Shut your mouth and eat your dinner
I have an adorable nephew who I absolutely love he is hilarious he genuinely believes that he is a ninja I simply believe that he is suicidal and I caught myself saying to him “oh yeah, go on jump off the wall But don’t run crying to me when you’ve broken your two legs”
When we were little myself and my sisters used to be terrible and make fun of our mum because every single day at breakfast or dinner without fail she would bang her hand on the table and shout “manners at the table” and we would be in stitches, we would always be like “ ok how long will it take her to shout it and who will cause her to shout it”
Christmas dinner used to be particulary funny Myself and one sister in particular were awful Messers and we used to drive our poor mother mental, God love her and she would end up roaring “manners at the table” and banging her hand on the table so hard . . . We were brats and would be laughing our heads off
Fast forward 20 years or so sitting at the table with my sisters and about 100 kids (ok slight exaggeration)
kids playing “sea (see) food” And I suddenly banged my hand on the table and roared “manners at the table!!!!!!!”
the second I had done it my heart just skipped a beat and my sister and I just looked at each other, the transition was complete, I have officially turned into my mother (minus the hooker bit of course!!!!!!!! )