Then again, there were a whole bunch of words that our parents were familiar with. Lifebuoy didn't taste good at all. It wasn't just a verbal 'threat', it happened.
Graham, my mother Olive would also threaten to “wash your mouth out with sOAP IF i swore! She would have really frightened me if she’d said it would be Lifebouy or, worse still, Solvol! But she never di.
Sorry to hear you copped it, but no doubt you deserved it.
Then again, there were a whole bunch of words that our parents were familiar with. Lifebuoy didn't taste good at all. It wasn't just a verbal 'threat', it happened.
Graham, my mother Olive would also threaten to “wash your mouth out with sOAP IF i swore! She would have really frightened me if she’d said it would be Lifebouy or, worse still, Solvol! But she never di.
Sorry to hear you copped it, but no doubt you deserved it.
Hugh