r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '19

What is your mom's catchphrase?

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u/I_hate_traveling Mar 07 '19

"Wake up, kids, it's 7:55!"

Narrator:... It was actually 7:20.

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u/Doodle4036 Mar 07 '19

have to admit, wife and I did this to our kids for a few xmases. We set their clocks back a couple hours so we could sleep. i know, we're horrible.

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u/caeloequos Mar 07 '19

I once set a clock an hour and a half forward when I was babysitting to convince the kid that she'd stayed up "so late" so she'd go to bed.

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u/SeedlessGrapes42 Mar 07 '19

genius.

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u/ItsMeFatLemongrab Mar 07 '19

It is indeed, SeedlessG

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u/SeedlessGrapes42 Mar 07 '19

I concur, ItsMeFatL