My mum doesn't swear but...

Instead of swearing, when she's frustrated she calls out the name of a boy i went to nursery and primary school with.

"Philip Shackleton"

I really liked this boy and sometimes went to play at his house, he had a big garden. Later his mum used to run the Brownie group i went to.

"Philip Shackleton"

Once she was out at a hospital appointment, or somewhere like that, having treatment done by a new doctor and she called out in pain, but instead of swearing she called out "Philip Shackleton" - bizarrely the person who was treating her actually knew who Philip Shackleton was and told her so, they knew him from college or university. 

We all thought this was hilarious and thought that this might stop her doing it  It didn't.

Over the years it's been quite awkward trying to explain to friends and boyfriends why my mum randomly calls out the name of a boy i used to go to nursery with.

Families eh? 😃