“My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.” WarKidsMotherFatherLiteratureGamesTaughtTenLaysAncientBridgesRomeElevenEnglish LiteraturePedestriansAncient RomeWar Games Author:Bernie Taupin
“While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people they finally dropped it from judo.” PeopleBookKidsHealthyAncientNecksJudo Author:Dick Cavett
“My husband and I speak an ancient language called grammatical English, and the kids speak a strange dialect which is difficult to decode because it is based on only four phrases: 'Huh,' 'I dunno,' 'It's not my turn,' and 'I do everything around here!” ChildrenKidsTurnsSpeakLanguageDifficultFourStrangeHusbandAncientPhrasesMy HusbandDialect Book:Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by) Source: Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)