Funny things my mum has said

My mother (she died over sixteen years ago) was always keen to keep up with modern thoughts, words etc, but didn't always get it right. She began to call people of who she disapproved w*****s, so much so that I had to try to tell her that it was a rude word. She looked puzzled and then said "But what exactly is a w****r, Ariadne?"

So then I had to explain it all to my rather prudish and very innocent mother, who had obviously never heard of masturbation, never mind the w word. She thought it was disgusting and thanked goodness my father wasn't "That sort of man."

Oh, mum!

Reminds me of my mother playing scrabble when she was in her 50s. She put w****r on the board, my father said "You can't put that down", "Why not?" she replied "It's a word, I don't know what it means but I know it's a word". Dad had to explain what it meant. She quickly removed it from the board.

My Mum's friend has recently passed away, so sadly we can wont be hearing any more of her gems such as:
That Prespyterian crossing.
The famous actor Gregory Pep
or her favourite "Numbs the word"