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And The Band Played – Believe It If You Like !

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That was one of my mothers favourite sayings.  Whenever she thought I was not telling the whole truth, out came the stock sentence which I knew meant that she knew I was fibbing.  

That’s how I knew I was in trouble when I was supposed to be at college, and when a pal and I were bunking off to sneak to her house and puff our lungs black, way back when smoking was trendy and all the cool girls puffed away.  We’d been dobbed in by her mother who came home early and found us on our second pack of lung bashers.

Mum – “where have you been today?”
Me – “college.”
Mum – “and the band played believe it if you like.”

I didn’t have to say any more, I knew I was caught.

Fast forward 20 years and I have my own kids.

Me “why were you so late coming out of school.”
Son “it was gym today, and we didn’t get changed until after the bell went.”
Me “and the band played………………..”

Arrrrrgh, I’ve turned into my mother

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  1. Marcy says

    March 17, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    I always say when the kids ask how much something costs ‘Money and fair words’ they know then its none of their business, my gran used to say that.. But my mumwould say if it looked like rain, its black o’er the cabbage patch …whats all that about

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  2. Marylin says

    March 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    I’ve never heard of that one! I find myself saying things like my parents too though.. FAR too often! hehe 🙂

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  3. MissB_0601 says

    March 17, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Oh my god, my mam always says that saying! I thought she was making it up. Really funny…….aye, and the band played believe it if you like.
    xxxx lovely post

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