry-Anne
I think this might be what my mother was talking about when she used to tell me that something was "sky-blue pink with yellow spots"... Paul tells me that he's never heard that expression before, but I used to hear it all the time when I was growing up, usually just after I'd asked my mother a particularly silly or overly inquisitive question, or one she just really didn't feel like answering.Mothers have all kinds of clever ways of deflecting difficult or irritating questions (questions like "What's for supper???") - do you remember any from your childhood, or do you have any that you like to use on your own children?
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Never heard of that one Kerry-Anne.
My mother used the tried and tested "Go ask your father." which I always found useful with my girls. Except "He-Who-Doesn't-Blog" would often send them back to me with "Go ask your mother!"
The "What's for supper?" question I always deflected with a description of something terrible like "I thought we'd have dog droppings served on a bed of worms." That always seemed to work.
Dog droppings on a bed of worms? Gosh, you Aussies do have odd tastes in food... :D I'm trying to remember exactly what my Mom used to say when I asked her what we were having for supper - I'm sure it was something equally appetising. I'll have to ask her.
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