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Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dragon
GOOD Lickens
It’s not lickens, but “good” lickens.
What local kid never got good lickens with one rubbah slippah? Sometimes just hearing the threat of getting good lickens was enough, sometimes it wasn’t. That’s when parents would get creative.
Hairbrush
Spatula
Clothes hanger
Belt
You know you’ve met someone who got good lickens when they can add to the list.
Back scratchah
Fly-swatter
Four-by-four
Then you try to one up each other.
“Oh yeah? I got good lickens wit da family Bible—howz dat?!”
Now, it’s about time-outs and losing computer privileges.
“Junk, Moms, took away my data plan!”
Not da same.
Nice!
Love the "add to the list" and the one-up-manship.
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My mom liked to use the broom, and my dad handled his thin leather belt like Jet Li in FIST OF LEGEND.
Ooops I forgot to put the word count. But as usual, it's 100 words exactly. 🙂
More worse when they tell you to hand it to them so they can whack you with it – as you said, "Howz dat!?!"