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A Bar of Soap

Visiting Grandmother

59 total reviews 
Comment from Eternal Muse
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This was very well written. You are a master story teller. I loved the humor, imagery, visuals and amazing presentation.

I heard many cases of parents or grandparents washing their offsprings' mouths with soap to prevent them from using foul language (lol).

A great flash fiction, good luck in the contest.

 Comment Written 09-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 10-Dec-2021
    Thank you so much, very kind, Terry.
Comment from RShipp
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The hidden past of parents' lives... a great curiosity of many, many children.

The last line was a killer!!

Perfectly told!

 Comment Written 09-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 10-Dec-2021
    Wow, Thank you for the six stars! Terry.
Comment from Frances Jean
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I loved your little story. The washing your mouth out with soap for swearing was very common in my day. I'm a baby boomer. It happened to us all. With our kids we decided a small spoon of mustard on the tongue would be yukky but my husband grabbed the curry jar by mistake once. Not nice!!! Thanks for sharing Franky

 Comment Written 09-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    LOL, Thank you, very kind. Terry.
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
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That was the saying back in the golden or old days; I will wash your mouth out with soap if you swear. My mother taught me this same thing; like your story because it brings back sacred memories that I treasure.

 Comment Written 09-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    Thank you very much you are very kind. Terry.
Comment from royowen
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Boy! Would that be a shock to a child, fancy someone washing one's dad's mouth with a cake of soap, that only happens to kids.,.my father was never a kid really? No wonder the poor child's shocked, his dad is perfect...isn't he? Beautifully written, a great entry in this contest, well done, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 09-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    Thank You, Roy, I appreciate that review. Terry.
reply by royowen on 09-Dec-2021
    Most welcome Terry
Comment from Mary Vigasin
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I thought that the soP wash was a joke, that is until my sister told me my mother washed my sister's mouth often
So I enjoyed your telling of the dad getting the soap for the most often reason bad words!
Good luck in the contest

Best wishes
Mary

 Comment Written 09-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    It was very real and thank you very much! Terry.
Comment from Elizabeth Emerald
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This is so clever--you skillfully segue from mundane reminiscences to the kicker--the punchline is hilarious--I am amused by your footnote. Glad you lucked out.

 Comment Written 08-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    You are very kind, thank you. Terry.
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
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Very amusing. I rather think a kid in 1960 would have had his own experience of soap in the mouth, I sure did. But maybe his family had moderated the punishment to go with the racier language.

 Comment Written 08-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    Thank You very much, Terry.
Comment from artisart4u
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I know what that bar of soap is about, I heard of people getting their mouth washed out, I think, when they said something wrong.
The person needs his/her mouth washed out.
Congratulations on being Recognized.
Good luck with your poem.

 Comment Written 08-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
    Thank you very much for the six stars! Terry.
Comment from robyn corum
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Terry,

Oh, wow! That is the perfect response to the story Granny just told -- I'm not sure why you didn't just paint a target on your face and start calling, 'Nyah! Nyah!' hahahahaha What a fun piece!

 Comment Written 08-Dec-2021


reply by the author on 08-Dec-2021
    Thank you very much! First grandkid got away with a lot. LOL Terry.