This blog is dedicated to my mother.

She is the funniest person I know and few people have made me laugh harder or for longer.

In her honour...

I am the Praising Armadillo

Btw, please feel free to rate the quotes on a scale of 1-5

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Mum's quote of the day

Mum: She had some icons on her mental piece.

Me: You mean mantelpiece?

Mum: Yeah, her man piece.

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

TA-ing quote of the day

New series - my GCSE students.

Upon finding out my heritage:
"Oh, that's why you're that colour. You're dark white."

Monday, 10 September 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"The police officer was hitting him with one of those balaclavas."

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Monday, 20 August 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"It's posh cheese. It's like parmesan but the kind you can eat."

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Sunday, 15 July 2012

Mum's Dictionary Corner



Chest Tits

Noun ~ Male nipples, can include the general nippular area.
E.g. Christian's chest tits glistened in the moonlight.
For real world examples of use, see here.

Mum's quote of the day

"I haven't even started finishing yet..."

Monday, 9 July 2012

Saturday, 7 July 2012

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"She won't fall out of the window. She'll be fine. Cats bounce"


I doubt she'll bounce out of traffic...

Monday, 2 July 2012

Mum's story of the day

"It was a real man. It wasn't Jesus and guess what he bibed me up. There was a car in front of me but it wasn't moving. And I went over to him in the sports car and said 'What do you want?' and he said 'You're very pretty' so I said 'So are you' and walked off.."

Mum's other quote of the day

"If knives could kill!"

Mum's quote of the day

"I don't wanna go with the underground, I wanna go on the outside.. ground."

Saturday, 16 June 2012

Mum's Dictionary Corner

Feathers

Noun ~ Commonly found on domestic house cats in a range of colours.
E.g. Fluffy's feathers always shed in the summer time.
For real world examples of use, see here.

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Mum's quote of the day

Me: I have a job interview with Cancer Research next week...
Mum: As a scientist?


(For those that don't know (including my mother) I have a BA in Economics and Politics.

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"They started off as square pillows and they turned into rectangle ones."

Friday, 25 May 2012

Friday, 18 May 2012

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

The Archives: Mum's old quote of the day (R)

Disappointed in Omid Djalili (or getting him confused with Stavros Flatly), from the 19th of February 2012 : 


"He's dancing in Arabic, not in Greek"

I didn't know you could dance in a particular language but apparently its possible.

Sunday, 6 May 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"Something went wrong. We didn't have the map reader. You're supposed to be the director!"

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

The Archives: Mum's old quote of the day (R)

The quote that launched a thousand posts, from way back when on the 27th January...


"They say that swimming releases enzymes."

Saturday, 14 April 2012

Friday, 13 April 2012

The Archives: Mum's old quote of the day (R)

Getting her teeth into the American elections, from the 17th February 2012:


MUM: When is the American election?
ME: Which one?
MUM: The Amazouri one.

Monday, 9 April 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"Even if you're in a VPI room, you should always break wind."

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

The Archives: Mum's old quote of the day (R)

From the 23rd of February, discussing the wonders of yoghurt making:


"You can't make yoghurt unless you make the first yoghurt."

Monday, 2 April 2012

The Archives: Mum's old quote of the day (R)

From the 4th February, a personal favourite of mine:

"Its one of those Panther films."

Saturday, 31 March 2012

The Archives: Mum's old quote of the day (R)

Ok, so people, and by people I mean Efthymio, wanted me to move all of mum quotes onto their now rightful home, so one by one every few days I will slowly copy them to the Praising Armadillo where they can be accessed all in one place, any time... Here's a good example of taking a traditional saying and making it Skeve's, from 9th February 2012:


"Why cut about the bush?"

Mum's quote of the day

"She has white feathers so she matches the furniture..."

Saturday, 24 March 2012

Mum's quote of the day

Mum: "Its like air-conditioning without electricity..."
Me: "You mean wind..."

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"Do you want any Strittles? Strittles? Strittles? Strettles? Strittles? Skittles? Strettles? Strittles?"

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"He'd be in the shop and I'd shout... And the old ladies would look at me... It went on for ages. Spunky! Spunky!"

Monday, 19 March 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"They put the plaster in and they mix it and it goes round and round... Its amazing!"

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"They have their nostrils to measure their ears and their height."

Sunday, 26 February 2012

Mum's quote of the day

Mum: "Which Oscars are they?"
(Long Pause)
Mum: The film Oscars?
Me: No mum, the car Oscars...

Saturday, 25 February 2012

Mum's quote of the day

"I just won't put the heating on and then things will keep cool."

Thursday, 23 February 2012