[Jim Robinson]

Even my dear sainted mother, God rest her soul, was known to utter a salty word (discreetly under her breath and through gritted teeth of course) when the occasion called for such. But she would always send us to the peach tree out back to select a suitable switch if she caught any of us repeating such language.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

My grandma would use a peach twig on my back legs when I was little...they sting! And of course, she’d send us out to pick it.

[Mom MD]

well, I have a peach tree, so start choosing! ;-)

[michigander]

But she would always send us to the peach tree out back to select a suitable switch if she caught any of us repeating such language.

Gee, whenever I was told to 'go get something for me to beat you with' I always just tore the coner off a peice of paper and said wail away. LOL!

[RabidBartender]

Despite the opinions of some of the dearly departed, Free Republic is still the premier bastion of conservatism on the web. You’ve got to be certain some former Freeper would have forwarded this thread to the Rudy people out of fear of the plans to “Swiftboat” him. I know if I was for him, I’d be worried.

Do you think Giuliani’s people will try to reach out to you, to try to change your mind to accepting his positions?

[T'wit]

My mother's most common expletive was "merciful heavens!" In critical moments, she WAS known to mutter "verdammte" under her breath. That, along with a cross expression on her face, was more than enough warning that SOMEBODY was in trouble :-)