If we said bad words (or "nassy words" as my youngest brother called them) we got our mouth "washed out with soap". And, I admit, I did get soap in my mouth a few times (definitely less than ten times...most likely around five). A few years ago my mom said (while she chuckled), "I remember scraping soap on your braces." I immediately corrected her that it wasn't me; that was someone else. I learned a lesson (before the orthodontia era): I didn't like getting soap in my mouth so I stopped using bad words. When I tell this story to friends I always add that even though my parents scraped the soap on our back teeth (YUCK!) they did us the courtesy of using a brand new bar (from our Mormon year supply of Ivory soap).
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At least you knew that in case of disaster you wouldn't be stinky like those w/o a soap stash!
We use a drop of Tabasco w/ our kids and surprise, surprise I can't recall the last time I heard a bad word under our roof. Just the mention of the "T" word brings on desirable behavior. It's magical.
Sounds like an idea worth trying. I'll keep this one in my back pocket.
i still think that's hilarious. i only thought that was done in the movies!
We used to get cayenne pepper shaken on our tongues. It was so nasty. I think I only said one bad word in my life because of that cayenne pepper.
I only had this done to me once, but I'll never forget it. It is hard as an adult to be wise with my words. Something I work on every. single. day!
One time I called my mom a "meanie". I wouldn't dare swear at her, so I blurted, "You, you, Meanie!" And sure enough she went straight for the bar of soap and stuffed it in my mouth. That was sick, but at least it wasn't liquid soap (I think Jenn got that.)
~~ Speachy Clean
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