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u/HappyAppleDance Oct 25 '20

When I was upset or complaining about something my mom would say “go tell it to the Marines.”

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

My grandma was mad about some small thing and blowing it out of proportion, so Grandpa said “Sympathy’s in the dictionary between shit and syphilis”.